The Winner

If you live in Texas’ 7th Congressional District, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) will represent you for a fifth term. Fletcher defeated Republican Alexander Hale, and the Associated Press called the race Tuesday night, Nov. 3. ​

With about 99% of the expected vote counted, Fletcher had about 71% to Hale’s 28%, with Green Party candidate Espoir Ngabo taking the rest, according to NBC News results. The results stay unofficial until Texas certifies them.

The Race

Alexander Hale, an energy and chemicals consultant making his first run for office, won the Republican nomination in a May 26 runoff with about 64% of the vote over Tina Blum Cohen. Fletcher ran unopposed in the March 3 Democratic primary.

Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic, according to Ballotpedia. Fletcher’s margin widened from 2024, when she won 61.3% against Republican Caroline Kane. The Houston Chronicle reported that the 2025 map left her district largely the same.

The district covers parts of Harris and Fort Bend counties in the Houston area, according to the Texas Legislative Council’s report on the enacted map. About 797,000 people live there, the median age is about 34 and the typical household earns about $78,000 a year.

About half of adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree. The unemployment rate is about 5.8%, and about 14% of residents live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Fletcher’s fifth term begins Jan. 3, 2027, when Democrats take control of the House. On Oct. 22, the president signed her Mystic Alerts Act. The law directs the Federal Communications Commission to encourage wireless carriers to add satellite alerting, so people without cell service can still receive emergency warnings.

Fletcher introduced the bill after the deadly July 2025 floods in the Texas Hill Country and called the law “a small but important way to provide a meaningful response to the devastating floods,” according to her office.

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