Texas's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jake Ellzey R–Midlothian
Distribution	88.7% urban[1] 11.3% rural
Population (2024)	848,575[2]
Median household income	$81,604[2]
Ethnicity	44.9%White 33.8%Hispanic 13.6%Black 3.6%Asian 3.2%Two or more races 0.9% other
Cook PVI	R+14[3]

Texas's 6th congressional district of theUnited States House of Representatives is in an area that includesHill,Ellis,Navarro,Anderson, andCherokee counties to the south and southeast of theDallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner ofTarrant County, a sliver ofDallas County and northernFreestone County. As of the 2010census, the 6th district represented 698,498 people.^[4] The district is currently represented byRepublicanJake Ellzey.

The district was represented byJoe Barton from 1985 until 2019.^[5] Other notable representatives includeOlin "Tiger" Teague andPhil Gramm. The latter served as a Democrat, then notably resigned andran as a Republican to winthe ensuing special election.

A special election to fill the seat was held on May 1, 2021, with the winner being determined in a July 27 runoff after no candidate received a majority of the vote. In the runoff, Republican state representativeJake Ellzey defeated fellow RepublicanSusan Wright (the widow of Ron Wright and the endorsee of former PresidentDonald Trump),^[6][7] winning the seat.

For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[10]

AndersonCounty(4)

All 4 communities

CherokeeCounty(11)

All 11 communities

DallasCounty(3)

Dallas (part; also3rd,4th,5th,24th,30th,32nd, and33rd; shared withCollin,Denton,Kaufman, andRockwall counties),Grand Prairie (part; also30th and33rd; shared with Ellis and Tarrant counties),Irving (part; also24th and33rd)

EllisCounty(20)

All 20 communities

FreestoneCounty(4)

Fairfield,Kirvin,Streetman (shared with Navarro County),Wortham

HillCounty(14)

All 14 communities

JohnsonCounty(8)

Alvarado,Burleson (part; also25th; shared with Tarrant County),Coyote Flats (part; also25th),Grandview,The Homesteads,Keene (part; also25th),Mansfield (part; also33rd, shared with Ellis and Tarrant counties),Venus (shared with Ellis County)

NavarroCounty(19)

All 19 communities

TarrantCounty(3)

Arlington (part; also25th,30th, and33rd),Grand Prairie (part; also30th and33rd; shared with Dallas and Ellis counties),Mansfield (part; also33rd, shared with Ellis and Johnson counties)

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1875
Gustav Schleicher (Cuero)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – January 10, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Died.
Vacant		January 10, 1879 – April 15, 1879	45th
Christopher C. Upson (San Antonio)	Democratic	April 15, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected to finish Schleicher's term. Re-elected in 1880. Lost renomination.
Olin Wellborn (Dallas)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Redistricted from the3rd district andre-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination.
Jo Abbott (Hillsboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897	50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired.
Robert E. Burke (Dallas)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – June 5, 1901	55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Died.
Vacant		June 5, 1901 – July 13, 1901	57th
Dudley G. Wooten (Dallas)	Democratic	July 13, 1901 – March 3, 1903		Elected to finish Burke's term. Lost renomination.
Scott Field (Calvert)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired.
Rufus Hardy (Corsicana)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1923	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired.
Luther Alexander Johnson (Corsicana)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – July 17, 1946	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Resigned to becomeU.S. Tax Judge.
Vacant		July 17, 1946 – August 24, 1946	79th
Olin E. Teague (College Station)	Democratic	August 24, 1946 – December 31, 1978	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected to finish Johnson's term. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired, then resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979	95th
Phil Gramm (College Station)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 5, 1983	96th 97th 98th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Resigned to run as a Republican.
Vacant		January 5, 1983 – February 12, 1983	98th
Phil Gramm (College Station)	Republican	February 12, 1983 – January 3, 1985		Re-elected to finish his own term. Retired torun for U.S. senator.
Joe Barton (Ennis)	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2019	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-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. Retired due to scandal.
Ron Wright (Arlington)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – February 7, 2021	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Died.
Vacant		February 7, 2021 – July 30, 2021	117th
Jake Ellzey (Midlothian)	Republican	July 30, 2021 – present	117th 118th 119th	Elected to finish Wright's term. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

This special election took place after Wright died from health complications related to COVID-19 on February 7, 2021.^[12]

Early in the district's history, it stretched from the southern Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs all the way to Houston's northern suburbs. As Houston and DFW grew, the district shrank gradually northward, reaching its current boundaries today.

The 2012 redistricting process removed all ofTrinity,Houston,Leon,Freestone, andLimestone counties from the district, while making the district more compact in southeasternTarrant County.^[13]

• List of United States congressional districts

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989).The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982).The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–presentArchived April 23, 2010, at theWayback Machine

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