Texas's 17th Congressional District

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Texas District 17 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip of central Texas stretching from south of Tarrant to Grimes County, including former President George W. Bush's ranch at Crawford, known as Prairie Chapel Ranch. The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Flores. The district includes two large colleges, Baylor University in Waco and Texas A&M University in College Station; both universities are known for being conservative. Along with MS-4, TX-17 was the most heavily Republican district in the nation represented by a Democrat, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, which rates it R+20. This is due to the 2003 Texas redistricting, engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The district was drawn... (More from Freebase)

Senators

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Ted Cruz Republican 0 years in office

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John Cornyn Republican 11 years in office

Representative

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17th District Bill Flores MyOC Group Republican 2 years in office

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