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U. S. Representative · District 1

Texas. Election Day was Nov. 3, 2026. Two candidates are on the official list.

Who is running

Certified by Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, as of Oct 15, 2026. Official list

Names and parties are copied exactly from the official list. Blue marks Democrats, red marks Republicans, and gray marks every other party or none; each is also labeled in words.

Official vote count

Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by Texas Secretary of State. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners.

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1, as listed by the official source
Candidate or choicePartyVotesShare of votes counted
NATHANIEL MORAN (I)REP181,98769.0%
YOLANDA R. PRINCEDEM81,59831.0%

As reported by Texas Secretary of State (the source says it was updated Nov 04, 2026 22:48:37 UTC). Rows are in the order the source lists them, which is not a ranking. Official source · All Texas results

Worth knowing

Each fact is worked out from the official records linked beside it. None is a prediction or a rating.

Past results

Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Percent of all votes counted in each regular general election. A gap means the party had no candidate or no count was published.
  • Democratic candidate
  • Republican candidate
Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 1920 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%19502000Democratic candidate, 2022: 21.92%Republican candidate, 1970: 21.52%Republican candidate, 2024: 100%21.9%100%Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 1920 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%192019401960198020002020Democratic candidate, 2022: 21.92%Republican candidate, 1970: 21.52%Republican candidate, 2024: 100%Democratic candidate 21.9%Republican candidate 100%

District lines are redrawn after each census and sometimes in between, so the same district number did not always cover the same ground. A break in a line means no figure was published or held for that year. It does not mean zero.

Data table: Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024
Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024
YearDemocratic candidateRepublican candidate
192092.25%7.75%
192293.52%6.48%
192490.9%9.1%
192694.82%5.18%
192887.87%12.13%
193094.68%5.32%
193297.55%2.45%
1934100%No figure
193697.58%2.42%
193898.76%1.24%
1940100%No figure
1942100%No figure
194499.99%No figure
1946100%No figure
1948100%No figure
1950100%No figure
1952100%No figure
1954100%No figure
1956100%No figure
1958100%No figure
1960100%No figure
196267.33%32.67%
196474.57%25.43%
1966100%No figure
1968100%No figure
197078.47%21.52%
1972100%No figure
197468.6%31.4%
197683.72%16.28%
197878.07%21.93%
1980100%No figure
198297.48%No figure
1984100%No figure
1986100%No figure
198862.24%37.76%
199061.04%38.96%
1992100%No figure
199455.3%40.87%
199651.56%46.75%
199859.41%40.59%
200055.77%43.39%
200256.45%43.55%
200437.68%61.47%
200630.25%68.01%
2008No figure87.58%
2010No figure89.73%
201226.93%71.43%
201422.53%77.47%
201624.13%73.9%
201826.32%72.26%
202027.42%72.58%
202221.92%78.08%
2024No figure100%

Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House). As of Nov 5, 2026.

