Texas's 15th congressional district

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Texas's 15th congressional district
Representative	Rubén Hinojosa D
Population (2000)	651,619
Median household income	28,061
Ethnicity	78.1% White 69.0% Hispanic 2.9% Black 0.5% Asian 0.5% Native American 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+3

Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section in the far south of the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 15 is Rubén Hinojosa. The 2008 candidate for the Libertarian Party is Gricha Raether.

Representatives

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1902	John Nance Garner	Democratic
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1932	Milton H. West	Democratic
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1948	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1954	Joe M. Kilgore	Democratic
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1964	Kika de la Garza	Democratic
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color"|	1996	Rubén Hinojosa	Democratic

2006 Elections

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; a candidate will need to receive more than 50% of the popular vote to be elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat.

Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa	96,089	57.8	−42.2
	Republican	Michael Thamm	67,917	40.8	+40.8
	Libertarian	William Cady	2,352	1.4	+1.4
Majority			28,172	16.9
Turnout			166,358
	Democratic hold		Swing	-41.5