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Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. Fort Bend developed a plantation economy based on cotton as the commodity crop. Planters had numerous African-American slaves as laborers. By the 1850s, Fort Bend was one of six majority-black counties in Texas. [7]
The only county O'Rourke flipped was suburban Fort Bend outside Houston, which voted for Abbott by 0.2% in 2018, but voted for O'Rourke by 4.68% in this election. Outside the Texas Triangle and Trans Pecos, the only other area O'Rourke won was the heavily Hispanic Rio Grande Valley along the U.S. border with Mexico. His performance was worse ...
Texas's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The district includes most of Fort Bend County, including most of the cities of Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Needville and the county seat of Richmond as well as the county's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area ...
Live updates: Texas constitutional amendment and Fort Worth area election results. November 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM. Amanda McCoy/amccoy@star-telegram.com. Voters considered 14 proposed constitutional ...
Government. v. t. e. The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston, Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.
The race for a Fort Worth City Council seat created as part of an effort to increase Hispanic representation is headed to a runoff, according to unofficial results Saturday night.. In District 11 ...
Texas's 26th StateHouse of Representativesdistrict. The district is wholly within Fort Bend County and accounts for nearly a quarter (24%) of the counties representation in the chamber. It includes the cities of Cumings, Richmond, and Pecan Grove. The district also includes portions of Katy, with the rest of the population dispersed though ...
2022 Texas House of Representatives election ← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 → All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Dem Leader Dade Phelan Chris Turner Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 21st 101st Last election 83 seats, 54.92% 67 seats, 43.56% Seats before 85 65 Seats after 86 64 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote ...