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The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 38 U.S. representatives from Texas, one from each of the state's projected 38 congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on March 1, with primary runoffs scheduled for May 24 for districts where no candidate received over 50% of the vote.

District 1
The 1st district encompasses Tyler, Longview, and Texarkana. The incumbent is Republican Louie Gohmert, who has represented the district since 2004 and was re-elected with 72.6% of the vote in 2020. On November 22, 2021, Gohmert announced that he would be running for Texas Attorney General against incumbent Ken Paxton.

District 2
The 2nd district encompasses The Woodlands, Spring, Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita. The incumbent is Republican Dan Crenshaw, who has represented the district since 2019 and was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2020.

District 3
The 3rd district encompasses much of Collin County and Hunt County. The incumbent is Republican Van Taylor, who has represented the district since 2019 and was re-elected with 55.1% of the vote in 2020. On March 2, 2022, after being forced into a runoff, Taylor announced he would be ending his re-election campaign amidst allegations of infidelity with a former jihadist. Former judge Keith Self became the Republican nominee following Taylor's withdrawal, cancelling the runoff.

District 4
The 4th district encompasses counties along the Red River. The incumbent is Republican Pat Fallon, who has represented the district since 2021 and was re-elected with 75.1% of the vote in 2020.

District 5
The 5th district encompasses Mesquite, Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. The incumbent is Republican Lance Gooden, who has represented the district since 2019 and was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2020.

District 6
The 6th district encompasses Ellis County and Palestine. The incumbent is Republican Jake Ellzey, who has represented the district since 2021 and was elected with 53.3% of the vote in 2021 after the previous incumbent, Ron Wright, died from complications from COVID-19 on February 7, 2021.

District 7
The 7th district encompasses the suburbs of Houston such as Gulfton and Alief. The incumbent is Democrat Lizzie Fletcher, who has represented the district since 2019 and was re-elected with 50.8% of the vote in 2020.

District 8
The 8th district includes northern suburbs and exurbs of Houston such as Conroe and Willis. It is currently represented by Republican Kevin Brady, who is retiring, leaving the 8th as an open seat.

District 9
The 9th district encompasses the southern Houston suburbs such as Missouri City. The incumbent is Democrat Al Green, who was re-elected with 75.5% of the vote in 2020.

District 10
The 10th district stretches from northwestern Austin to Bryan–College Station. The incumbent is Republican Michael McCaul, who was re-elected in 2020 with 52.6% of the vote.

District 11
The 11th district is based in midwestern Texas, including Lamesa, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Granbury, and Brownwood. The incumbent is Republican August Pfluger, who was elected with 79.7% of the vote in 2020.

District 12
The 12th district is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and takes in Parker County and western Tarrant County, including parts of Fort Worth and its inner suburbs of North Richland Hills, Saginaw, and Haltom City. The incumbent is Republican Kay Granger, who was re-elected with 63.7% of the vote in 2020.

District 13
The 13th district encompasses most of the Texas Panhandle, containing the cities of Amarillo, Gainesville and Wichita Falls, as well as northern Denton County. The incumbent is Republican Ronny Jackson, who was re-elected with 79.4% of the vote in 2020.

District 14
The 14th district takes in the southern and southeastern region of Greater Houston, including Galveston, Jefferson County and southern Brazoria County. The incumbent is Republican Randy Weber, who was re-elected with 61.6% of the vote in 2018.

District 15
The 15th district stretches from western Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley, northward into rural counties in the Greater San Antonio area. The incumbent is Democrat Vicente Gonzalez, who was re-elected with 50.5% of the vote in 2020. On October 26, 2021, Gonzalez announced that he would be running for election in the neighboring 34th district, while still serving District 15 until 2023. The district is also significant as, despite its historical Democratic lean, Donald Trump came within 2 points of winning it in 2020, and the newly-drawn 15th is even more Republican than its predecessor.

This district is included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2022.

District 16
The 16th district is located entirely within El Paso County, taking in El Paso, Horizon City, and Anthony. The incumbent is Democrat Veronica Escobar, who was elected with 64.7% of the vote in 2020.

District 17
The 17th district covers parts of suburban north Austin stretching to rural central and eastern Texas, including Waco and Lufkin. The incumbent is Republican Pete Sessions, who was elected with 55.9% of the vote in 2020.

District 18
The 18th district is based in Downtown Houston and takes in the heavily black areas of Central Houston. The incumbent is Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who was re-elected with 73.3% of the vote in 2020.

District 19
The 19th district encompasses rural West Texas, taking in Lubbock and Abilene. The incumbent is Republican Jodey Arrington, who was re-elected with 74.8% of the vote in 2020. He is running for re-election against two possible Independent candidates- Nathan Lewis of Lubbock, TX and Jay Allen Ford of Temple, TX.

