The Winner

If you live in Texas's 3rd U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by Keith Self (R-TX), who has been declared the winner of the congressional race, according to the Associated Press, which called the race on Nov. 3. Unofficial election returns show Self receiving 169,243 votes, or 52.7%, compared with 151,667 votes, or 47.3%, for Democrat Evan Hunt. ​

Self's victory keeps the district in Republican hands, even as Democrats prepare to take control of the U.S. House in January. His approximately 5.5-percentage-point victory came in a district rated Solid Republican, highlighting the competitiveness of a race expected to favor the incumbent more comfortably.

The Race

Democrat Evan Hunt?utm_source=chatgpt.com) advanced to the general election after running unopposed in the March 3 Democratic primary, receiving 100% of the vote, or 48,800 votes. Cook Political Report rated the seat Solid Republican, as did Inside Elections.

The district was redrawn under a 2025 Texas redistricting plan signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), adding Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus and Morris counties to a seat that previously covered parts of Collin and Hunt counties, according to CBS19. The Nov. 3 general election was the first U.S. House election conducted under the new Texas congressional map. Election returns show that the redrawn district includes portions of Collin and Hunt counties as well as the five newly added counties.

Texas's 3rd Congressional District has a reported population of about 846,500 residents, a median household income of about $121,900 and a median age of about 37.7, according to geographic data for the district. About 50.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the district's population is about 58.6% white, 10.8% Black, 16.4% Hispanic, and 14% Asian, with an unemployment rate of about 4.1% and approximately 6.2% of residents living below the poverty line.

What's Next

Self is set to begin his next term on Jan. 3, 2027. On Oct. 22, Self introduced H.R. 10896, legislation to terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, which provides immigrant visas to eligible applicants from countries with historically low immigration rates to the United States. Self criticized the program as a "failed immigration program," according to his official House website.

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