Texas's 6th congressional district

Texas's 6th congressional district
Texas's 6th congressional district
	Texas' 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Jake Ellzey; R–Midlothian
Distribution	88.7% urban; 11.3% rural;
Population (2019)	818,442
Median income	$71,161
Ethnicity	52.0% White; 20.3% Black; 4.9% Asian; 22.2% Hispanic; 0.6% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+9

Texas's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is southeast of Dallas and includes the counties of Ellis, Navarro and the corner of Tarrant County. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. No one is currently represented the district because the representative, Republican Ron Wright, who had been the representative since 2019 died on February 7, 2021 from COVID-19. A special election will happen on May 1, 2021.

Election history

US House election, 2004: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	168,767	66.0	-4.3
	Democratic	Morris Meyer	83,609	32.7	+5.0
	Libertarian	Stephen Schrader	3,251	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			255,627
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing	-4.7

US House election, 2006: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	91,927	60.5	-5.5
	Democratic	David Harris	56,369	37.1	+4.4
	Libertarian	Carl Nulsen	3,740	2.5	+1.2
Turnout			152,036
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2008: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	174,008	62.0	+1.5
	Democratic	Ludwig Otto	99,919	35.6	-1.5
	Libertarian	Max Kock, III	6,655	2.4	-0.1
Turnout			280,582
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2010: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	107,140	65.9	+3.9
	Democratic	David Cozad	50,717	31.2	-4.4
	Libertarian	Byron Severns	4,700	2.9	+0.5
Turnout			162,557
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2012: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	145,019	58.0	-7.9
	Democratic	Kenneth Sanders	98,053	39.2	+8.0
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	4,847	1.9	-1.0
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.	Brandon Parmer	2,017	0.8	+0.8
Turnout			249,936
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2014: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	92,334	61.1	+3.1
	Democratic	David Cozad	55,027	36.4	-2.8
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	3,635	2.4	+0.5
Turnout			150,996
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2016: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Barton	159,444	58.3	-2.8
	Democratic	Ruby Faye Woolridge	106,667	39.0	+2.6
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.	Darrel Smith	7,185	2.6	+2.6
Turnout			273,296
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

US House of Representatives elections, 2018: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Wright	135,779	53.1	-5.2
	Democratic	Jana Lynne Sanchez	116,040	45.4	+6.4
	Libertarian	Jason Harber	3,724	1.5	-0.9
Turnout			255,543
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

2020 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Wright	179,507	52.8	-0.3
	Democratic	Stephen Daniel	149,530	44.0	-1.4
	Libertarian	Melanie A. Black	10,955	3.2	+1.7
Turnout			339,992
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" \|	Republican hold		Swing

2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election^[4]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Wright	15,052	19.21
	Republican	Jake Ellzey	10,851	13.85
	Democrat	Jana Sanchez	10,497	13.39
	Republican	Brian Harrison	8,476	10.81
	Democrat	Shawn Lassiter	6,964	8.89
	Republican	John Anthony Castro	4,321	5.51
	Democrat	Tammy Allison Holloway	4,238	5.41
	Democrat	Lydia Bean	2,920	3.73
	Republican	Michael Wood	2,503	3.19
	Republican	Michael Ballantine	2,224	2.84
	Republican	Dan Rodimer	2,086	2.66
	Democrat	Daryl J. Eddings Sr.	1,652	2.11
	Republican	Mike Egan	1,543	1.97
	Democrat	Patrick Moses	1,189	1.52
	Democrat	Manuel R. Salazar III	1,119	1.43
	Republican	Sery Kim	888	1.13
	Republican	Travis Rodermund	460	0.59
	[[Independent (politician)\|Template:Independent (politician)/meta/shortname]]	Adrian Mizher	351	0.45
	Democrat	Brian K. Stephenson	271	0.35
	Libertarian	Phil Gray	265	0.34
	Democrat	Matthew Hinterlong	252	0.32
	Republican	Jennifer Garcia Sharon	150	0.19
	Democrat	Chris Suprun	102	0.13
Total votes			78,374	100
	Republican	Jake Ellzey	20,837	53.27
	Republican	Susan Wright	18,279	46.73
Total votes			39,116	100.00
	Republican hold

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