Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primary)
- Primary date: March 1
- Mail-in registration deadline: Jan. 31
- Online reg. deadline: N/A
- In-person reg. deadline: Jan. 31
- Early voting starts: Feb. 14
- Early voting ends: Feb. 25
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: March 1
A Democratic Party primary took place on March 1, 2022, in Texas' 21st Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Claudia Zapata and Ricardo Villarreal advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party in advance in order to participate in that party's primary. The voter must sign a pledge stating the following (the language below is taken directly from state statutes):[1][2]
“ | The following pledge shall be placed on the primary election ballot above the listing of candidates' names: 'I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year.'[3] | ” |
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Texas' 21st Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022 (March 1 Republican primary)
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Claudia Zapata | 47.2 | 16,604 | |
✔ | Ricardo Villarreal | 27.3 | 9,590 | |
Coy Branscum | 9.0 | 3,157 | ||
David Anderson | 8.6 | 3,038 | ||
Scott Sturm | 5.3 | 1,865 | ||
Cherif Gacis | 2.6 | 902 |
Total votes: 35,156 | ||||
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Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[4] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[5] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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David Anderson | Democratic Party | $5,886 | $4,641 | $1,245 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Coy Branscum | Democratic Party | $20,272 | $23,914 | $-2,709 | As of March 31, 2022 |
Cherif Gacis | Democratic Party | $4,639 | $4,639 | $0 | As of March 31, 2022 |
Scott Sturm | Democratic Party | $76,134 | $76,119 | $0 | As of March 14, 2022 |
Ricardo Villarreal | Democratic Party | $47,925 | $46,235 | $0 | As of September 30, 2022 |
Claudia Zapata | Democratic Party | $118,238 | $101,741 | $16,498 | As of October 19, 2022 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Texas.
Texas U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2022 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 222 | 76 | 17 | 27 | 57.9% | 19 | 59.4%[6] | ||||
2020 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 231 | 72 | 24 | 26 | 69.4% | 18 | 60.0% | ||||
2018 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 212 | 72 | 25 | 21 | 63.9% | 15 | 53.6% | ||||
2016 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 127 | 72 | 13 | 20 | 45.8% | 19 | 55.9% | ||||
2014 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100 | 72 | 6 | 13 | 26.4% | 12 | 34.3% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Texas in 2022. Information below was calculated on Jan. 27, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 223 candidates filed to run for Texas’ 38 U.S. House districts, including 143 Republicans, 79 Democrats, and one independent candidate. That’s 5.9 candidates per district, less than the 6.5 candidates per district in 2020 and 5.9 in 2018.
Texas gained two U.S. House districts following the 2020 census. Two members of the U.S. House filed to run for re-election in a different district than the one represented before redistricting: Lloyd Doggett (D) filed in the new 37th District, while Vicente Gonzalez (D) filed in the 34th District seat held by retiring Rep. Filemon Vela (D).
Six districts were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. In addition to Gonzalez’s and Doggett’s districts, these included the newly-created 38th District and the 1st, 8th, and 30th districts. 1st District incumbent Louie Gohmert (R) filed to run for state attorney general, while incumbents Kevin Brady (R) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) did not file for re-election.
This was the same number as 2012, the previous post-redistricting cycle, and 2020. There were seven open seats in 2018.
There were 13 incumbents who filed to run in districts without any primary challengers.
Three districts were likely to be won by Republicans because no Democrats filed. There were no districts where the same is true of Democratic candidates.
Fifteen candidates each filed to run in the 15th and 30th Districts, more than any other. Six Democrats and nine Republicans filed in the 15th. Nine Democrats and six Republicans filed in the 30th. Both districts were open.
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Texas in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Texas, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Texas | U.S. House | Democratic or Republican | 2% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | $3,125.00 | 12/13/2021 | Source |
Texas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 5% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | N/A | 6/23/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Texas District 21
until January 2, 2023
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Texas District 21
starting January 3, 2023
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Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[7] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[8]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Texas | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Donald Trump | |
Texas' 1st | 26.5% | 72.4% | 27.2% | 71.6% |
Texas' 2nd | 37.9% | 60.7% | 48.6% | 49.9% |
Texas' 3rd | 42.0% | 56.4% | 48.7% | 49.8% |
Texas' 4th | 36.4% | 62.4% | 24.4% | 74.4% |
Texas' 5th | 38.2% | 60.6% | 37.9% | 60.9% |
Texas' 6th | 37.4% | 61.3% | 47.8% | 50.8% |
Texas' 7th | 64.2% | 34.5% | 53.6% | 45.1% |
Texas' 8th | 35.8% | 63.0% | 28.1% | 70.6% |
Texas' 9th | 76.2% | 22.8% | 75.7% | 23.3% |
Texas' 10th | 39.8% | 58.6% | 48.4% | 50.0% |
Texas' 11th | 29.1% | 69.5% | 19.7% | 79.1% |
Texas' 12th | 40.1% | 58.3% | 37.9% | 60.5% |
Texas' 13th | 26.5% | 72.0% | 19.4% | 79.2% |
Texas' 14th | 35.0% | 63.6% | 39.6% | 59.0% |
Texas' 15th | 48.1% | 51.0% | TX-15: 50.4% TX-34: 51.5% |
TX-15: 48.5% TX-34: 47.5% |
Texas' 16th | 67.0% | 31.5% | 66.4% | 32.0% |
Texas' 17th | 38.0% | 60.5% | 43.6% | 54.6% |
Texas' 18th | 73.6% | 25.1% | 75.7% | 23.0% |
