United States congressional delegations from Texas

The current dean of the Texas delegation is Representative Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) of the Democratic Party.

Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor.

[1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts.

[6] All 10 redistricting events that took place in Texas in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are illustrated here.

They were also redistricted in 2003, which gave Republicans a majority of seats after the 2004 elections.

After the 2020 United States census, Texas gained two seats.