Texas's 34th congressional district

Texas's 34th congressional district
Texas's 34th congressional district
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Representative	Vicente Gonzalez; D–McAllen
Distribution	83.96% urban; 16.04% rural;
Population (2024)	796,178
Median household; income	$54,486
Ethnicity	90.3% Hispanic; 7.9% White; 0.6% Asian; 0.4% Black; 0.4% Two or more races; 0.3% other;
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Texas's 34th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the southern part of Texas that was created as a result of the 2010 census.^[4] The first candidates ran in the 2012 elections; the winner, Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., was seated for the 113th United States Congress.^[5] The district is currently represented by Vicente Gonzalez (D-McAllen), who was redistricted there from Texas's 15th congressional district.^[6]

Distribution

Population (2024)796,178^[2]

Median household
income$54,486^[2]

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Texas's 34th congressional district is composed of the area on the Gulf Coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, the latter of which being situated in the neighboring 27th congressional district.^[7] It extends westward to include the northeastern portion of McAllen and surrounds, with the rest of the McAllen area being in the 15th. In addition to the City of Brownsville, other major towns in the district include Alice, Beeville, Harlingen, Kingsville and San Benito.

The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.^[8]

Year	Office	Results^[9]^[10]
2008	President	Obama 67% - 32%
2012	President	Obama 69% - 31%
2014	Senate	Alameel 59% - 41%
2014	Governor	Davis 62% - 38%
2016	President	Clinton 66% - 30%
2018	Senate	O'Rourke 65% - 34%
	Governor	Valdez 57% - 41%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 63% - 35%
	Attorney General	Nelson 65% - 33%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Chevalier 61% - 33%
2020	President	Biden 57% - 42%
2020	Senate	Hegar 56% - 41%
2022	Governor	O'Rourke 56% - 43%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 53% - 44%
	Attorney General	Mercedes Garza 57% - 41%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Dudding 53% - 41%
2024	President	Trump 52% - 47%
2024	Senate	Allred 52% - 46%

Year	Office	Results^[11]
2008	President	Obama 53% - 46%
2012	President	Obama 55% - 45%
2014	Senate	Cornyn 56% - 44%
2014	Governor	Abbott 51% - 49%
2016	President	Clinton 54% - 42%
2018	Senate	O'Rourke 55% - 44%
	Governor	Abbott 52% - 47%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 53% - 45%
	Attorney General	Nelson 54% - 43%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Chevalier 50% - 45%
2020	President	Biden 51% - 48%
2020	Senate	Hegar 49% - 48%
2022	Governor	Abbott 50% - 49%
	Lt. Governor	Patrick 50% - 47%
	Attorney General	Mercedes Garza 49% - 48%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Hegar 49% - 46%
2024	President	Trump 55% - 44%
2024	Senate	Cruz 50% - 48%

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 2013
Filemon Vela Jr. (Brownsville)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – March 31, 2022	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned.	2013–2023 Bee, Cameron, DeWitt, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Willacy; parts of Gonzales, Hidalgo, and San Patricio
Vacant		March 31, 2022 – June 21, 2022	117th
Mayra Flores (McAllen)	Republican	June 21, 2022 – January 3, 2023	117th	Elected to finish Vela's term. Lost re-election.
Vicente Gonzalez (McAllen)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–2027 Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Willacy; parts of Hidalgo^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr.	89,606	61.89	N/A
	Republican	Jessica Puente Bradshaw	52,448	36.23	N/A
	Libertarian	Steven Shanklin	2,724	1.88	N/A
Total votes			144,778	100.00
	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent)	47,503	59.47	–2.42
	Republican	Larry Smith	30,811	38.57	+2.34
	Libertarian	Ryan Rowley	1,563	1.96	+0.08
Total votes			79,877	100.00
	Democratic hold

Recent election results from statewide races

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent)	104,638	62.67	+3.20
	Republican	Rey Gonzalez Jr.	62,323	37.33	–1.24
Total votes			166,961	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent)	85,825	59.99	–2.68
	Republican	Rey Gonzalez Jr.	57,243	40.01	+2.68
Total votes			143,068	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent)	111,439	55.44	–4.55
	Republican	Rey Gonzalez Jr.	84,119	41.85	+1.84
	Libertarian	Anthony Cristo	3,222	1.60	N/A
	Independent	Chris Royal	2,235	1.12	N/A
Total votes			201,027	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mayra Flores	14,799	50.91
	Democratic	Dan Sanchez	12,606	43.37
	Democratic	Rene Coronado	1,210	4.16
	Republican	Juana Cantu-Cabrera	454	1.56
Total votes			29,069	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vicente Gonzalez (incumbent)	70,896	52.73
	Republican	Mayra Flores (incumbent)	59,464	44.23
	Independent	Chris Royal	4,079	3.03
Total votes			134,439	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vicente Gonzalez (incumbent)	102,780	51.29	−1.44
	Republican	Mayra Flores	97,603	48.71	+4.48
Total votes			200,383	100.00
	Democratic hold