Texas' 38th Congressional District (2024)

Texas' 38th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Wesley Hunt (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.

This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more.

Click here for more information about apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census and here for more information about redistricting in Texas.

Elections

2024

See also:Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 38

Incumbent Wesley Hunt, Melissa McDonough, and Chad Abbey are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 38 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Wesley Hunt (R)
		Melissa McDonough (D)
		Chad Abbey (L)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

Melissa McDonough defeated Gion Thomas in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa McDonough	82.5	18,486
		Gion Thomas	17.5	3,910

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 22,396
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cameron Campbell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

Incumbent Wesley Hunt advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt	100.0	62,340

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 62,340
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 38

Chad Abbey advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 16, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Chad Abbey (L)

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2022

See also: Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 38

Wesley Hunt defeated Duncan Klussmann and Joel Dejean in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 38 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt (R)	63.0	163,597
		Duncan Klussmann (D)	35.5	92,302
		Joel Dejean (Independent)	1.5	3,970

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 259,869
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Cubbler (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 38

Duncan Klussmann defeated Diana Martinez Alexander in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 38 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Duncan Klussmann	61.1	6,449
		Diana Martinez Alexander	38.9	4,111

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 10,560
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

Diana Martinez Alexander and Duncan Klussmann advanced to a runoff. They defeated Centrell Reed in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Martinez Alexander	44.6	9,861
✔		Duncan Klussmann	39.3	8,698
		Centrell Reed	16.1	3,550

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 22,109
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt	55.3	35,291
		Mark Ramsey	30.3	19,352
		David Hogan	4.9	3,125
		Roland Lopez	3.2	2,048
		Brett Guillory	2.2	1,416
		Jerry Ford Sr.	1.6	997
		Richard Welch	1.0	633
		Alex Cross	0.7	460
		Damien Mockus	0.4	249
		Philip Covarrubias	0.4	228

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.Source	Total votes: 63,799
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District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

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:^[4]

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."^[4]

District analysis

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

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+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 38th the 119th most Republican district nationally.^[5]

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2022

Footnotes