Texas's 28th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 28

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representative = Henry Cuellar
party = Democratic
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percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 31,355
percent white =68.3
percent black = 6.3
percent asian = 0.5
percent native american = 0.8
percent hispanic = 64.5
percent other race = 0.7
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = R+1

Texas District 28 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip in deep south Texas starting south of San Antonio and ending at the U.S.-Mexico border. The current Representative from District 28 is Henry Cuellar.

Recent election results

2004 election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Henry Cuellar
votes = 106,323
percentage = 59.0
change = -12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = James Hopson
votes = 69,538
percentage = 38.6
change = +11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Ken Ashby
votes = 4,305
percentage = 2.4
change = +0.3

Election box majority
votes = 36,785
percentage = 20.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 180,166
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = -11.9

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. 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; if any candidate receives over 50%, they're 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 ] ]

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