Texas's 28th congressional district

Not to be confused with Texas's 28th House of Representatives district.

Texas's 28th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a strip in deep south Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio, and ending at the U.S.–Mexico border. Towns entirely or partially within this district include Converse, Laredo, Rio Grande City, and Universal City. TX-28 includes The Alamo, a historic monument in what is now downtown San Antonio that plays a central role in Texas' identity. The current Representative from the 28th district is Henry Cuellar.

Texas's 28th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Henry Cuellar D–Laredo
Distribution	82.75% urban[1] 17.25% rural
Population (2023)	799,580[2]
Median household income	$63,441[2]
Ethnicity	75.3% Hispanic 17.2% White 4.4% Black 1.7% Two or more races 0.9% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+3[3]

The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.^[4]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[5][6]
2008	President	Obama 59% - 40%
2012	President	Obama 61% - 39%
2014	Senate	Alameel 51% - 49%
	Governor	Davis 55% - 45%
2016	President	Clinton 57% - 38%
2018	Senate	O'Rourke 59% - 40%
	Governor	Valdez 53% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 57% - 41%
	Attorney General	Nelson 59% - 39%
2020	President	Biden 53% - 46%
	Senate	Hegar 52% - 45%
2022	Governor	O'Rourke 52% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 50% - 46%
	Attorney General	Mercedes Garza 52% - 45%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Dudding 49% - 46%
2024	President	Trump 53% - 46%
	Senate	Allred 49% - 48%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[7]

Atascosa County (7)

All 7 communities

Bexar County (7)

China Grove, Converse (part; also 35th), Elmendorf, Live Oak (part; also 35th), St. Hedwig, San Antonio (part; also 20th, 21st, 23rd, 35th; shared with Comal and Medina counties), Sandy Oaks

Duval County (5)

All 5 communities

Guadalupe County (10)

Cibolo (shared with Bexar County), Lake Dunlap, Marion, McQueeney, New Berlin, New Braunfels (part; also 21st and 35th; shared with Comal County), Santa Clara, Schertz (part; also 35th; shared with Bexar and Comal counties), Seguin (part; also 15th), Zuehl

Jim Hogg County (5)

All 5 communities

McMullen County (1)

Tilden

Starr County (115)

All 115 communities

Webb County (40)

All 40 communities

Zapata County (12)

All 12 communities

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1993
Frank Tejeda (San Antonio)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 30, 1997	103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Died.	1993–2003 Atascosa, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen, Starr, Wilson, and Zapata; parts of Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, and Jim Wells
Vacant		January 30, 1997 – April 17, 1997	105th
Ciro Rodriguez (San Antonio)	Democratic	April 17, 1997 – January 3, 2005	105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Tejeda's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Lost renomination.
					2003–2005 Atascosa, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, McMullen, Starr, and Zapata; parts of Bexar and Hidalgo
Henry Cuellar (Laredo)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2005–2007 Atascosa, Frio, Guadalupe, La Salle, McMullen, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata; parts of Bexar, Comal, and Hays
					2007–2013 Atascosa, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen, Starr, Webb, and Zapata; parts of Bexar and Hidalgo
					2013–2023 Atascosa, McMullen, Starr, Webb, and Zapata; parts of Bexar, Hidalgo, La Salle, and Wilson[8]
					2023–present Atascosa, Bexar (part), Duval, Guadalupe (part), Jim Hogg, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Zapata[9]

Recent election results

2004 election

US House election, 2004: Texas District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	106,323	59.0	−12.1
	Republican	James Hopson	69,538	38.6	+11.7
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,305	2.4	+0.3
Majority			36,785	20.4
Turnout			180,166
	Democratic hold		Swing	-11.9

2006 election

On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of Texas's 23rd congressional district. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a three-judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, which affected the boundaries of the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts.

On election day in November, these five districts had open primaries, or a "jungle primary"; any candidate that receives more than 50% of the vote wins the seat. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat.^[10]

Cuellar retained his seat in the 28th district.

2008 election

US House election, 2008: Texas District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	123,494	68.7	+9.7
	Republican	Jim Fish	52,524	29.2	−9.38
	Libertarian	Ross Lynn Leone	3,722	2.1	−0.3
Majority			70,969
Turnout			179,740
	Democratic hold		Swing	+10.0

2010 election

US House election, 2010: Texas District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	62,773	56.34	−12.4
	Republican	Bryan Underwood	46,740	41.95	+12.75
	Libertarian	Stephen Kaat	1,889	1.7	−0.4
Majority			14,144	12.69
Turnout			111,402
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012 election

US House election, 2012, Texas District 28^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (Incumbent)	112,456	67.89
	Republican	William R. Hayward	49,309	29.77
	Libertarian	Patrick Hisel	2,473	1.49
	Green	Michael D. Cary	1,407	0.85
Total votes			165,645	100.0

2014 election

US House election, 2014: Texas District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	62,508	82.1
	Libertarian	Will Alkens	10,153	13.3
	Green	Michael Cary	3,475	4.6
Majority
Turnout			76,136	100
	Democratic hold		Swing

2016 election

US House election, 2016: Texas District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	122,086	66.2
	Republican	Zeffen Hardin	57,740	31.3
	Green	Michael Cary	4,616	2.5
Majority
Turnout			184,442	100
	Democratic hold		Swing

2018 election

Texas's 28th congressional district, 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	117,494	84.4
	Libertarian	Arthur Thomas IV	21,732	15.6
Total votes			139,226	100
	Democratic hold

2020 election

Texas's 28th congressional district, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	137,494	58.3
	Republican	Sandra Whitten	91,925	39.0
	Libertarian	Bekah Congdon	6,425	2.7
Total votes			235,844	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022 election

Texas's 28th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	93,803	56.65
	Republican	Cassy Garcia	71,778	43.35
Total votes			165,581	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024 election

Texas's 28th congressional district, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	125,490	52.81	−3.84
	Republican	Jay Furman	112,117	47.19	+3.84
Total votes			237,607	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

• United States portal
• Texas portal