Texas's 66th House of Representatives district

Texas's 66th State
House of Representatives
district
Map of the district
Representative
  Matt Shaheen
R–Plano
Demographics55.3% White
10.0% Black
12.5% Hispanic
20.4% Asian
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		198,718
149,863

The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County, including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen, a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015.[1]

Upon being moved to Collin County in 1993, district 66 became a suburban Republican stronghold; recently however, the district has become increasingly competitive, with Democrats coming within 1 percentage point of flipping the district in both 2018 and 2020.[2]

As a result of the 2021 redistricting, the district will represent parts of Frisco, Plano, Prosper, and Celina.[3]

Statewide election results

Election results from recent statewide races:

District 66 vote by party in presidential elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2020 53.73% 47,844 44.62% 39,729 1.65% 1,471
District 66 vote by party in Class I Senate elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2018 52.51% 36,769 46.79% 32,760 0.70% 488
District 66 vote by party in Class II Senate elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2020 48.89% 42,688 48.99% 42,768 2.12% 1,852
District 66 vote by party in gubernatorial elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2018 44.17% 30,668 54.01% 37,504 1.82% 1,262

List of representatives

Legislature[4] Representative Party Term start Term end Counties represented
3rd Hamilton P. Bee Unknown 1849 1851 Webb
4th 1851 1853
5th 1853 1855
6th 1855 1857
7th 1857 1859
8th Bacilio Benavides 1859 1861
9th John Staehely 1861 1862 Comal
10th Herman Seele 1863 1866
11th Daniel Murchison 1866 1870
12th-14th Unknown
15th James Monroe Swisher Republican 1876 1879 Blanco, Travis
16th James T.W. Loe Greenback 1879 1881
17th Albert W.H. Moursund Democratic 1881 1883
18th 1883 1885 Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton
19th James Knox White 1885 1887
20th Charles Irvin Battle 1887 1889
21st Richard H.D. Sorrell II 1889 1891
22nd Green Cameron Duncan 1891 1893
23rd Robert Henry Rogers 1893 1893 McLennan
Seth Phineas Mills 1893 1895
24th 1895 1897
Cullen Thomas 1895 1897
25th Albert Sidney Bird 1897 1899
25th James Sluder 1897 1899
26th Pat Morriss Neff 1899 1901
27th 1901 1903
Henry B. Terrell 1901 1903
28th Edward Flynn English 1903 1905 Milam, Robertson
29th James Joseph Elliott 1905 1907
30th Clifford Braly 1907 1909
31st Richard Boswell 1909 1911
32nd LeRoy Hamilton Hillyer 1911 1913
33rd William Riley Butler 1913 1915 Bell
34th 1915 1917
35th 1917 1919
36th Charles William Barrett 1919 1921
37th 1921 1923
38th John H. Wessles Republican 1923 1925 Fayette
39th James Pavlica Democratic 1925 1926
40th 1927 1929
41st 1929 1931
42nd Gus Herzik 1931 1933
43rd James Pavlica 1933 1935
44th Gus Herzik 1935 1937
45th 1937 1939
46th John Abness Kerr 1939 1941
47th Rudolph B. Spacek 1941 1943
48th 1941 1943
49th 1943 1945
50th 1945 1947
51st 1949 1951
52nd 1951 1953
53rd Max Carlton Smith 1953 1955 Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
54th 1955 1957
55th 1957 1959
56th 1959 1961
57th Henry Arnold Fletcher 1961 1963
58th James E. Nugent 1963 1965 Bandera, Concho, Crockett, Edwards,

Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton

59th 1965 1967
60th Gene Hendryx 1967 1969 Brewster, Coke, Crane, Glasscock,

Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Sterling, Terrell, Upton, Ward

61st George Baker 1969 1971
62nd 1971 1973
63rd Phil Cates 1973 1975 Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth,

Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler

64th 1975 1977
65th 1977 1979
66th Foster Whaley 1979 1981
67th 1981 1983
68th Dick Burnett 1983 1985 Coke, Mitchell, Tom Green, Sterling
69th 1985 1987
70th 1987 1989
71st Robert Junell 1989 1991
72nd 1991 1993
73rd Brian McCall Republican 1993 1995 Collin (part)
74th 1995 1997
75th 1997 1999
76th 1999 2001
77th 2001 2003
78th 2003 2005
79th 2005 2007
80th 2007 2009
81st 2009 2010
Van Taylor 2010 2011
82nd 2011 2013
83rd 2013 2015
84th Matt Shaheen 2015 2017
85th 2017 2019
86th 2019 2021
87th 2021 2023
88th TBD TBD 2023 2025

Recent election results

Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Shaheen 24,631 100.00
Total votes 24,631 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Shaheen 40,368 57.39
Democratic Gnanse Nelson 27,240 38.73
Libertarian Shawn W. Jones 2,726 3.88
Total votes 70,334 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Shaheen 34,382 50.29
Democratic Sharon Hirsch 33,991 49.71
Total votes 68,373 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Shaheen 42,728 49.56
Democratic Sharon Hirsch 41,879 48.58
Libertarian Shawn W. Jones 1,600 1.86
Total votes 86,207 100.00
Republican hold

Source[2]

References

  1. ^ "Texas House of Representatives District 66". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Election Results". www.collincountytx.gov. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Texas Legislators: Past & Present". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved July 23, 2021.