1980s The 25th district was created as a result of the
redistricting cycle after the
1980 census. The district was originally anchored in the southern parts of
Houston and
Harris County, including the
Texas Medical Center, the
Astrodome,
Astroworld and the southern shores of the
Houston Ship Channel, as well as
Rice University,
Hobby Airport and
Ellington Field. An economically and racially diverse district that narrowly favored
Ronald Reagan in 1980, the 25th encompassed such a diverse collection of Houston neighborhoods including both the middle-class suburban neighborhoods of
Westbury and
Meyerland in southwest Houston (the latter also being the center of Houston's Jewish community) and
Park Place and
Glenbrook Valley in southeast Houston, the majority African-American neighborhoods of
Sunnyside and
South Park in southern Houston and Harris County, and much of southeast Harris County including northern parts of the
Clear Lake City master-planned community in southeast Houston and such working-class suburbs as
Pasadena,
Deer Park,
La Porte and
Seabrook. Much of this area previously comprised the northern half of the previous
22nd district represented by conservative Republican
Ron Paul, and at the time was largely prosperous as Houston continued to benefit from the oil boom of the previous decade that resulted in thousands moving to the Houston area during this time, as well as from growing medical and space industry sectors that benefited respectively from both the increased prominence of the Med Center and the launch of the
Space Shuttle program. In the 1980 election, Paul narrowly defeated former Harris County assistant district attorney
Mike Andrews in his 1980 reelection to a second full term, largely on the basis of his strong support in the then-emerging Republican stronghold of
Fort Bend County as well as his home county of
Brazoria. While Paul's 22nd district was redrawn into a heavily Republican seat comprising the aforementioned emerging suburban counties, along with a largely Republican section of southwest Houston and Harris County along the Southwest Freeway (what eventually became
Interstate 69) extending as far east as
Greenway Plaza, that he would easily win reelection in 1982, the new 25th took in much of the former 22nd's Democratic-leaning Harris County portion. In the 1982 election, Andrews was the Democratic nominee for the new district against Republican attorney Mike Faubion, winning 60.4 percent of the vote in a district whose voters largely favored President Reagan's economic program but otherwise favored abortion rights and defense spending. in March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the new 35th district and two others were illegally drawn with discriminatory intent. However, the district was allowed to stand in the Supreme Court's 2018
Abbott v. Perez ruling.
2020s For the 2022 election, the 25th was redrawn into a district anchored in the southwest corner of the
Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, including a southern portion of Tarrant County encompassing most of Arlington including
AT&T Stadium,
Globe Life Field and
Six Flags Over Texas, as well as most or all of several rural counties between the Metroplex and
Abilene. Donald Trump won less than 65 percent of the vote in this new district, with only the Tarrant County portion considered competitive. Roger Williams won reelection unopposed in the new 25th district, which includes
Weatherford where he owns an automobile dealership. == Recent election results from statewide races ==