DDHQ · called winner and returns updated Nov. 4, 11:29 a.m. CST; more than 95% reported. National House geographic dashboard: verified calls Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m. CST. Census state boundaries; bands show within-state seat counts, not congressional district boundaries. Blue Democratic, red Republican, gold Independents, gray uncalled; stripes mark called party flips.
Republican Jon Bonck defeated Democrat Melissa McDonough in Texas’s 38th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result keeps the seat in Republican hands.
Bonck had 157,261 votes (51.54%) to McDonough’s 144,397 (47.33%) in DDHQ’s reported returns, a margin of 12,864 votes. Green Party candidate Alex McMenemy had 3,443 votes (1.13%). More than 95% of the expected vote was reported; the totals remain unofficial.
