Texas's 65th House of Representatives district
| Texas's 65th State House of Representatives district | |||
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| Demographics | 51.6% White 13.3% Black 19.0% Hispanic 14.4% Asian | ||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 202,249 154,144 | ||
District 65 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County.
The current representative is Kronda Thimesch, who was elected in 2022. Previous incumbent Democrat Michelle Beckley, while joining a caucus of Texas House Democrats in Washington DC to break quorum,[1] announced she would instead challenge US Representative Beth Van Duyne in 2022.[2]
District description
The district is located wholly within
Fort Worth that extend into Denton County.[3]
History of district
From 1920 to 1951, District 65 was a floterial district covering Burleson, Lee and Milam counties.
From 2012 to 2022, the district represented portions of southern Denton County, primarily parts of Lewisville and Carrollton.[3]
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.21% 28,878 | 59.79% 42,934 | - |
| 2020 | 51.51% 40,529 | 48.49% 38,156 | - |
| 2018 | 51.16% 29,972 | 48.84% 28,614 | - |
| 2016 | 43.74% 26,759 | 56.26% 34,418 | - |
| 2014 | 35.69% 10,440 | 64.31% 18,812 | - |
| 2012 | 38.58% 20,481 | 59.12% 31,386 | 2.31% 1,224 |
Representatives[5]
| Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5th
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Benjamin Franklin Neal | Unknown | December 27, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio |
6th
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Jerome B. McCown | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | ||
7th
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Somers Kinney | November 5, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | ||
8th
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Henry Kinney | November 7, 1859 | February 9, 1861 | ||
| Alfred Marmaduke Hobby | March 19, 1861 | November 4, 1861 | |||
9th
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Washington Edmund Goodrich | November 4, 1861 | November 2, 1863 | Guadalupe | |
10th
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Henry Maney | November 6, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | ||
11th
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Middleton S. Dunn | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||
15th
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John T. Haynes | Republican | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Travis |
16th
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Felix Ezell Smith | Democratic | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | |
17th
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Fred Carleton | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | ||
18th
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Henry Jacob Labatt | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Galveston | |
19th
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Lorenzo Clarke Fisher | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | ||
20th
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Walter Gresham | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | ||
21st
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January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | |||
22nd
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Miles Crowley | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | ||
| 23rd | Spencer Young | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Bell | |
| Shelby N. Strange | |||||
| 24th | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | |||
| Daniel Edwin Patterson | |||||
| 25th | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | |||
| L. M. Benson | |||||
| 26th | Huling Parker Robertson | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | ||
| William Tecumseh Shannon | |||||
| 27th | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | |||
| William Attress Craddock | |||||
| 28th | John Emery Crawford | January 13, 1903 | September 12, 1903 | Robertson | |
| 29th | William T. Bartholomew | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||
| 30th | Jacob Leonard Goodman | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | ||
| 31st | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | |||
| 32nd | Daniel F. Parker | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | ||
| 33rd | Randolph Roy Tyson | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Milam | |
| 34th | Campbell McCleary Beard | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||
| 35th | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | |||
| 36th | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | |||
| 37th | Isaac W. "Ike" Looney | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | ||
| 38th | Oscar Dudley Baker | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Burleson, Lee, Milam | |
| 39th | Ed R. Sinks | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | ||
| 40th | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | |||
| 41st | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | |||
| 42nd | James Joseph Elliott | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | ||
| 43rd | Jesse James | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | ||
| 44th | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | |||
45th
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January 12, 1937 | September 1, 1937 | |||
| Henry Grady "Bud" Lehman | September 27, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | |||
46th
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January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | |||
47th
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January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | |||
48th
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January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | |||
49th
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January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | |||
50th
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January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | |||
51st
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January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | |||
52nd
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January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | |||
53rd
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Jim Pearce Johnson (65-1), Obie E. Jones (65-2) Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65-3) | January 13, 1953 | January 11, 1955 | Travis | |
54th
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January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | |||
55th
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Wilson Farrell Foreman (65-1), Obie E. Jones (65-2), Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65-3) | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | ||
56th
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January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | |||
57th
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January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | |||
58th
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James Terrell "Terry" Townsend | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Burnet Gillespie, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba | |
59th
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January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | |||
60th
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Hilary Brumley Doran Jr. | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton, Val Verde | |
61st
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January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | |||
62nd
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January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | |||
63rd
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H. Bryan Poff Jr. | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Carson, Potter, Randall | |
64th
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Bob Simpson | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | ||
65th
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January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | |||
66th
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January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | |||
67th
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January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | |||
68th
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Jim Parker | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels | |
69th
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January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | |||
70th
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January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | |||
71st
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January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | |||
72nd
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January 8, 1991 | January 15, 1991 | |||
| Robert Ray "Bob" Turner | March 6, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | |||
73rd
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Ben M. Campbell | Republican | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Denton |
74th
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Burt Solomons | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | ||
75th
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January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | |||
76th
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January 12, 1991 | January 9, 2001 | |||
77th
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January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | |||
78th
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January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | |||
79th
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January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | |||
80th
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January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | |||
81st
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January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | |||
82nd
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January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | |||
83rd
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Ron Simmons | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | ||
84th
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January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | |||
85th
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January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | |||
86th
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Michelle Beckley | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | |
87th
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January 12, 2021 | 2023 | |||
88th
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Kronda Thimesch | Republican | 2023 | 2025 |
References
- ^ Eltohamy, Farah (July 21, 2021). "What it means to break quorum and what you need to know about the Texas House Democrats' dramatic departure". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick (July 20, 2021). "Texas House Democrat Michelle Beckley announces run against Republican U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "votedenton.gov". Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". lrl.texas.gov.