Texas' 22nd Congressional District

Texas' 22nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Troy Nehls

Assumed office: January 3, 2021

Texas' 22nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Troy Nehls (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls and Marquette Greene-Scott are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Troy Nehls (R)
		Marquette Greene-Scott (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Marquette Greene-Scott defeated Wayne Raasch in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marquette Greene-Scott	81.7	17,290
		Wayne Raasch	18.3	3,877

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,167
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	100.0	62,862

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,862
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

No candidate advanced from the convention.

		Candidate
		Saer Khan (L)

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2022

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls defeated Jamie Jordan, Joseph LeBlanc, and Jim Squires in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls (R)	62.2	150,014
		Jamie Jordan (D)	35.5	85,653
		Joseph LeBlanc (L)	2.2	5,378
		Jim Squires (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	170

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,215
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Jamie Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Jordan	100.0	20,818

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,818
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Berg (D)
• Angel Vega (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls defeated Gregory Thorne in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	87.2	50,281
		Gregory Thorne	12.8	7,378

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,659
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Joseph LeBlanc (L)

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2020

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Sri Preston Kulkarni and Joseph LeBlanc in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls (R)	51.5	210,259
		Sri Preston Kulkarni (D)	44.6	181,998
		Joseph LeBlanc (L)	3.9	15,791

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 408,048
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Kathaleen Wall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	69.9	36,132
		Kathaleen Wall	30.1	15,547

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,679
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Sri Preston Kulkarni defeated Derrick Reed, Nyanza Moore, and Carmine Petricco III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sri Preston Kulkarni	53.1	34,664
		Derrick Reed	24.7	16,126
		Nyanza Moore	14.5	9,449
		Carmine Petricco III	7.8	5,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,313
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Fernandez (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	40.5	29,583
✔		Kathaleen Wall	19.4	14,201
		Pierce Bush	15.4	11,281
		Greg Hill	14.1	10,315
		Dan Mathews	3.0	2,165
		Bangar Reddy	1.6	1,144
		Joe Walz	1.4	1,039
		Shandon Phan	1.1	773
		Diana Miller	1.1	771
		Jon Camarillo	1.0	718
		Douglas Haggard	0.5	398
		Howard Lynn Steele Jr.	0.4	283
		Matt Hinton	0.4	274
		Brandon Penko	0.1	96
		Aaron Hermes	0.1	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,133
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Schell Hammel (R)
• Keli Chevalier (R)
• Clint Morgan (R)
• Felicia Harris Hoss (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Joseph LeBlanc (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Peter G. Olson defeated Sri Preston Kulkarni, John McElligott, and Sara Kellen Sweny in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter G. Olson (R)	51.4	152,750
		Sri Preston Kulkarni (D)	46.5	138,153
		John McElligott (L)	1.1	3,261
		Sara Kellen Sweny (Independent)	1.1	3,241

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 297,405
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephanie Williams (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22

Sri Preston Kulkarni defeated Letitia Plummer in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sri Preston Kulkarni	62.1	9,502
		Letitia Plummer	37.9	5,794

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 15,296
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Sri Preston Kulkarni and Letitia Plummer advanced to a runoff. They defeated Stephen Keith Brown, Margarita Ruiz Johnson, and Mark Gibson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sri Preston Kulkarni	31.8	9,466
✔		Letitia Plummer	24.3	7,230
		Stephen Keith Brown	21.0	6,246
		Margarita Ruiz Johnson	12.7	3,767
		Mark Gibson	10.2	3,046

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,755
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Peter G. Olson defeated Danny Nguyen, James Green, and Eric Zmrhal in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter G. Olson	78.4	35,782
		Danny Nguyen	13.5	6,170
		James Green	5.5	2,521
		Eric Zmrhal	2.6	1,174

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,647
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2016

