Texas's 5th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 5

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representative = Jeb Hensarling
party = Republican
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population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 41,007
percent white = 77.5
percent black = 12.5
percent asian = 1.5
percent native american = 0.6
percent hispanic = 12.9
percent other race = 0.4
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cpvi = R+16

Texas District 5 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area that includes the southeast portion of Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson, Freestone, Henderson and Limestone counties. As of the 2000 census, District 5 represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from District 5 is Jeb Hensarling and has been since 2003.

List of representatives

Please note that U.S. Congressional District borders are periodically redrawn and some District Residence locations may no longer be in the 5th District.

* Died in office.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jeb Hensarling
votes = 148,816
percentage = 64.5
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Bill Bernstein
votes = 75,911
percentage = 32.9
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = John Gonzalez
votes = 6,118
percentage = 2.7
change = +1.7

Election box majority
votes = 72,905
percentage = 31.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 230,845
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change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Republican Party (US)
swing = +6.9