Texas's 21st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 21

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representative = Lamar S. Smith
party = Republican
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percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 55,609
percent white = 84.0
percent black = 3.9
percent asian = 3.1
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 18.1
percent other race = 0.5
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = R+13

Texas District 21 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the area northeast of San Antonio in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 21 is Lamar S. Smith.

2006 election

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 (LULAC v. Perry). 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 had open primaries; if any candidate receives over 50%, they're elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December would decide the seat. [ [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_Redistricting_Texas.html Austin American-Statesman] accessed 4 August2006; link broken 18 October 2006]

In the 2006 election, Lamar Smith defeated veteran and college administrator John Courage with 60% of the vote.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Lamar S. Smith
votes = 209,774
percentage = 61.5
change = -11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Rhett Smith
votes = 121,129
percentage = 35.5
change = +10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Jason Pratt
votes = 10,216
percentage = 3.0
change = +1.1

Election box majority
votes = 88,645
percentage = 26.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 341,119
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Republican Party (US)
swing = -10.8

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