District: Texas - 7th District Political Highlights: Texas House, 1987-2001 Born: August 24, 1956; Houston, Texas Residence: Houston Religion: Methodist Family: Wife, Belinda Culberson; one child Education: Southern Methodist U., B.A. 1981; South Texas College of Law, J.D. 1988 Elected: 2000 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Commerce-Justice-Science - Chairman; Homeland Security; Transportation-HUD) Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Favored Republican House Seniority: 33rd ranked House Republican Twitter: 17,351 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
2000 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) Jeff Sell (D) Drew Parks (LIBERT)
Votes
183,712 60,694 4,182
%
73.9% 24.4% 1.7%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) Drew Parks (LIBERT) John Skone-Palmer
Votes
96,795 11,674 58
%
89.2% 10.8% 0.1%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) John Martinez (D) Paul Staton (I) Drew Parks (LIBERT)
Votes
175,440 91,126 3,713 3,372
%
64.1% 33.3% 1.4% 1.2%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) Jim Henley (D) Drew Parks (LIBERT)
Votes
99,318 64,514 3,953
%
59.2% 38.5% 2.4%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) Michael Skelly (D) Drew Parks (LIBERT)
Votes
162,635 123,242 5,057
%
55.9% 42.4% 1.7%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) Bob Townsend (LIBERT) Lissa Squiers (WRI)
Votes
143,655 31,704 1,019
%
81.4% 18.0% 0.6%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) James Cargas (D) Drew Parks (LIBERT) Lance Findley (GREEN)
Votes
142,793 85,553 4,669 1,822
%
60.8% 36.4% 2.0% 0.8%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
John Culberson (R) James Cargas (D) Gerald Fowler (LIBERT)
