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

!Democratic

!Republican

!Other

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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!Legislature{{cite web|title=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/membersearch.cfm|website=lrl.texas.gov|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}

!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

|Rodney Anderson

| 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

References

{{reflist}}{{Texas state legislative districts}}

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Category:Denton County, Texas