Texas's 27th congressional district

Texas's 27th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 27



image width = 350
image caption =
representative = Solomon Ortiz
party = Democratic
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 31,327
percent white =75.8
percent black = 2.7
percent asian = 0.8
percent native american = 0.6
percent hispanic = 68.1
percent other race = 0.5
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+1

Texas District 27 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip in deep south Texas on the Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Brownsville. The current Representative from District 27 is Solomon Ortiz.

Recent election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Solomon Ortiz
votes = 112,081
percentage = 63.1
change = +2.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = William Vaden
votes = 61,955
percentage = 34.9
change = -1.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Christopher Claytor
votes = 3,500
percentage = 2.0
change = -0.4
Election box majority
votes = 60,126
percentage = 33.9
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 177,536
percentage =
change =
Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = +1.8


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