Texas's 7th congressional district

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United States congressional district congressional district

Texas's 7th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district centered in the Houston area, historically known as a Republican stronghold that has become increasingly competitive and suburban in character.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional district ⓘ congressional district ⓘ
abbreviation	TX-07 ⓘ
chamber	House of Representatives ⓘ
contains	Energy Corridor area of Houston ⓘ Memorial area of Houston ⓘ inner-ring suburbs of Houston ⓘ parts of Bellaire, Texas ⓘ parts of West University Place, Texas ⓘ portions of Fort Bend County suburbs ⓘ western Houston neighborhoods ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	1967 ⓘ
currentRepresentative	Lizzie Fletcher ⓘ
currentRepresentativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects	one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
establishedFor	90th United States Congress ⓘ
federalDistrictNumber	7 ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Constitution ⓘ laws of the State of Texas ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSince	2019 ⓘ
hasTypeOfVoters	suburban voters ⓘ urban voters ⓘ
hasUrbanAreas	true ⓘ
historicalDescription	Republican stronghold ⓘ
historicalPartyLeaning	Republican ⓘ
isSuburban	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
locatedIn	Fort Bend County, Texas ⓘ Harris County ⓘ surface form: Harris County, Texas Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Houston metropolitan area
numberOfRepresentatives	1 ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress ⓘ
politicalCompetitiveness	swing district ⓘ
previousNotableRepresentative	Bill Archer ⓘ George H. W. Bush ⓘ John Culberson ⓘ
recentPoliticalTrend	increasingly competitive ⓘ suburban in character ⓘ
redistrictedAfter	2010 United States Census ⓘ 2020 United States census ⓘ surface form: 2020 United States Census
representedIn	United States Congress ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

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