Texas's 15th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 15

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representative = Rubén Hinojosa
party = Democratic
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percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 28,061
percent white = 78.1
percent black = 2.9
percent asian = 0.5
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 69.0
percent other race = 0.3
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = D+3

Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section in the far south of the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 15 is Rubén Hinojosa. The 2008 candidate for the Libertarian Party is Gricha Raether [ [http://www.gricharaether.com Gricha Raether Home Page ] ] .

Representatives

2006 Elections

On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a 3 judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, as well as for the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts. On election day in November, these 5 districts will have open primaries; a candidate will need to receive more than 50% of the popular vote to be elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat. [ [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_Redistricting_Texas.html Austin American-Statesman 4 August2006 ] ]

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Rubén Hinojosa
votes = 96,089
percentage = 57.8
change = -42.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Michael Thamm
votes = 67,917
percentage = 40.8
change = +40.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = William Cady
votes = 2,352
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4

Election box majority
votes = 28,172
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 166,358
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = -41.5

References