House districts / Texas
Texas's 18th congressional district
TX-18. Redrawn for 2026: the November 2026 election is on new lines. The outline shows the 2024 district with the same number.
Fundraising
- Christian Menefee Das of Oct 14, 2026Raised $3.8mSpent $3.7m · Cash $78k
14 other 2026 candidates filed reports (primary candidates). 19 other candidates have not filed.
Federal Election Commission, candidate totals, public domain.
President in this district
PollCheck calculation from precinct returns on the 2026 lines (method).
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin | 2024 lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Harris 76.7% | Trump 21.8% | 1.5% | D+54.9 | D+39.8 |
| 2020 | Biden 81.2% | Trump 17.6% | 1.1% | D+63.6 | D+48.5 |
| 2016 | Clinton 82.1% | Trump 14.8% | 3.1% | D+67.3 | D+51.8 |
Who lives here
| Measure | This district | US |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population | 766,987 | |
| Adults (18+) | 584,155 | |
| Citizens, % of adults* | 83.3% | 92.1% |
| Age, % of adults | ||
| 18 to 29* | 24.1% | 20.3% |
| 30 to 44* | 29.8% | 25.9% |
| 45 to 64* | 29.8% | 31.8% |
| 65 and over* | 16.3% | 22.0% |
| Race and Hispanic origin, % of residents | ||
| White | 12.8% | 57.8% |
| Black | 42.3% | 12.1% |
| Hispanic | 35.5% | 18.7% |
| Asian | 6.7% | 5.9% |
| Other or more than one | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Education and income | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher, % of 25+* | 31.2% | 35.7% |
| Median household income* | $63,100 | $80,734 |
* Estimated for the 2026 lines from census blocks (ACS 2020-2024). Population, adults and race: 2020 Census, counted on the 2026 lines. The tick marks the US figure.
Winning margin
Results since 1976
| Year | Winner | Share | Runner-up | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 lines, elections 2022-2024: redrawn for 2026 seat count changed from 36 to 38 after the census | |||||
| 2024 | Sylvester Turner Democrat | 69.4% | Lana Centonze Republican | 30.6% | D+38.9 |
| 2022 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 70.7% | Carmen Maria Montiel Republican others 3.1% | 26.2% | D+44.5 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2012-2020 seat count changed from 32 to 36 after the census | |||||
| 2020 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 73.3% | Wendell Champion Republican others 3.2% | 23.5% | D+49.8 |
| 2018 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 75.2% | Ava Reynero Pate Republican others 3.9% | 20.8% | D+54.4 |
| 2016 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 73.5% | Lori Bartley Republican others 2.9% | 23.6% | D+49.9 |
| 2014 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 71.8% | Sean Seibert Republican others 3.5% | 24.8% | D+47.0 |
| 2012 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 75.0% | Sean Seibert Republican others 2.4% | 22.6% | D+52.4 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2006-2010 LULAC v. Perry (2006): court-drawn lines for five districts | |||||
| 2010 | Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat | 70.2% | John Faulk Republican others 2.6% | 27.3% | D+42.9 |
| 2008 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 77.3% | John Faulk Republican others 2.3% | 20.3% | D+57.0 |
| 2006 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 76.6% | Ahmad Hassan Republican others 4.3% | 19.1% | D+57.5 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2004 Texas Legislature's 2003 mid-decade map | |||||
| 2004 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 88.9% | Tom Bazan Republican others 4.7% | 6.4% | D+82.5 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2002 seat count changed from 30 to 32 after the census | |||||
| 2002 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 76.9% | Phillip J. Abbott Republican others 1.4% | 21.7% | D+55.2 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1996-2000 Bush v. Vera (1996): 13 districts redrawn by the court, with special elections that November | |||||
| 2000 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 76.5% | Bob Levy Republican others 1.4% | 22.2% | D+54.3 |
| 1998 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 90.0% | James Galvan Libertarian | 10.1% | D+79.9 |
| 1996 Special | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 77.1% | Larry White Republican others 12.8% | 10.1% | D+66.9 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1992-1994 seat count changed from 27 to 30 after the census | |||||
| 1994 | Sheila Jackson-Lee Democrat | 73.5% | Jerry Burley Republican others 2.1% | 24.4% | D+49.1 |
| 1992 | Craig A. Washington Democrat | 64.7% | Edward Blum Republican others 2.7% | 32.6% | D+32.1 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1982-1990 seat count changed from 24 to 27 after the census | |||||
| 1990 | Craig A. Washington Democrat | 99.6% | others 0.4% | D+99.1 | |
| 1988 | Mickey Leland Democrat | 92.9% | J. Alejandro Snead Libertarian | 7.1% | D+85.8 |
| 1986 | Mickey Leland Democrat | 90.2% | Joanne Kuniansky Independent | 9.8% | D+80.4 |
| 1984 | Mickey Leland Democrat | 78.8% | Glen E. Beaman Republican others 2.2% | 19.0% | D+59.8 |
| 1982 | Mickey Leland Democrat | 82.6% | C. Leon Pickett Republican others 2.7% | 14.7% | D+67.9 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1976-1980 | |||||
| 1980 | Mickey Leland Democrat | 79.9% | C.L. Kennedy Republican others 2.2% | 17.9% | D+62.0 |
| 1978 | Goerge Thomas (Mickey) Leland Democrat | 96.8% | Deborah Vee Vernier Socialist workers | 3.2% | D+93.5 |
| 1976 | Barbara Jordan Democrat | 85.5% | Sam H. Wright Republican others 0.5% | 14.0% | D+71.5 |
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About these results
Shares count all candidate votes, including write-ins, with a candidate's votes on several party lines added together. Each result is on the lines in force at the time. Mid-decade redraws before 2016 may be unmarked.
President in this district: 2024 on the new lines is the official figure published by the state. 2016 and 2020 are estimates: precinct votes are split between districts by census block. The last column is the margin in TX-18 on the 2024 lines.
Counties only partly inside the district show the 2024 result for that part; estimates are labelled.
Margin chart: winner minus runner-up. Gaps are unopposed races; dashed lines are new district lines.
Who lives here (2026 lines) is estimated from Census survey figures split by population.
Sources
Results: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2016 (doi:10.7910/DVN/IG0UN2, CC0; via MEDSL/constituency-returns), and Clerk of the US House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election 2018-2024 (public domain).
Presidential results: PollCheck calculation from MIT Election Data and Science Lab 2024 precinct returns (doi:10.7910/DVN/XDJYKC, doi:10.7910/DVN/USBYR4, CC0; state totals doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX, CC0) and Voting and Election Science Team 2016 and 2020 precinct results and shapes (doi:10.7910/DVN/NH5S2I, doi:10.7910/DVN/K7760H, CC BY 4.0), with US Census Bureau 2020 block populations and block equivalency files (public domain). Official figures: Texas Legislative Council (2024 on the 2026 lines); Louisiana, New Jersey, California and Washington election offices (county totals). Certified results transcribed by Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Maine 2024 by district: 2024 United States presidential election in Maine (revision 1382530995); Indiana county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Indiana (revision 1382505975); Oregon county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Oregon (revision 1382605746).
District lines: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2026 (120th Congress) and 2025 cartographic boundary files (119th Congress), public domain.
Members: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).
Counties: US Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundary file (public domain); 2024 county results summed from the same MEDSL precinct returns, with the official county totals above.
Demographics: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 (public domain).
2028 candidates: Federal Election Commission (public domain).
PollCheck US. Data through November 5, 2026. Photo credits