Texas's 22nd congressional district

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Texas's 22nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in the Houston metropolitan area, historically known as a Republican-leaning suburban seat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
abbreviation TX-22
chamber House of Representatives
contains parts of Brazoria County
parts of Fort Bend County
parts of Harris County
country United States of America
surface form: United States
created after 1950 census
currentPoliticalTrend increasingly competitive
electionSystem first-past-the-post
elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives
federalDistrictNumber 22
governingLaw Texas state law
United States Constitution
hasElectorateType single-member district
historicalPartyLeaning Republican
isSuburban true
isUrbanRuralMix true
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
surface form: Houston metropolitan area

Texas
majorCityInDistrict Missouri City, Texas
Pearland, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas
majorSuburbOf Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas
notableFormerRepresentative Pete Olson
Ron Paul
Tom DeLay
officeTitleForRepresentative U.S. Representative
partOf Texas congressional delegation
politicalCharacterization suburban district
redistricted after each decennial census
regionType congressional district
representedIn United States House of Representatives
state Texas
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Texas congressional districts hasPart Texas's 22nd congressional district
Tom DeLay represents Texas's 22nd congressional district
TX-22 hasDesignation Texas's 22nd congressional district
Pete Olson represented Texas's 22nd congressional district
Fresno, Texas congressionalDistrict Texas's 22nd congressional district
this entity surface form: Texas’s 22nd congressional district
Manvel, Texas isInUSCongressionalDistrict Texas's 22nd congressional district