Winners and margins, 1920 to 2024
Winners and margins
YearMost votesMargin over the runner-up
2024Nathaniel Moran (Republican)Unopposed
2022Nathaniel Moran (Republican)131,786 votes (56.2 points)
2020Louie Gohmert (Republican)136,710 votes (45.2 points)
2018Louie Gohmert (Republican)106,902 votes (45.9 points)
2016Louie Gohmert (Republican)129,587 votes (49.8 points)
2014Louie Gohmert (Republican)81,608 votes (54.9 points)
2012Louie Gohmert (Republican)111,100 votes (44.5 points)
2010Louie Gohmert (Republican)114,587 votes (79.5 points)
2008Louie Gohmert (Republican)162,198 votes (75.2 points)
2006Louie Gohmert (Republican)57,796 votes (37.8 points)
2004Louis Gohmert (Republican)60,787 votes (23.8 points)
2002Max Sandlin (Democratic)19,730 votes (12.9 points)
2000Max Sandlin (Democratic)26,245 votes (12.4 points)
1998Max Sandlin (Democratic)25,597 votes (18.8 points)
1996Max Sandlin (Democratic)9,592 votes (4.8 points)
1994Jim Chapman (Democratic)22,569 votes (14.4 points)
1992Jim Chapman (Democratic)Unopposed
1990Jim Chapman (Democratic)32,287 votes (22.1 points)
1988Jim Chapman (Democratic)48,209 votes (24.5 points)
1986Jim Chapman (Democratic)Unopposed
1984Sam B Hall Jr (Democratic)Unopposed
1982Sam B Hall Jr (Democratic)98,087 votes (95.0 points)
1980Sam B Hall Jr (Democratic)Unopposed
1978Sam B Hall (Democratic)53,008 votes (56.1 points)
1976Sam B Hall Jr (Democratic)109,050 votes (67.4 points)
1974Wright Patman (Democratic)26,807 votes (37.2 points)
1972Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1970Wright Patman (Democratic)49,269 votes (57.0 points)
1968Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1966Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1964Wright Patman (Democratic)34,731 votes (49.1 points)
1962Wright Patman (Democratic)13,731 votes (34.7 points)
1960Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1958Wright, Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1956Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1954Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1952Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1950Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1948Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1946Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1944Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1942Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1940Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1938Wright Patman (Democratic)15,868 votes (97.5 points)
1936Wright Patman (Democratic)28,624 votes (95.2 points)
1934Wright Patman (Democratic)Unopposed
1932Wright Patman (Democratic)30,078 votes (95.1 points)
1930Wright Patman (Democratic)8,645 votes (89.4 points)
1928Wright Patman (Democratic)20,918 votes (75.7 points)
1926Eugene Black (Democratic)9,748 votes (89.6 points)
1924Eugene Black (Democratic)25,392 votes (81.8 points)
1922Eugene Black (Democratic)14,610 votes (87.0 points)
1920Eugene Black (Democratic)16,317 votes (84.5 points)

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Map

Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 1 outlined
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Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 1 outlinedMap of the Texas congressional districts of the 119th Congress, coloured by group with a group list in the table. The same information is in the data table below.TX-2: Another districtTX-3: Another districtTX-4: Another districtTX-5: Another districtTX-6: Another districtTX-7: Another districtTX-8: Another districtTX-9: Another districtTX-10: Another districtTX-11: Another districtTX-12: Another districtTX-13: Another districtTX-14: Another districtTX-15: Another districtTX-16: Another districtTX-17: Another districtTX-18: Another districtTX-19: Another districtTX-20: Another districtTX-21: Another districtTX-22: Another districtTX-23: Another districtTX-24: Another districtTX-25: Another districtTX-26: Another districtTX-27: Another districtTX-28: Another districtTX-29: Another districtTX-30: Another districtTX-31: Another districtTX-32: Another districtTX-33: Another districtTX-34: Another districtTX-35: Another districtTX-36: Another districtTX-37: Another districtTX-38: Another districtTX-1: This race

Outlines are the Census Bureau's simplified cartographic boundaries, drawn for display, not for legal boundaries. Group names are in the table and in each district's tooltip, not only shown by colour.

Data table: Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 1 outlined
Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 1 outlined
DistrictContest
TX-1This race
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TX-37Another district
TX-38Another district

Source: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file for the 119th Congress. As of the 119th Congress (2025 to 2027) boundary file.

The outlined district is the one in force for the 119th Congress. A state that redrew its map for 2026 may vote on different lines; the official list above names the contest.

Campaign money

Totals each campaign reported to the Federal Election Commission for 2025 to 2026
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
NATHANIEL MORAN $2.4M$1.8M$960KOct 14, 2026
YOLANDA R. PRINCE $33K$20K$8KOct 14, 2026

Each candidate's own reports to the Federal Election Commission, through the date shown. Candidates not listed have no FEC totals tied to them on our records. Each name links to the candidate's FEC page.

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