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U. S. Representative · District 7

Texas. Election Day was Nov. 3, 2026. Three 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 7, as listed by the official source
Candidate or choicePartyVotesShare of votes counted
LIZZIE PANNILL FLETCHER (I)DEM160,45370.8%
ALEXANDER HALEREP62,38527.5%
ESPOIR NGABOGRE3,6521.6%

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, 2000: 24.42%Democratic candidate, 2024: 61.28%Republican candidate, 1932: 4.62%Republican candidate, 1936: 2.36%Republican candidate, 1958: 3.28%Republican candidate, 2024: 38.72%61.3%38.7%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, 2000: 24.42%Democratic candidate, 2024: 61.28%Republican candidate, 1932: 4.62%Republican candidate, 1936: 2.36%Republican candidate, 1958: 3.28%Republican candidate, 2024: 38.72%Democratic candidate 61.3%Republican candidate 38.7%

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
1920100%No figure
192293.26%6.74%
192489.06%10.94%
192694.14%5.86%
192888.36%11.64%
1930100%No figure
193295.38%4.62%
1934100%No figure
193697.64%2.36%
193899.93%No figure
194098.17%1.83%
194299.14%0.86%
194496.11%3.89%
194699.99%No figure
1948100%No figure
1950100%No figure
1952100%No figure
1954100%No figure
1956100%No figure
195896.72%3.28%
1960100%No figure
196288.21%11.79%
196483.64%16.36%
196642.42%57.06%
1968No figure100%
197035.19%64.81%
197217.74%82.26%
197420.84%79.16%
1976No figure100%
197814.88%85.12%
198016.43%82.12%
198213.97%84.99%
198413.33%86.67%
198611.88%87.38%
198820.86%79.14%
1990No figure100%
1992No figure100%
1994No figure100%
1998No figure93.33%
200024.42%73.9%
2002No figure89.19%
200433.3%64.11%
200638.45%59.19%
200842.36%55.9%
2010No figure81.45%
201236.43%60.81%
201434.55%63.26%
201643.83%56.17%
201852.53%47.47%
202050.79%47.45%
202263.79%36.21%
202461.28%38.72%

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
2024Lizzie Fletcher (Democratic)55,169 votes (22.6 points)
2022Lizzie Fletcher (Democratic)50,159 votes (27.6 points)
2020Lizzie Fletcher (Democratic)10,475 votes (3.3 points)
2018Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (Democratic)12,317 votes (5.1 points)
2016John Culberson (Republican)31,551 votes (12.3 points)
2014John Culberson (Republican)41,128 votes (28.7 points)
2012John Culberson (Republican)57,240 votes (24.4 points)
2010John Culberson (Republican)111,951 votes (63.5 points)
2008John Culberson (Republican)39,393 votes (13.5 points)
2006John Culberson (Republican)34,804 votes (20.7 points)
2004John Culberson (Republican)84,314 votes (30.8 points)
2002John Abney Culberson (Republican)85,121 votes (78.4 points)
2000John Culberson (Republican)123,018 votes (49.5 points)
1998Bill Archer (Republican)103,121 votes (86.7 points)
1994Bill Arher (Republican)Unopposed
1992Bill Archer (Republican)Unopposed
1990Bill Archer (Republican)Unopposed
1988Bill Archer (Republican)136,379 votes (58.3 points)
1986Bill Archer (Republican)112,038 votes (75.5 points)
1984Bill Archer (Republican)180,645 votes (73.3 points)
1982Bill Archer (Republican)90,852 votes (71.0 points)
1980Bill Archer (Republican)194,216 votes (65.7 points)
1978Bill Archer (Republican)105,799 votes (70.2 points)
1976Bill Archer (Republican)Unopposed
1974Bill Archer (Republican)51,839 votes (58.3 points)
1972Bill Archer (Republican)134,228 votes (64.5 points)
1970W. R. Archer (Republican)42,707 votes (29.6 points)
1968George Bush (Republican)Unopposed
1966George Bush (Republican)13,798 votes (14.6 points)
1964John Dowdy (Democratic)51,850 votes (67.3 points)
1962John Dowdy (Democratic)32,711 votes (76.4 points)
1960John Dowdy (Democratic)Unopposed
1958John Dowdy (Democratic)21,962 votes (93.4 points)
1956John Dowdy (Democratic)Unopposed
1954John Dowdy (Democratic)Unopposed
1952John Dowdy (Democratic)Unopposed
1950Tom Pickett (Democratic)Unopposed
1948Tom Pickett (Democratic)Unopposed
1946Tom Pickett (Democratic)Unopposed
1944Tom Pickett (Democratic)31,522 votes (92.2 points)
1942Nat Patton (Democratic)10,947 votes (98.3 points)
1940Nat Patton (Democratic)29,820 votes (96.3 points)
1938Nat Patton (Democratic)Unopposed
1936Nat Patton (Democratic)28,309 votes (95.3 points)
1934Nat Patton (Democratic)Unopposed
1932Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)27,940 votes (90.8 points)
1930Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)Unopposed
1928Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)18,634 votes (76.7 points)
1926Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)7,200 votes (88.3 points)
1924Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)21,006 votes (78.1 points)
1922Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)11,291 votes (86.5 points)
1920Clay Stone Briggs (Democratic)Unopposed

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Map

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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 7 outlined
Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 7 outlined
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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
ALEXANDER HALE $116K$97K$19KOct 14, 2026
ESPOIR NGABO $3K$3K$0Sep 30, 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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