Texas District 22 covers the south-central Houston area, in Fort Bend, Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria counties. 52 percent of the population identifies as Republican, 32 percent as Democrat and 16 percent as independent.
Elections
Office
State
District
Date
U.S. House
2008
Republican
U.S. House
2006
Democrat
76,775
Other
61,938
Libertarian
9,009
Other
428
Other
89
U.S. House (Primary)
2006
Democrat
7,993
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
20,563
Republican
9,941
Republican
1,550
Republican
1,115
U.S. House
2004
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
150,386
Democrat
112,034
Independent
5,314
Libertarian
4,886
U.S. House (Primary)
2004
Democrat
7,303
Democrat
2,920
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
15,490
U.S. House
2002
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
100,499
Democrat
55,716
Libertarian
1,612
Other
1,257
U.S. House (Primary)
2002
Democrat
4,606
Democrat
4,316
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
22,379
Republican
5,645
U.S. House
2000
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
154,662
Democrat
92,645
Independent
5,577
Libertarian
3,383
U.S. House (Primary)
2000
Democrat
4,833
Democrat
4,590
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
41,901
Republican
8,385
U.S. House
1998
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
87,840
Democrat
45,386
Libertarian
1,494
U.S. House (Primary)
1998
Democrat
5,222
DeLay, Tom (Inc)
Republican
24,849