Texas's 106th House of Representatives district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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The 106th district of the Texas House of Representatives represents the eastern portion of Denton County. The current representative of this district is Jared Patterson, a Republican from Frisco who has represented the district since 2019 when Pat Fallon vacated the seat to successfully run for Texas Senate, and later went on to serve in the U.S. Congress.{{Cite web|last=Hutchins|first=Michael|date=November 6, 2018|title=Pat Fallon defeats Kevin Lopez in race for Texas Senate District 30 seat|url=https://www.heralddemocrat.com/news/20181106/pat-fallon-defeats-kevin-lopez-in-race-for-texas-senate-district-30-seat|access-date=June 9, 2021|website=Herald Democrat}}{{Cite web|title=Texas House of Representatives District 106|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_House_of_Representatives_District_106|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
This district represents western Frisco, northeastern parts of the city of Denton, all of The Colony, Aubrey, Pilot Point, Krugerville, and Sanger.{{Cite web|title=District Population Analysis with County Subtotals|url=https://data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/71af633c-21bf-42cf-ad48-4fe95593a897/resource/4d3dea56-d572-4794-af00-91975614049b/download/planh2316r100.pdf|access-date=30 October 2021|website=data.capitol.texas.gov}}
The 106th district contains parts of Lake Lewisville and Ray Roberts Lake. It is located wholly inside Texas State Senate district 30, but is split between Texas U.S. Congressional districts 4 and 26. The district borders Texas State House district 66 to its east, 57 to its west, 65 to its south, and both 62 and 68 to the north.
Recent election results
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|+Texas House District 106 vote by party in recent elections{{cite web |title=votedenton.gov |url=https://www.votedenton.gov |access-date=9 February 2023}} !Year |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2024
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39.34% 39,640 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |60.66% 61,119 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2022
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |100% No election
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2020
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |41.49% 52,257 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |58.51% 73,692 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2018
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |41.69% 34,651 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |58.31% 48,460 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2016
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |80.80% 55,596
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |19.20% 13,209 |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2014
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27.53% 9,614 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |69.93% 24,419 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.54% 886 |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2012
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |
align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |83.17% 41,785
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |16.63% 8,445 |
List of representatives
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!Representative !Party !Term start !Term end |
23rd
|Albert Scales Hawkins | rowspan="34" {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |1893 |1895 |
24th
|James Henry Beall |1895 |1897 |
25th
|H.E. Crowley |1897 |1899 |
26th
|William L. Grogan |1899 |1901 |
27th
|Albert Scales Hawkins |1901 |1903 |
28th
| rowspan="2" |William B. Ware |1903 |1905 |
rowspan="2" |29th
|1905 |1905 |
rowspan="3" |John Richard Bowman
|1906 |1907 |
30th
|1907 |1909 |
rowspan="2" |31st
|1909 |1909 |
rowspan="3" |Joseph Clark Hunt
|1910 |1911 |
32nd
|1911 |1913 |
33rd
|1913 |1915 |
34th
| rowspan="2" |William Gipson Blackmon |1915 |1917 |
35th
|1917 |1919 |
36th
|Thomas Jefferson Barrett |1919 |1921 |
37th
| rowspan="2" |Charles Hardy Rowland |1921 |1923 |
rowspan="2" |38th
|1923 |1923 |
Burrett Winston Patterson
|1923 |1925 |
39th
| rowspan="2" |Matthew Hillsman Hagaman |1925 |1927 |
40th
|1927 |1929 |
41st
|Oscar Fitzallen Chastain |1933 |1935 |
42nd
|Thomas J. Cunningham |1931 |1933 |
43rd
|Oscar Fitzallen Chastain |1933 |1935 |
44th
| rowspan="2" |George Allen Davisson |1935 |1937 |
45th
|1937 |1939 |
46th
| rowspan="2" |Pleasant Lewis Crossley |1939 |1941 |
rowspan="2" |47th
|1941 |1941 |
rowspan="2" |Lonnie Flewellen
|1942 |1943 |
48th
|1943 |1945 |
49th
|Robert Nathan Grisham |1945 |1946 |
50th
| rowspan="3" |Turner Morris Collie |1947 |1949 |
51st
|1949 |1951 |
52nd
|1951 |1953 |
53rd-63rd
|Unknown | | | |
64th
| rowspan="6" |Carlyle Smith | rowspan="9" {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |1975 |1977 |
65th
|1977 |1979 |
66th
|1979 |1981 |
67th
|1981 |1983 |
68th
|1983 |1985 |
69th
|1985 |1987 |
70th
| rowspan="3" |Bill Arnold |1987 |1989 |
71st
|1989 |1991 |
72nd
|1991 |1993 |
73rd
| rowspan="7" |Ray Allen | rowspan="9" {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |1993 |1995 |
74th
|1997 |1999 |
75th
|1997 |1999 |
76th
|1999 |2001 |
77th
|2001 |2003 |
78th
|2003 |2005 |
rowspan="2" |79th
|2005 |2006 |
rowspan="3" |Kirk England
|2006 |2007 |
80th
|2007 |2009 |
81st
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |2009 |2011 |
82nd
| rowspan="7" {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |2011 |2013 |
83rd
| rowspan="3" |Pat Fallon |2013 |2015 |
84th
|2015 |2017 |
85th
|2017 |2019 |
86th
| rowspan="3" |Jared Patterson |2019 |2021 |
87th
|2021 |2023 |
88th
|2023 |2025 |