Texas's 18th congressional district
- Texas's 18th congressional district
Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 18
image width = 350
image caption =
representative = Sheila Jackson Lee
party = Democratic
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 31,293
percent white = 36.9
percent black = 40.4
percent asian = 3.4
percent native american = 0.4
percent hispanic = 35.6
percent other race = 0.5
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = D+23
Texas District 18 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves much of inner city Houston and the surrounding area. The current Representative from District 18 is Sheila Jackson Lee.
District 18 is located next to District 7, held by a Republican as of 2008.
In the fictional series The West Wing the Texas 18th was represented by Democratic Presidential Candidate Matt Santos.
Election results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Sheila Jackson Lee
votes = 136,018
percentage = 88.9
change = +12.0Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Bazán
votes = 9,787
percentage = 6.4
change = +6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Brent Sullivan
votes = 7,183
percentage = 4.7
change = +3.4
Election box majority
votes = 126,231
percentage = 82.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 152,988
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = +16.8
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