Texas' 3rd Congressional District

Texas' 3rd Congressional District

Incumbent

Keith Self

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Texas' 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Keith Self (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 3

Incumbent Keith Self, Sandeep Srivastava, and Christopher Claytor are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Keith Self (R)
		Sandeep Srivastava (D)
		Christopher Claytor (L)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Sandeep Srivastava advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandeep Srivastava	100.0	17,377

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 17,377
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Neil Efros (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Incumbent Keith Self defeated Suzanne Cassimatis Harp, Tre Pennie, John Porro, and Jeremy Ivanovskis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Keith Self	73.2	53,506
		Suzanne Cassimatis Harp	18.2	13,267
		Tre Pennie	3.6	2,640
		John Porro	3.4	2,514
		Jeremy Ivanovskis	1.6	1,152

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 73,079
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Burt Thakur (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3

Christopher Claytor advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Christopher Claytor (L)

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2022

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 3

Keith Self defeated Sandeep Srivastava and Christopher Claytor in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Keith Self (R)	60.5	164,240
		Sandeep Srivastava (D)	36.9	100,121
		Christopher Claytor (L)	2.5	6,895

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,256
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Roger Barone (Independent)
• Jeff Simmons (Independent)
• Cody Knight (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

The Republican primary runoff election was canceled. Keith Self advanced from the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Van Taylor (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Sandeep Srivastava defeated Doc Shelby in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandeep Srivastava	61.9	13,865
		Doc Shelby	38.1	8,531

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,396
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Incumbent Van Taylor and Keith Self advanced to a runoff. They defeated Suzanne Cassimatis Harp, Rickey Williams, and Jeremy Ivanovskis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Van Taylor	48.8	31,489
✔		Keith Self	26.5	17,058
		Suzanne Cassimatis Harp	20.7	13,375
		Rickey Williams	2.7	1,731
		Jeremy Ivanovskis	1.3	818

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,471
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3

Christopher Claytor advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Christopher Claytor (L)

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2020

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 3

Incumbent Van Taylor defeated Lulu Seikaly and Christopher Claytor in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Van Taylor (R)	55.1	230,512
		Lulu Seikaly (D)	42.9	179,458
		Christopher Claytor (L)	2.1	8,621

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 418,591
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3

Lulu Seikaly defeated Sean McCaffity in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lulu Seikaly	60.7	20,617
		Sean McCaffity	39.3	13,339

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,956
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Lulu Seikaly and Sean McCaffity advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tanner Do in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lulu Seikaly	44.5	28,250
✔		Sean McCaffity	43.7	27,736
		Tanner Do	11.7	7,433

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,419
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Al Robertson (D)
• Lorie Burch (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Incumbent Van Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Van Taylor	100.0	53,938

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Roger Barone (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3

Christopher Claytor advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Christopher Claytor (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 3

Van Taylor defeated Lorie Burch and Christopher Claytor in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Van Taylor (R)	54.2	169,520
		Lorie Burch (D)	44.2	138,234
		Christopher Claytor (L)	1.5	4,604
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	153

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 312,511
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Mason (Independent)
• Roger Barone (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3

Lorie Burch defeated Sam Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorie Burch	75.0	9,344
		Sam Johnson	25.0	3,107

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 12,451
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Lorie Burch and Sam Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Adam Bell and Medrick Yhap in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorie Burch	49.6	15,468
✔		Sam Johnson	28.7	8,943
		Adam Bell	18.0	5,598
		Medrick Yhap	3.8	1,172

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,181
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3

Van Taylor defeated David Niederkorn and Alex Donkervoet in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Van Taylor	84.7	45,475
		David Niederkorn	9.4	5,052
		Alex Donkervoet	5.9	3,185

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,712
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2016

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Sam Johnson (R) defeated Adam Bell (D), Scott Jameson (L), Paul Blair (G) and write-in candidate Billy Wayne Engle Jr. in the general election on November 8, 2016. Johnson defeated Dave Cornette, John Slavens and Keith Thurgood in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Adam Bell defeated Michael Filak to win the Democratic nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson Incumbent	61.2%	193,684
	Democratic	Adam Bell	34.6%	109,420
	Libertarian	Scott Jameson	3.3%	10,448
	Green	Paul Blair	0.9%	2,915
Total Votes				316,467
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 3 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sam Johnson Incumbent	74.6%	65,451
John Slavens	11.5%	10,043
Keith Thurgood	8.2%	7,173
Dave Cornette	5.7%	5,037
Total Votes		87,704
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Adam Bell	64.8%	17,270
Michael Filak	35.2%	9,395
Total Votes		26,665
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Sam Johnson (R) defeated Paul Blair (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson Incumbent	82%	113,404
	Green	Paul Blair	18%	24,876
Total Votes				138,280
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Sam Johnson (R) won re-election in an unopposed race.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson Incumbent	100%	187,180
Total Votes				187,180
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Lingenfelder (D), Christopher Claytor (L) and Harry Pierce (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	66.3%	101,180
	Democratic	John Lingenfelder	31.3%	47,848
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	2.4%	3,602
	Write-in	Harry Pierce	0%	22
Total Votes				152,652

2008
On November 4, 2008, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Daley (D) and Christopher Claytor (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	59.7%	170,742
	Democratic	Tom Daley	38%	108,693
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	2.2%	6,348
Total Votes				285,783

2006
On November 7, 2006, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Dodd (D) and Christopher Claytor (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	62.5%	88,690
	Democratic	Dan Dodd	34.9%	49,529
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	2.6%	3,662
Total Votes				141,881

2004
On November 2, 2004, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul Jenkins (I) and James Vessels (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	85.6%	180,099
	Independent	Paul Jenkins	8.1%	16,966
	Libertarian	James Vessels	6.3%	13,287
Total Votes				210,352

2002
On November 5, 2002, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Manny Molera (D) and John Davis (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	73.9%	113,974
	Democratic	Manny Molera	24.3%	37,503
	Libertarian	John Davis	1.7%	2,656
Total Votes				154,133

2000
On November 7, 2000, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Billy Wayne Zachary (D) and Lance Flores (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	71.6%	187,486
	Democratic	Billy Wayne Zachary	25.7%	67,233
	Libertarian	Lance Flores	2.7%	7,178
Total Votes				261,897

1998
On November 3, 1998, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	91.2%	106,690
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	8.8%	10,288
Total Votes				116,978

1996
On November 5, 1996, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lee Cole (D) and John Davis (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	73%	142,325
	Democratic	Lee Cole	24.4%	47,654
	Libertarian	John Davis	2.6%	5,045
	N/A	Write-in	0%	2
Total Votes				195,026

1994
On November 8, 1994, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Donahue (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	91%	157,011
	Libertarian	Tom Donahue	9%	15,611
Total Votes				172,622

1992
On November 3, 1992, Sam Johnson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Noel Kopala (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Johnson incumbent	86.1%	201,569
	Libertarian	Noel Kopala	13.9%	32,570
Total Votes				234,139

1990
On November 6, 1990, Steve Bartlett won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Noel Kopala (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 3 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Bartlett incumbent	99.6%	153,857
	Write-in	Noel Kopala	0.4%	617
Total Votes				154,474

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021. On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021. This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."

Texas District 3
until January 2, 2023

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Texas District 3
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The 3rd Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2022

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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 3rd the 138th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 42.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 56.4%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 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' 3rd Congressional District the 102nd most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.98. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.98 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• Texas's 3rd Congressional District & Map

Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Kay Granger (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Sheila Jackson Lee (D)

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Michael Burgess (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Colin Allred (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (13)