Texas's 32nd congressional district

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Texas's 32nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district centered in the Dallas area, known in recent years for its increasingly urban and Democratic-leaning electorate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
boundaryDeterminedBy Texas Legislature
chamber House of Representatives
congressionalNumber 32
contains parts of the city of Dallas
suburbs north of Dallas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy redistricting following the 2000 United States census
createdForCongress 107th United States Congress
creationYear 2003
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateTrend increasingly Democratic-leaning
increasingly urban
elects one member to the United States House of Representatives
firstDemocraticFlipYear 2018
geographicCenter north and northeast Dallas area
governmentalJurisdiction federal
hasRepresentative Colin Allred
hasVoterBaseCharacteristic diverse racial and ethnic population
high proportion of college-educated voters
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
levelOfGovernment federal legislative district
locatedIn Collin County, Texas NERFINISHED
Dallas County, Texas NERFINISHED
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
majorCity Dallas, Texas
notableElection Texas's 32nd congressional district self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2018 U.S. House election in Texas's 32nd congressional district
officeTermLength 2 years
partOf Texas congressional delegation
politicalLeaning Democratic-leaning
previousPoliticalLeaning Republican-leaning
previousRepresentative Pete Sessions
previousRepresentativeParty Republican Party
redistrictingEvent 2010s Texas congressional redistricting
2020s Texas congressional redistricting
region North Texas
representativeParty Democratic Party
representedIn United States Congress
representedSince 2019 by Colin Allred
state Texas
subjectTo decennial redistricting
urbanRuralCharacter predominantly urban

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Texas's 5th congressional district borderingDistrict Texas's 32nd congressional district
Texas congressional districts hasPart Texas's 32nd congressional district
Texas's 32nd congressional district notableElection Texas's 32nd congressional district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2018 U.S. House election in Texas's 32nd congressional district