District 20
The 20th district encompasses downtown San Antonio. The incumbent is Democrat Joaquin Castro, who was re-elected with 64.7% of the vote in 2020.

District 21
The 21st district extends from north San Antonio to central and south Austin, taking in rural parts of the Texas Hill Country. The incumbent is Republican Chip Roy, who was elected with 52.0% of the vote in 2018.

District 22
The 22nd district encompasses the south-central Greater Houston metropolitan area, including the southern Houston suburbs of Sugar Land, Pearland, and Webster. The incumbent is Republican Troy Nehls, who was elected with 51.5% of the vote in 2020.

District 23
The 23rd district covers southwestern Texas, including the Big Bend, the southern and western San Antonio suburbs, and the southwestern El Paso suburbs. The incumbent is Republican Tony Gonzales, who was elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2020.

This district is included on the list of Republican-held seats the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting in 2022.

District 24
The 24th district encompasses the suburbs north of Fort Worth and Dallas, including Grapevine, Bedford, and Park Cities. The incumbent is Republican Beth Van Duyne, who was elected with 48.8% of the vote in 2020.

This district is included on the list of Republican-held seats the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting in 2022. However, due to redistricting, the seat became much safer, so it is unlikely that it will be targeted to the same degree.

District 25
The 25th district runs from Arlington out to rural exurbs of southern Fort Worth such as Granbury. The incumbent is Republican Roger Williams, who was re-elected with 55.9% of the vote in 2020.

District 26
The 26th district is based in the northern portion of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, centering on eastern Denton County. Before redistricting, the district compromised almost the entirety of Denton County as well as part of Tarrant. However, in the newly approved map, Denton, the county seat of Denton County, was removed from the district as well as parts of Frisco, to the 13th and 4th congressional district, respectively. Additionally, Cooke County and parts of Wise County where added to the district. With the removal of Denton from the district, Lewisville is the largest city in the district. The incumbent is Republican Michael C. Burgess, who was re-elected with 60.6% of the vote in 2020.

District 27
The 27th district stretches across the Coastal Bend, from Corpus Christi up to Bay City. The incumbent is Republican Michael Cloud, who was re-elected with 63.1% of the vote in 2020.

District 28
The 28th district is based in the Laredo area and stretches north of the Rio Grande Valley into east San Antonio. The incumbent is Democrat Henry Cuellar, who was re-elected with 58.3% of the vote in 2020.

This district is included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2022.

District 29
The 29th district encompasses parts of northern and southeastern Houston, taking in the heavily Latino areas of the city. The incumbent is Democrat Sylvia Garcia, who was elected with 71.1% of the vote in 2020.

District 30
The 30th district encompasses Downtown Dallas as well as South Dallas. The incumbent is Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who was re-elected with 77.5% of the vote in 2020. In 2019, Johnson announced that she not seek reelection after her next term.

District 31
The 31st district encompasses the exurbs of Austin to Temple, including parts of Williamson and Bell counties. The incumbent is Republican John Carter, who was re-elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2020.

District 32
The 32nd district covers northern and eastern Dallas and its inner northern suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Colin Allred, who was re-elected with 51.9% of the vote in 2020.

This district is included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2022. However, due to redistricting, the seat became much safer, so it is unlikely that it will be targeted to the same degree.

District 33
The 33rd district is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, encompassing Downtown Fort Worth, western Dallas, and parts of Grand Prairie, Irving, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch. The incumbent is Democrat Marc Veasey, who was re-elected with 66.8% of the vote in 2018.

District 34
The 34th district stretches from McAllen and Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley, northward along the Gulf Coast. The incumbent is Democrat Filemon Vela, who was re-elected with 55.4% of the vote in 2020. On March 22, 2021, Vela announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022. However, on October 26, 2021, Vicente Gonzalez, the current Congressman for Texas's 15th congressional district announced that he intended to run in the new 34th district after the 15th became more Republican and his residence was put into the 34th.

This district is included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2022. This list was published before redistricting. However, due to redistricting, the seat became much safer, so it is unlikely that it will be targeted to the same degree.

District 35
The 35th district connects eastern San Antonio to southeastern Austin, through the I-35 corridor. The incumbent is Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who was re-elected with 65.4% in 2020. On October 18, 2021, Doggett announced that he would be running for reelection in the new 37th district, leaving the 35th open.

District 36
The 36th district encompasses parts of Southeast Texas, including the Clear Lake region. The incumbent is Republican Brian Babin, who was re-elected with 73.6% of the vote in 2020.

District 37
The new 37th congressional district is centered on Austin. Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented the 35th district, will run here. He was re-elected with 65.4% of the vote in 2020.

District 38
The new 38th district is based off I-10, West & NW Harris County Houston suburbs such as Jersey Village, Cypress, Tomball, Katy, and Klein. As a result of redistricting, the incumbent is Republican Dan Crenshaw, from the 2nd district, who was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2020.