Texas's 66th House of Representatives district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County, including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen, a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015.{{Cite web|title=Texas House of Representatives District 66|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_House_of_Representatives_District_66|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
Upon being moved to Collin County in 1993, district 66 became a suburban Republican stronghold; recently however, the district has become increasingly competitive, with Democrats coming within 1 percentage point of flipping the district in both 2018 and 2020.{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://www.collincountytx.gov:443/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025164834/https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-25 |access-date=2021-06-16 |website=www.collincountytx.gov |language=en}}
As a result of the 2021 redistricting, the district will represent parts of Frisco, Plano, Prosper, and Celina.{{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=1 November 2021|website=data.capitol.texas.gov}}
Statewide election results
Election results from recent statewide races:
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|+District 66 vote by party in presidential elections !Year |
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |2020
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |53.73% 47,844 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |44.62% 39,729 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.65% 1,471 |
| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+District 66 vote by party in Class I Senate elections !Year |
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |2018
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |52.51% 36,769 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |46.79% 32,760 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.70% 488 |
| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+District 66 vote by party in Class II Senate elections !Year |
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2020
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |48.89% 42,688 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |48.99% 42,768 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.12% 1,852 |
| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+District 66 vote by party in gubernatorial elections !Year |
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |2018
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.17% 30,668 | align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |54.01% 37,504 | align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.82% 1,262 |
List of representatives
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Representative !Party !Term start !Term end !Counties represented |
| 3rd
| rowspan="5" |Hamilton P. Bee | rowspan="10" |Unknown |1849 |1851 | rowspan="6" |Webb |
| 4th
|1851 |1853 |
| 5th
|1853 |1855 |
| 6th
|1855 |1857 |
| 7th
|1857 |1859 |
| 8th
|Bacilio Benavides |1859 |1861 |
| 9th
|John Staehely |1861 |1862 | rowspan="3" |Comal |
| 10th
|Herman Seele |1863 |1866 |
| 11th
|Daniel Murchison |1866 |1870 |
| 12th-14th
|Unknown | | | |
| 15th
|James Monroe Swisher | {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |1876 |1879 |
| 16th
|James T.W. Loe | {{party shading/Green}} |Greenback |1879 |1881 |
| 17th
| rowspan="2" |Albert W.H. Moursund | rowspan="25" {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |1881 |1883 |
| 18th
|1883 |1885 |
| 19th
|James Knox White |1885 |1887 |
| 20th
|Charles Irvin Battle |1887 |1889 |
| 21st
|Richard H.D. Sorrell II |1889 |1891 |
| 22nd
|Green Cameron Duncan |1891 |1893 |
| rowspan="2" |23rd
|Robert Henry Rogers |1893 |1893 | rowspan="9" |McLennan |
| rowspan="2" |Seth Phineas Mills
|1893 |1895 |
| rowspan="2" |24th
|1895 |1897 |
| Cullen Thomas
|1895 |1897 |
| 25th
|Albert Sidney Bird |1897 |1899 |
| 25th
|James Sluder |1897 |1899 |
| 26th
| rowspan="2" |Pat Morriss Neff |1899 |1901 |
| rowspan="2" |27th
|1901 |1903 |
| Henry B. Terrell
|1901 |1903 |
| 28th
|Edward Flynn English |1903 |1905 |
| 29th
|James Joseph Elliott |1905 |1907 |
| 30th
|Clifford Braly |1907 |1909 |
| 31st
|Richard Boswell |1909 |1911 |
| 32nd
|LeRoy Hamilton Hillyer |1911 |1913 |
| 33rd
| rowspan="3" |William Riley Butler |1913 |1915 | rowspan="5" |Bell |
| 34th
|1915 |1917 |
| 35th
|1917 |1919 |
| 36th
| rowspan="2" |Charles William Barrett |1919 |1921 |
| 37th
|1921 |1923 |
| 38th
|John H. Wessles | {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |1923 |1925 | rowspan="15" |Fayette |
| 39th
| rowspan="3" |James Pavlica | rowspan="34" {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |1925 |1926 |
| 40th
|1927 |1929 |
| 41st
|1929 |1931 |
| 42nd
|Gus Herzik |1931 |1933 |
| 43rd
|James Pavlica |1933 |1935 |
| 44th
| rowspan="2" |Gus Herzik |1935 |1937 |
| 45th
|1937 |1939 |
| 46th
|John Abness Kerr |1939 |1941 |
| 47th
| rowspan="6" |Rudolph B. Spacek |1941 |1943 |
| 48th
|1941 |1943 |
| 49th
|1943 |1945 |
| 50th
|1945 |1947 |
| 51st
|1949 |1951 |
| 52nd
|1951 |1953 |
| 53rd
| rowspan="4" |Max Carlton Smith |1953 |1955 |
| 54th
|1955 |1957 |
| 55th
|1957 |1959 |
| 56th
|1959 |1961 |
| 57th
|Henry Arnold Fletcher |1961 |1963 |
| 58th
| rowspan="2" |James E. Nugent |1963 |1965 |
| 59th
|1965 |1967 |
| 60th
|Gene Hendryx |1967 |1969 | rowspan="3" |Brewster, Coke, Crane, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, |
| 61st
| rowspan="2" |George Baker |1969 |1971 |
| 62nd
|1971 |1973 |
| 63rd
| rowspan="3" |Phil Cates |1973 |1975 | rowspan="5" |Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, |
| 64th
|1975 |1977 |
| 65th
|1977 |1979 |
| 66th
| rowspan="2" |Foster Whaley |1979 |1981 |
| 67th
|1981 |1983 |
| 68th
| rowspan="3" |Dick Burnett |1983 |1985 |
| 69th
|1985 |1987 |
| 70th
|1987 |1989 |
| 71st
| rowspan="2" |Robert Junell |1989 |1991 |
| 72nd
|1991 |1993 |
| 73rd
| rowspan="9" |Brian McCall | rowspan="16" {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |1993 |1995 | rowspan="17" |Collin (part) |
| 74th
|1995 |1997 |
| 75th
|1997 |1999 |
| 76th
|1999 |2001 |
| 77th
|2001 |2003 |
| 78th
|2003 |2005 |
| 79th
|2005 |2007 |
| 80th
|2007 |2009 |
| rowspan="2" |81st
|2009 |2010 |
| rowspan="3" |Van Taylor
|2010 |2011 |
| 82nd
|2011 |2013 |
| 83rd
|2013 |2015 |
| 84th
| rowspan="4" |Matt Shaheen |2015 |2017 |
| 85th
|2017 |2019 |
| 86th
|2019 |2021 |
| 87th
|2021 |2023 |
| 88th
|TBD |TBD |2023 |2025 |
Recent election results
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Matt Shaheen|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=24,631|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=24,631|percentage=100.00}}
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{{Election box begin no change|title=Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2016}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Matt Shaheen|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=40,368|percentage=57.39}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Gnanse Nelson|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=27,240|percentage=38.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Shawn W. Jones|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|votes=2,726|percentage=3.88}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=70,334|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
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{{Election box begin no change|title=Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Matt Shaheen|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=34,382|percentage=50.29}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Sharon Hirsch|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=33,991|percentage=49.71}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=68,373|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
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{{Election box begin no change|title=Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2020}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Matt Shaheen|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=42,728|percentage=49.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Sharon Hirsch|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=41,879|percentage=48.58}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Shawn W. Jones|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|votes=1,600|percentage=1.86}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=86,207|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
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