Texas' 19th | 26.2% | 72.4% | 26.3% | 72.2% |
Texas' 20th | 65.8% | 32.7% | 63.7% | 34.7% |
Texas' 21st | 39.4% | 59.1% | 47.9% | 50.6% |
Texas' 22nd | 41.3% | 57.4% | 48.9% | 49.8% |
Texas' 23rd | 45.8% | 52.9% | 48.5% | 50.3% |
Texas' 24th | 43.0% | 55.4% | 51.9% | 46.5% |
Texas' 25th | 33.8% | 64.9% | 44.4% | 54.0% |
Texas' 26th | 40.0% | 58.6% | 42.1% | 56.3% |
Texas' 27th | 38.1% | 60.6% | 37.5% | 61.2% |
Texas' 28th | 52.9% | 45.9% | 51.6% | 47.2% |
Texas' 29th | 67.8% | 31.0% | 65.9% | 32.9% |
Texas' 30th | 77.8% | 21.0% | 79.8% | 18.9% |
Texas' 31st | 39.0% | 59.2% | 47.6% | 50.4% |
Texas' 32nd | 65.7% | 32.7% | 54.4% | 44.0% |
Texas' 33rd | 74.2% | 24.4% | 73.0% | 25.6% |
Texas' 34th | 57.3% | 41.8% | TX-15: 50.4% TX-34: 51.5% |
TX-15: 48.5% TX-34: 47.5% |
Texas' 35th | 71.7% | 26.5% | --- | --- |
Texas' 36th | 33.6% | 65.2% | 26.9% | 71.9% |
Texas' 37th | 75.5% | 22.7% | 67.7% | 30.5% |
Texas' 38th | 40.2% | 58.4% | --- | --- |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Texas.
Texas U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2022 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 222 | 76 | 17 | 27 | 57.9% | 19 | 59.4%[9] | ||||
2020 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 231 | 72 | 24 | 26 | 69.4% | 18 | 60.0% | ||||
2018 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 212 | 72 | 25 | 21 | 63.9% | 15 | 53.6% | ||||
2016 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 127 | 72 | 13 | 20 | 45.8% | 19 | 55.9% | ||||
2014 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100 | 72 | 6 | 13 | 26.4% | 12 | 34.3% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Texas in 2022. Information below was calculated on Jan. 27, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 223 candidates filed to run for Texas’ 38 U.S. House districts, including 143 Republicans, 79 Democrats, and one independent candidate. That’s 5.9 candidates per district, less than the 6.5 candidates per district in 2020 and 5.9 in 2018.
Texas gained two U.S. House districts following the 2020 census. Two members of the U.S. House filed to run for re-election in a different district than the one represented before redistricting: Lloyd Doggett (D) filed in the new 37th District, while Vicente Gonzalez (D) filed in the 34th District seat held by retiring Rep. Filemon Vela (D).
Six districts were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. In addition to Gonzalez’s and Doggett’s districts, these included the newly-created 38th District and the 1st, 8th, and 30th districts. 1st District incumbent Louie Gohmert (R) filed to run for state attorney general, while incumbents Kevin Brady (R) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) did not file for re-election.
This was the same number as 2012, the previous post-redistricting cycle, and 2020. There were seven open seats in 2018.
There were 13 incumbents who filed to run in districts without any primary challengers.
Three districts were likely to be won by Republicans because no Democrats filed. There were no districts where the same is true of Democratic candidates.
Fifteen candidates each filed to run in the 15th and 30th Districts, more than any other. Six Democrats and nine Republicans filed in the 15th. Nine Democrats and six Republicans filed in the 30th. Both districts were open.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 21st the 109th most Republican district nationally.[10]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Texas' 21st based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden | Donald Trump | |||
39.4% | 59.1% |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2020
Texas presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 15 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Texas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Texas | ||
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Texas | United States | |
Population | 25,145,561 | 308,745,538 |
Land area (sq mi) | 261,266 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 74% | 72.5% |
Black/African American | 12.1% | 12.7% |
Asian | 4.8% | 5.5% |
Native American | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Two or more | 2.7% | 3.3% |
Hispanic/Latino | 39.3% | 18% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 83.7% | 88% |
College graduation rate | 29.9% | 32.1% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $61,874 | $62,843 |
Persons below poverty level | 14.7% | 13.4% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Texas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Texas, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Republican | 2 | 24 | 26 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 36 | 38 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Texas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in Texas, November 2022 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | Greg Abbott |
Lieutenant Governor | Dan Patrick |
Secretary of State | John Scott |
Attorney General | Ken Paxton |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Texas State Legislature as of November 2022.
Texas State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 13 | |
Republican Party | 18 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 31 |
Texas House of Representatives
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 65 | |
Republican Party | 83 | |
Vacancies | 2 | |
Total | 150 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Texas was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Texas Party Control: 1992-2022
Three years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022 (March 1 Republican primary)
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed January 2, 2014
- ↑ Texas Statutes, "Section 172.086," accessed February 5, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Dividing the number of incumbents in contested primaries (19) by the number of incumbents who filed for re-election (32).
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Dividing the number of incumbents in contested primaries (19) by the number of incumbents who filed for re-election (32).
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
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