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Athens, TX politics & representatives

Athens is represented in Congress by Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Representative Lance Gooden. Greg Abbott is governor.

Who represents Athens in Washington and in Texas, with how to reach each office.

Elections · 2024 general election

How Henderson County voted in 2024

Official results for all of Henderson County. Athens's own results aren't published in a form we can match to the town exactly, so these are the county's.

President 38,603 votes

Donald J TrumpRepublican
81.3%
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat
17.9%
Others
0.8%

Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%

U.S. Senate 38,217 votes

CruzRepublican
78.6%
AllredDemocrat
19.5%
Others
1.9%

Texas: Cruz 53.1%, Allred 44.6%

U.S. House · Texas's 5th District 299,897 votes

GoodenRepublican
64.1%
TorresDemocrat
35.9%

Whole-district result

Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, official 2024 precinct returns (statewide totals from its official state files). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren't counted.

In Washington

Who represents Athens in Congress

U.S. Senate Both senators represent all of Texas

John Cornyn
John CornynU.S. SenatorRepublican · Serving since 2002 Official site ↗202-224-2934
Ted Cruz
Ted CruzU.S. SenatorRepublican · Serving since 2013 Official site ↗202-224-5922

U.S. House · Texas's 5th District

Lance Gooden
Lance GoodenU.S. RepresentativeRepublican · Serving since 2019 Official site ↗202-225-3484
In Texas

Who represents Athens in state government

Greg AbbottGovernor of TexasRepublican · Serving since 2015 Official site ↗512-463-2000

State Senate · District 3

Robert NicholsState SenatorRepublican Official site ↗409-755-9893Email

State House · District 4 Covers about 84% of Athens

Keith BellState RepresentativeRepublican Official site ↗972-552-5573Email

State House · District 8 Covers about 16% of Athens

Cody HarrisState RepresentativeRepublican Official site ↗903-731-4005Email

Athens is split between state legislative districts. Find yours by address ↗

Athens's own government: Town Hall →

Sources: congressional and state legislative districts from the U.S. Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); members of Congress from the congress-legislators project (portraits public domain); governors and state legislators from Open States. Districts are matched to Athens by land area, so if the town is split, your street decides which one is yours.

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