District: Texas - 17th District Political Highlights: sought Republican nomination for U.S. House (special election), 1991; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994; U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-2019 Born: March 22, 1955; Waco, Texas Residence: Waco Religion: United Methodist Family: Wife, Karen Sessions; two children, three stepchildren Education: Southwest Texas State U., attended 1973-74; Southwestern U., B.S. 1978 Elected: 2020 Committee Assignments: Oversight & Reform (Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Ranking Member); Science, Space & Technology (Investigations & Oversight; Research and Technology); Joint Budget Reform Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 26th ranked House Republican Twitter: 32,626 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1991 Election Results
1994 Election Results
Candidate
John Bryant (D) Pete Sessions (R) Barbara Morgan (I) Noel Kopala (LIBERT) Regina Arashvand (I)
Votes
61,877 58,521 1,715 876 627
%
50.1% 47.3% 1.4% 0.7% 0.5%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) John Pouland (D)
Votes
80,196 70,922
%
53.1% 46.9%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Victor Morales (D) Michael Needleman (LIBERT)
Votes
61,714 48,073 880
%
55.8% 43.4% 0.8%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Regina Montoya Coggins (D) Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
100,487 82,629 2,842
%
54.0% 44.4% 1.5%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Pauline Dixon (D) Steve Martin (LIBERT) Carla Hubbell (GREEN)
Votes
100,226 44,886 1,582 1,208
%
67.8% 30.4% 1.1% 0.8%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Martin Frost (D) Michael Needleman (LIBERT)
Votes
109,859 89,030 3,347
%
54.3% 44.0% 1.7%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Will Pryor (D) John Hawley (LIBERT)
Votes
71,461 52,269 2,922
%
56.4% 41.3% 2.3%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Eric Roberson (D) Alex Bischoff (LIBERT)
Votes
116,283 82,406 4,421
%
57.3% 40.6% 2.2%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Grier Raggio (D) John Myers (LIBERT)
Votes
79,433 44,258 3,178
%
62.6% 34.9% 2.5%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Katherine Savers McGovern (D) Seth Hollist (LIBERT)
Votes
146,653 99,288 5,695
%
58.3% 39.5% 2.3%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Pete Sessions (R) Frank Perez (D) Ed Rankin (LIBERT)
