District: Texas - 5th District Political Highlights: no previous office, Born: May 29, 1957; Stephenville, Texas Residence: Dallas Religion: Episcopalian Family: Wife, Melissa Hensarling; two children Education: Texas A&M U., B.A. 1979; U. of Texas, J.D. 1982 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Financial Services Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 49th ranked House Republican Twitter: 26,305 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Ron Chapman (D) Dan Michalski (LIBERT) Thomas Kemper (GREEN)
Votes
81,439 56,330 1,283 856
%
58.2% 40.3% 0.9% 0.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Bill Bernstein (D) John Gonzalez (LIBERT)
Votes
148,816 75,911 6,118
%
64.5% 32.9% 2.7%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Charlie Thompson (D) Mike Nelson (LIBERT)
Votes
88,478 50,983 3,791
%
61.8% 35.6% 2.6%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
162,894 31,967
%
83.6% 16.4%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Tom Berry (D) Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
106,742 41,649 2,958
%
70.5% 27.5% 2.0%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Jeb Hensarling (R) Linda Mrosko (D) Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
