Incumbent Lizzie Fletcher has won the battleground race to represent Texas’ 7th Congressional District, located in the Houston area’s west side. She defeated Republican challenger Wesley Hunt by a small margin.
Two years ago, Lizzie Fletcher unseated nine-term Republican Rep. John Culberson.
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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher wins reelection
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher won reelection to represent Texas’ 7th Congressional District after defeating Republican challenger Wesley Hunt.
LIZZIE FLETCHER
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher is a native Houstonian and former business litigation lawyer. She defeated longtime GOP Congressman John Culberson in the 2018 midterm election, becoming the first woman to represent District 7.
In Congress, she serves on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. where I chair its Subcommittee on Energy.
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One on one with Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
Greg Groogan talks one on one with Rep. Lizzie Fletcher about her work this term and her campaign for reelection.
According to Fletcher’s campaign, some of her priorities include flooding, transportation & infrastructure and jobs & the economy.
Learn more about Lizzie Fletcher’s campaign.
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WESLEY HUNT
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One on one with Wesley Hunt
WYP host Greg Groogan talks one on one with Wesley Hunt, Republican candidate for congressional district 7
Wesley Hunt is a Houston native and U.S. Army veteran. He was deployed three times and served as a Diplomatic Liason Officer while in Saudi Arabia.
Hunt is a lifelong conservative who currently works in real estate.
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THE DISTRICT
Texas’ Congressional District 7 is located in western Harris County and includes the cities of Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek, Jersey Village, Piney Point, Southside Place, Spring Valley, and West University Place as well as parts of Houston.
As of the 2010 census the area has 698,488 people and is considered one of the wealthiest congressional districts in the state of Texas.
District 7 has been trending away from the conservative base in recent years.
A report by Daily Kos shows the district voted for Republican Mitt Romney in 2012 by more than 21 percentage points. But four years later, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the district’s vote by a margin of 1.4 percentage points.
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