Riding profile

TX-17

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-17: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

TX-17, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 33-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 58% vote share, against 42% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

SESSIONS, PETE

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Sessions, Pete

  • Democrat Challenger

    Mitchell, James Gordon

  • Democrat Challenger

    Shepard, Casey

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 57.9%
  • Democrat 42.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereTX-17 57.9%42.1%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +11.2 51.9% −9.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
32.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-16.9 pts

Redistricting impact

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn under the 2025-2026 mid-decade redistricting. Composition by inherited old-district share:

  • Congressional District 17 (48017) 63%
  • Congressional District 6 (48006) 19%
  • Congressional District 31 (48031) 16%

Around the region

Nearby ridings

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026