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Pete Olson (R) defeated Mark Gibson (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Olson ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Mark Gibson defeated A.R. Hassan for the Democratic nomination.^[1][2]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Olson Incumbent	59.5%	181,864
	Democratic	Mark Gibson	40.5%	123,679
Total Votes				305,543
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Gibson	76.2%	23,084
A.R. Hassan	23.8%	7,226
Total Votes		30,310
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 22nd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Pete Olson (R) defeated Frank Briscoe (D) and Rob Lapham (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Olson Incumbent	66.5%	100,861
	Democratic	Frank Briscoe	31.6%	47,844
	Libertarian	Rob Lapham	1.9%	2,861
Total Votes				151,566
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 22nd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Pete Olson (R) won re-election. He defeated Kesha Rogers (D), Steve Susman (L) and Don Cook (G) in the general election.^[3]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Olson Incumbent	64%	160,668
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	32%	80,203
	Libertarian	Steven Susman	2.4%	5,986
	Green	Don Cook	1.6%	4,054
Total Votes				250,911
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Pete Olson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kesha Rogers (D), Steven Susman (L) and Johnny Williams (Write-in) in the general election.^[4]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Olson incumbent	67.5%	140,537
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	29.8%	62,082
	Libertarian	Steven Susman	2.7%	5,538
	Write-in	Johnny Williams	0%	66
Total Votes				208,223

2008
On November 4, 2008, Pete Olson won election to the United States House. He defeated incumbent Nick Lampson (D) and John Wieder (L) in the general election.^[5]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Olson	52.4%	161,996
	Democratic	Nick Lampson incumbent	45.4%	140,160
	Libertarian	John Wieder	2.2%	6,839
Total Votes				308,995

2006
On November 7, 2006, Nick Lampson won election to the United States House. He defeated Shelley Sekula Gibbs (Write-in), Bob Smither (L), Don Richardson (Write-in) and Joe Reasbeck (Write-in) in the general election.^[6]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	51.8%	76,775
	Write-in	Shelley Sekula Gibbs incumbent	41.8%	61,938
	Libertarian	Bob Smither	6.1%	9,009
	Write-in	Don Richardson	0.3%	428
	Write-in	Joe Reasbeck	0.1%	89
Total Votes				148,239

2004
On November 2, 2004, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Morrison (D), Michael Fjetland (I) and Tom Morrison (L) in the general election.^[7]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	55.2%	150,386
	Democratic	Richard Morrison	41.1%	112,034
	Independent	Michael Fjetland	1.9%	5,314
	Libertarian	Tom Morrison	1.8%	4,886
Total Votes				272,620

2002
On November 5, 2002, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tim Riley (D), Gerald LaFleur (L) and Joel West (G) in the general election.^[8]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	63.2%	100,499
	Democratic	Tim Riley	35%	55,716
	Libertarian	Gerald LaFleur	1%	1,612
	Green	Joel West	0.8%	1,257
Total Votes				159,084

2000
On November 7, 2000, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jo Ann Matranga (D), Bob Schneider (I) and Kent Probst (L) in the general election.^[9]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	60.4%	154,662
	Democratic	Jo Ann Matranga	36.2%	92,645
	Independent	Bob Schneider	2.2%	5,577
	Libertarian	Kent Probst	1.3%	3,383
Total Votes				256,267

1998
On November 3, 1998, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Hill Kemp (D) and Steve Grupe (L) in the general election.^[10]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	65.2%	87,840
	Democratic	Hill Kemp	33.7%	45,386
	Libertarian	Steve Grupe	1.1%	1,494
Total Votes				134,720

1996
On November 5, 1996, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Douglas Cunningham (D) in the general election.^[11]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	68.1%	126,056
	Democratic	Scott Douglas Cunningham	31.9%	59,030
Total Votes				185,086

1994
On November 8, 1994, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Douglas Cunningham (D) and Gregory Pepper (I) in the general election.^[12]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	73.7%	120,302
	Democratic	Scott Douglas Cunningham	23.8%	38,826
	Independent	Gregory Pepper	2.5%	4,016
Total Votes				163,144

1992
On November 3, 1992, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Konrad (D) in the general election.^[13]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	68.9%	150,221
	Democratic	Richard Konrad	31.1%	67,812
Total Votes				218,033

1990
On November 6, 1990, Tom DeLay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bruce Director (D) in the general election.^[14]

U.S. House, Texas District 22 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom DeLay incumbent	71.2%	93,425
	Democratic	Bruce Director	28.8%	37,721
Total Votes				131,146

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021.^[15] On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote.^[16] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.^[17] This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.^[18]

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:^[18]

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."^[18]

The 22nd Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.^[19][20][21]

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 22nd the 136th most Republican district nationally.^[22]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 41.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 57.4%.^[23]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 22nd Congressional District the 133rd most Republican nationally.^[24]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.89. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.89 points toward that party.^[25]

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 22nd Congressional District & Map

Footnotes