2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

2022 Texas's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Dan Crenshaw; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Dan Crenshaw; Republican

2022 Texas's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Louie Gohmert; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Nathaniel Moran; Republican

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
All 38 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 38 U.S. representatives from Texas, one from each of the state's 38 congressional districts. The state gained two seats after the results of the 2020 census. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on March 1, with primary runoffs scheduled for May 24 for districts where no candidate received over 50% of the vote.

Republicans had gained one seat in the House due to a special election in the 34th district seeing Mayra Flores succeed Filemon Vela and become the first Mexican-born congresswoman.^[1]^[2] During the 2022 elections, the Democrats and Republicans each gained one of the two seats Texas gained through reapportionment.^[3]^[4] While Republicans flipped the 15th district, Democrats flipped back the 34th district, and retained the 28th district, dashing Republican hopes of a red wave in the Rio Grande Valley.^[5] This resulted in a net gain of one seat for both parties.

Redistricting

The Texas Legislature drew new maps for Texas' congressional districts to account for the two new congressional districts it gained through the 2020 census. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Texas Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process.^[6] Legislators drew the maps for the state during a special session in Fall 2021.^[7] The maps that passed were widely criticized as racial and partisan gerrymanders designed to keep Republicans in power and reduce the voting power of minorities.^[8]^[9] News sources specifically noted that both of Texas' new congressional districts were majority white, despite voters of color making up 95% of the state's growth in the previous decade.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Unlike before the 2012 elections, Texas' maps did not have to pass preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as the Supreme Court had ruled preclearance unconstitutional through Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.^[14]^[15] Despite this, the Justice Department sued the state of Texas after the map's passage, arguing that they violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.^[16]

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	38	4,559,280	58.78%	25	1	65.8%
	Democratic	32	3,004,053	38.73%	13	1	34.2%
	Libertarian	13	129,001	1.66%	0		0.0%
	Independent	6	63,175	0.81%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	5	1,252	0.02%	0		0.0%
Total		94	7,756,761	100%	38	2	100%

Popular vote

Republican			58.78%
Democratic			38.73%
Libertarian			1.66%
Independent			0.81%
Write-in			0.02%

House seats

Republican			65.8%
Democratic			34.2%

District 1

The 1st district encompasses Tyler, Longview, and Texarkana. The incumbent was Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented the district since 2004 and was reelected with 72.6% of the vote in 2020.^[17] On November 22, 2021, Gohmert announced that he would run for Texas Attorney General against incumbent Ken Paxton.^[18]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Nathaniel Moran, Smith County judge^[19]

Eliminated in primary

Aditya Atholi, former oil rig worker^[20]
Joe McDaniel II, businessman^[21]
John Porro, physician^[21]

Declined

Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative (ran for Texas Attorney General)
Matt Schaefer, Texas State Representative^[20]

Endorsements

Aditya Atholi

Organizations

Conservative Leadership PAC^[22]

Individuals

Stuart Scheller, former United States Marine Corp lieutenant colonel and anti-Afghanistan withdrawal activist^[23]
Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, former member of the Arizona Senate (2013–2015), candidate for the US Senate from Arizona in 2016 and in 2018^[24]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathaniel Moran	51,312	63.0
	Republican	Joe McDaniel II	19,708	24.2
	Republican	Aditya Atholi	6,186	7.6
	Republican	John Porro	4,238	5.2
Total votes			81,444	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jrmar Jefferson, investor^[25] and perennial candidate

Eliminated in runoff

Victor Dunn, businessman^[25]

Eliminated in primary

Gavin Dass, teacher^[25]
Stephen Kocen, self-employed^[21]

Endorsements

Jrmar Jefferson

Labor unions

Texas AFL–CIO^[26]
United Auto Workers^[27]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jrmar Jefferson	7,411	45.5
	Democratic	Victor Dunn	4,554	27.9
	Democratic	Stephen Kocen	2,457	15.1
	Democratic	Gavin Dass	1,881	11.5
Total votes			16,303	100.0

Primary runoff results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jrmar Jefferson	5,607	75.9
	Democratic	Victor Dunn	1,783	24.1
Total votes			7,390	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[28]	Solid R	October 25, 2021
Inside Elections^[29]	Solid R	November 15, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[30]	Safe R	November 11, 2021
Politico^[31]	Solid R	April 5, 2022
RCP^[32]	Safe R	June 9, 2022
Fox News^[33]	Solid R	July 11, 2022
DDHQ^[34]	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538^[35]	Solid R	June 30, 2022
The Economist^[36]	Safe R	September 28, 2022

Results

Texas's 1st congressional district, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathaniel Moran	183,224	78.08
	Democratic	Jrmar Jefferson	51,438	21.92
Total votes			234,662	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses The Woodlands, Spring, Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita. The incumbent was Republican Dan Crenshaw, who had represented the district since 2019 and was reelected with 55.6% of the vote in 2020.