District: Texas - 13th District Political Highlights: State Department deputy assistant secretary, 1989 Born: July 15, 1958; Clarendon, Texas Residence: Clarendon Religion: Presbyterian Family: Wife, Sally Thornberry; two children Education: Texas Tech U., B.A. 1980; U. of Texas, J.D. 1983 Elected: 1994 Committee Assignments: Armed Services Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 21st ranked House Republican Twitter: 9,762 followers State Clout: Texas is 3rd on Roll Call's Clout Index, which measures influence in Congress by state
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Bill Sarpalius (D)
Votes
79,466 63,923
%
55.4% 44.6%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Samuel Silverman (D) Don Harkey (NL)
Votes
116,098 56,066 1,463
%
66.9% 32.3% 0.8%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Mark Harmon (D) Georganne Payne (LIBERT)
Votes
81,141 37,027 1,298
%
67.9% 31.0% 1.1%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Curtis Clinesmith (D) Brad Clardy (LIBERT)
Votes
117,995 54,343 2,137
%
67.6% 31.2% 1.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Zane Reese (D)
Votes
119,401 31,218
%
79.3% 20.7%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) M.J. Smith (LIBERT)
Votes
189,448 15,793
%
92.3% 7.7%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Roger Waun (D) Jim Thompson (LIBERT)
Votes
108,107 33,460 3,829
%
74.4% 23.0% 2.6%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Roger Waun (D)
Votes
180,078 51,841
%
77.6% 22.4%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Keith Dyer (I) John Burwell (LIBERT)
Votes
113,201 11,192 5,650
%
87.1% 8.6% 4.3%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) John Deek (LIBERT) Keith Houston (GREEN)
Votes
187,775 12,701 5,912
%
91.0% 6.2% 2.9%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Mac Thornberry (R) Mike Minter (D) Emily Pivoda (LIBERT) Don Cook (GREEN)
