Oct 1-5 Siena College/New York Times 490LV Hegar 38% Carter 53%
Sep 22-25 Tarrance Group 400LV Hegar 33% Carter 54%
Sep 16-20 Anzalone Liszt Grove Research 500LV Hegar 42% Carter 46%
Nov 28-29 Public Policy Polling 613V Hegar 40% 46%
TX-31 Texas's 31st District
Candidate
Predicted Vote %
Predicted Win %
John Carter
57.9%
99.2%
M.J. Hegar
42.1%
0.8%
District Profile Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.
Texas’ 31st congressional district is a strip in central Texas just North of Austin. It is 86.1% urban and 56.7% white. The Republican incumbent, John Carter, has been in office since 2003, and served as general counsel on the Texas House of Representatives Agricultural Committee. The Democratic challenger, M.J. Hegar, served in the Air Force and wrote her memoir “Shoot like a Girl.” In the 2012 Presidential election, Obama won 39.12% of the district's two party vote. 2014 the House race Democratic candidate won 33.29% of the vote. In the 2016 Presidential election Clinton won 43.27% of the two party vote. 2016's House race the Democratic candidate won 61.54% of the two party vote.