Texas's 17th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 17

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representative = Chet Edwards
party = Democratic
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 35,253
percent white = 78.6
percent black = 10.4
percent asian = 1.5
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 15.4
percent other race = 0.3
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
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cpvi = R+18

Texas District 17 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip of central Texas stretching from south of Tarrant to Grimes County, including President George W. Bush's official residence. The current Representative from District 17 is Chet Edwards.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Chet Edwards
votes = 125,309
percentage = 51.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Arlene Wohlgemuth
votes = 116,049
percentage = 47.4
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Clyde Garland
votes = 3,390
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.1

Election box majority
votes = 9,260
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 244,748
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = -0.1

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Chet Edwards
votes = 92,478
percentage = 58.11
change = +6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Van Taylor
votes = 64,142
percentage = 40.3
change = -7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Guillermo Acosta
votes = 2,504
percentage = 1.57
change = +0.17

Election box majority
votes = 28,336
percentage = 17.79
change = +14Election box turnout
votes = 159,124
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Chet Edwards
votes = TBD
percentage = TBD
change = TBDElection box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Rob Curnock
votes = TBD
percentage = TBD
change = TBDElection box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Gardner C. Osborne
votes = TBD
percentage = TBD
change = TBD