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Texas's 27th congressional district
	Texas's 27th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Michael Cloud; R-Victoria
Distribution	74.99% urban; 25.01% rural;
Population (2016)	736,778
Median income	$52,790
Ethnicity	40.52% white; 4.99% black; 1.47% Asian; 51.65% Hispanic; 0.19% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+13

Texas District 27 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the coastal bend of Texas' Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Victoria up to Bastrop County near Austin and Wharton County near Houston. Its current Representative is Republican Michael Cloud. Cloud was elected to the district in a special election on June 30, 2018, to replace former Republican Representative Blake Farenthold, who had resigned on April 6.^[5]^[6]

The district is slightly less than 50% Hispanic, down from the 70% Hispanic population in the 2002-2010 cycles when the District reached from Corpus Christi to Brownsville.^[7]

In August 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 27th district is unconstitutional, arguing that it displaces a Hispanic-opportunity district.^[8] The United States Supreme Court reversed the ruling though, pronouncing the district constitutional in Abbott v. Perez.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		January 3, 1983
Solomon P. Ortiz	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2011	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Blake Farenthold	Republican	January 3, 2011 - April 6, 2018	112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned.
Vacant		April 6, 2018 - June 30, 2018	115th
Michael Cloud	Republican	June 30, 2018 - Present	115th 116th	Elected to finish Farenthold's term. Re-elected in 2018.

Living former Members of the House

As of March 2019^[update], there are two living former members.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Solomon P. Ortiz	1983-2011	(1937-06-03) June 3, 1937 (age 82)
Blake Farenthold	2011-2018	(1961-12-12) December 12, 1961 (age 57)

Recent election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Solomon Ortiz	112,081	63.1	+2.0
	Republican	William Vaden	61,955	34.9	-1.7
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	3,500	2.0	-0.4
Majority			60,126	33.9
Turnout			177,536
	Democratic hold		Swing	+1.8

US House election, 2010: Texas District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Solomon Ortiz	50,155	47.10
	Republican	Blake Farenthold	50,954	47.85
Majority
Turnout			101,109
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	28.95

US House election, 2012: Texas District 27^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rose Meza Harrison	83,395	39.21
	Republican	Blake Farenthold	120,684	56.75
	Independent	Bret Baldwin	5,354	2.51
	Libertarian	Corrie Byrd	3,218	1.51
Turnout			212,651

US House election, 2014: Texas District 27^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Reed	44,152	33.69
	Republican	Blake Farenthold	83,342	63.60
	Libertarian	Roxanne Simonson	3,553	2.71
Turnout			131,047

US House election, 2016: Texas District 27^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul (Roy) Barrera	88,329	38.31
	Republican	Blake Farenthold	142,251	61.69
Turnout			230,580

Texas's 27th congressional district special election, 2018^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Cloud	19,856	54.74%
	Democratic	Eric Holguin	11,595	31.96%
	Democratic	Raul (Roy) Barrera	1,747	4.81%
	Republican	Bech Bruun (withdrawn)	1,570	4.32%
	Democratic	Mike Westergren	858	2.36%
	Republican	Marty Perez	276	0.76%
	Independent	Judith Cutright	172	0.47%
	Libertarian	Daniel Tinus	144	0.39%
	Independent	Christopher Suprun	51	0.14%
Total votes			36,268	100.0

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

References

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=27
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=27
^ "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.
^ Brufke, Juliegrace (April 6, 2018). "GOP Rep. Farenthold resigns amid sexual harassment scandal". The Hill. Retrieved 2018.
^ "Election Results: Texas Will Vote to Replace Congressman Who Retired Amid Scandal". The New York Times. The New York Times. June 30, 2018. Retrieved 2018.
^ Texas 27th District Profile The New York Times Accessed November 2010
^ "Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map" by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, Aug. 15, 2017
^ "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2012 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved 2013.
^ "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2014 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 4, 2014. Retrieved 2018.
^ "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2016 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 8, 2014. Retrieved 2018.
^ "2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved 2018.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present

External links

27th Congressional District of Texas Texas District 27 Information site.

Coordinates: 28°46?59?N 96°50?29?W / 28.78306°N 96.84139°W / 28.78306; -96.84139

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=27

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=27

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.

[5] Brufke, Juliegrace (April 6, 2018). "GOP Rep. Farenthold resigns amid sexual harassment scandal". The Hill. Retrieved 2018.

[6] "Election Results: Texas Will Vote to Replace Congressman Who Retired Amid Scandal". The New York Times. The New York Times. June 30, 2018. Retrieved 2018.

[7] Texas 27th District Profile The New York Times Accessed November 2010

[8] "Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map" by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, Aug. 15, 2017

[9] "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2012 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved 2013.

[10] "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2014 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 4, 2014. Retrieved 2018.

[11] "Office of the Secretary of State; Race Summary Report; 2016 General Election". Secretary of State of Texas. November 8, 2014. Retrieved 2018.

[12] "2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved 2018.

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