TX-23 Texas's 23rd District

Candidate

Predicted Vote %

Predicted Win %

Will Hurd

56.2%

93.3%

Gina Ortiz Jones

43.8%

6.7%

BPI

Blair Partisan Index

Measures how strongly a district leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party compared to the nation as a whole.

 

0.3%

SEER Prediction

SEER Prediction

Forecasted Democratic % of vote, without considering national mood or polling.

 

46.0%

District Profile Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.

Texas’ 23rd congressional district encompasses southwestern Texas excluding El Paso.It is 78.09% urban, 24.92% white, and 68.34% hispanic. The Republican incumbent Will Hurd has been in office since 2015 and is one of two African-American Republicans currently in the House. His won reelection in 2016 with only a 1.3% vote lead. Before Hurd came to office, Democratic and Republican challengers defeated the opposing party’s incumbent in every election since 2006. He has previous government experience with the CIA and has worked on passing many bills on technology and cybersecurity. The Democratic challenger, Gina Ortiz Jones, is an Iraq War veteran who served up to the rank of captain. In recent presidential elections, the district has voted for Clinton (2016), Romney (2012), Obama (2008), and Bush (2000, 2004)

District Updates and Posts

Texas 23: Latest Polls

PoliStat | Oct. 15, 2018, 7:54 a.m.

October 13-18    Siena College/New York Times    488 LV    Jones 38%    Hurd 53%


Polls

PoliStat | Oct. 11, 2018, 11:13 p.m.

Oct. 2-4    GS Strategy Group    400 LV    Jones 30%    Hurd 55%

Sept. 10-11    Siena College/New York Times    495 LV    Jones 43%    Hurd 51%