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U. S. Representative · District 36

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 36, as listed by the official source
Candidate or choicePartyVotesShare of votes counted
BRIAN BABIN (I)REP138,00853.6%
RHONDA HARTDEM119,68146.4%

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, 2012 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, 2012 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 2012 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%20152020Democratic candidate, 2012: 26.58%Democratic candidate, 2014: 22.07%Democratic candidate, 2018: 27.44%Democratic candidate, 2020: 24.27%Democratic candidate, 2022: 30.54%Democratic candidate, 2024: 30.64%Republican candidate, 2012: 70.74%Republican candidate, 2014: 75.96%Republican candidate, 2016: 88.61%Republican candidate, 2018: 72.56%Republican candidate, 2020: 73.61%Republican candidate, 2022: 69.46%Republican candidate, 2024: 69.36%30.6%69.4%Share of the vote for this district, 2012 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 2012 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%2012201420162018202020222024Democratic candidate, 2012: 26.58%Democratic candidate, 2014: 22.07%Democratic candidate, 2018: 27.44%Democratic candidate, 2020: 24.27%Democratic candidate, 2022: 30.54%Democratic candidate, 2024: 30.64%Republican candidate, 2012: 70.74%Republican candidate, 2014: 75.96%Republican candidate, 2016: 88.61%Republican candidate, 2018: 72.56%Republican candidate, 2020: 73.61%Republican candidate, 2022: 69.46%Republican candidate, 2024: 69.36%Democratic candidate 30.6%Republican candidate 69.4%

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, 2012 to 2024
Share of the vote for this district, 2012 to 2024
YearDemocratic candidateRepublican candidate
201226.58%70.74%
201422.07%75.96%
2016No figure88.61%
201827.44%72.56%
202024.27%73.61%
202230.54%69.46%
202430.64%69.36%

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, 2012 to 2024
Winners and margins
YearMost votesMargin over the runner-up
2024Brian Babin (Republican)115,000 votes (38.7 points)
2022Brian Babin (Republican)81,583 votes (38.9 points)
2020Brian Babin (Republican)149,294 votes (49.3 points)
2018Brian Babin (Republican)100,140 votes (45.1 points)
2016Brian Babin (Republican)168,785 votes (77.2 points)
2014Brian Babin (Republican)72,120 votes (53.9 points)
2012Steve Stockman (Republican)103,262 votes (44.2 points)

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Map

Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 36 outlined
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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 36 outlined
Texas's U.S. House districts, with District 36 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
BRIAN BABIN $1.2M$919K$928KOct 14, 2026
RHONDA HART $24K$20K$6KSep 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.

Headlines that name a candidate in this race

No headline from the outlets we follow has named a candidate in this race together with Texas in the last 30 days.

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