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Gainesville, TX politics & representatives

Gainesville is represented in Congress by Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Representative Brandon Gill. Greg Abbott is governor.

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

Elections · 2024 general election

How Cooke County voted in 2024

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

President 20,447 votes

Donald J TrumpRepublican
83.0%
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat
16.2%
Others
0.8%

Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%

U.S. Senate 20,299 votes

CruzRepublican
80.2%
AllredDemocrat
17.8%
Others
1.9%

Texas: Cruz 53.1%, Allred 44.6%

U.S. House · Texas's 26th District 388,427 votes

GillRepublican
62.1%
LinebergerDemocrat
35.7%
Others
2.3%

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 Gainesville 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 26th District

Brandon Gill
Brandon GillU.S. RepresentativeRepublican · Serving since 2025 Official site ↗202-225-7772
In Texas

Who represents Gainesville in state government

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

State Senate · District 30

Brent HagenbuchState SenatorRepublican Official site ↗940-323-9338Email

State House · District 68

David SpillerState RepresentativeRepublican Official site ↗Email

Gainesville'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 Gainesville by land area, so if the town is split, your street decides which one is yours.

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