[5] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections and were seated for the 113th United States Congress.

[6] This election was won by Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented Texas's 25th congressional district before redistricting.

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.

[9] In August 2017, another panel of federal judges in San Antonio ruled that the district was unconstitutional.

[10] However, the district was allowed to stand in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.