Texas's 34th congressional district

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Texas's 34th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in South Texas that includes much of the Rio Grande Valley and is known for its predominantly Hispanic population and Democratic-leaning electorate.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
borderType international border region
borderWith Mexico
chamber House of Representatives
contains parts of the Rio Grande Valley
rural areas
urban areas
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
creationContext post-2010 census redistricting
demographicFeature high proportion of Latino voters
large Spanish-speaking population
electoralBehavior usually votes Democratic in federal elections
electoralCycle biennial House elections
electorateCharacteristic Democratic-leaning
predominantly Hispanic population
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
ethnicMajority Hispanic
governingLaw Article I of the United States Constitution
surface form: "U.S. Constitution Article I"

Voting Rights Act of 1965
governmentBody United States House of Representatives
hasCharacteristic majority-minority district
jurisdiction parts of southern Texas counties
languageMajority Spanish-English bilingual
legislature United States Congress
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn South Texas
surface form: "Rio Grande Valley"

South Texas
partOf southern border region of the United States
politicalLeaning Democratic
regionType border district
representedIn United States House of Representatives
state Texas
subdivisionOf Texas congressional delegation
subjectTo Texas redistricting laws
United States federal elections
surface form: "United States federal election law"
typeOfConstituency single-member district
uses congressional district number 34 in Texas
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Texas congressional districts hasPart Texas's 34th congressional district