District 65 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County.
The current representative is Mitch Little who was elected in 2024. He defeated Kronda Thimesch, who was elected in 2022 in a primary election. Previous incumbent Democrat Michelle Beckley, while joining a caucus of Texas House Democrats in Washington DC to break quorum, announced she would instead challenge US Representative Beth Van Duyne in 2022.
District description The district is located wholly within Denton County, representing southern portions of the county. The district includes northeastern parts of Lewisville, northern half of Carrollton, southern half of The Colony, all of Bartonville, Northlake, Justin, and Double Oak, as well as portions of Plano, Highland Village, Roanoke and small portions of Dallas and Fort Worth that extend into Denton County.
History of district From 1920 to 1951, District 65 was a floterial district covering Burleson, Lee and Milam counties.
From 2012 to 2022, the district represented portions of southern Denton County, primarily parts of Lewisville and Carrollton.
+Texas House District 65 vote by party in recent electionsYearDemocraticRepublicanOther202240.21% 28,87859.79% 42,934-202051.51% 40,52948.49% 38,156-201851.16% 29,97248.84% 28,614-201643.74% 26,75956.26% 34,418-201435.69% 10,44064.31% 18,812-201238.58% 20,48159.12% 31,3862.31% 1,224
Representatives Leg. Representative Party Term start Term end Counties represented5thBenjamin Franklin NealUnknownDecember 27, 1853November 5, 1855Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio6thJerome B. McCownNovember 5, 1855November 2, 18577thSomers KinneyNovember 5, 1857November 7, 18598thHenry KinneyNovember 7, 1859February 9, 1861Alfred Marmaduke HobbyMarch 19, 1861November 4, 18619thWashington Edmund GoodrichNovember 4, 1861November 2, 1863Guadalupe10thHenry ManeyNovember 6, 1863August 6, 186611thMiddleton S. DunnAugust 6, 1866February 7, 187015thJohn T. HaynesRepublicanApril 18, 1876January 14, 1879Travis16thFelix Ezell SmithDemocraticJanuary 14, 1879January 11, 188117thFred CarletonJanuary 11, 1881January 9, 1883 18thHenry Jacob LabattJanuary 9, 1883January 13, 1885Galveston19thLorenzo Clarke FisherJanuary 13, 1885January 11, 188720thWalter GreshamJanuary 11, 1887January 8, 188921stJanuary 8, 1889January 13, 189122ndMiles CrowleyJanuary 13, 1891January 10, 189323rdSpencer YoungJanuary 10, 1893January 8, 1895BellShelby N. Strange24thJanuary 8, 1895January 12, 1897Daniel Edwin Patterson25thJanuary 12, 1897January 10, 1899L. M. Benson26thHuling Parker RobertsonJanuary 10, 1899January 8, 1901William Tecumseh Shannon27thJanuary 8, 1901January 13, 1903William Attress Craddock28thJohn Emery CrawfordJanuary 13, 1903September 12, 1903Robertson29thWilliam T. BartholomewJanuary 10, 1905January 8, 190730thJacob Leonard GoodmanJanuary 8, 1907January 12, 190931stJanuary 12, 1909January 10, 1911 32ndDaniel F. ParkerJanuary 10, 1911January 14, 191333rdRandolph Roy TysonJanuary 14, 1913January 12, 1915Milam34thCampbell McCleary BeardJanuary 12, 1915January 9, 191735thJanuary 9, 1917January 14, 191936thJanuary 14, 1919January 11, 192137thIsaac W. "Ike" LooneyJanuary 11, 1921January 9, 192338thOscar Dudley BakerJanuary 9, 1923January 13, 1925Burleson, Lee, Milam39thEd R. SinksJanuary 13, 1925January 11, 1927 40thJanuary 11, 1927January 8, 1929 41stJanuary 8, 1929January 13, 1931 42ndJames Joseph ElliottJanuary 13, 1931January 10, 193343rdJesse JamesJanuary 10, 1933January 8, 193544thJanuary 8, 1935January 12, 1937 45thJanuary 12, 1937September 1, 1937Henry Grady "Bud" LehmanSeptember 27, 1937January 10, 193946thJanuary 10, 1939January 14, 1941 47thJanuary 14, 1941January 12, 194348thJanuary 12, 1943January 9, 1945 49thJanuary 9, 1945January 14, 1947 50thJanuary 14, 1947January 11, 1949 51stJanuary 11, 1949January 9, 195152ndJanuary 9, 1951January 13, 195353rdJim Pearce Johnson (65–1), Obie E. Jones (65–2) Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65–3)January 13, 1953January 11, 1955Travis54thJanuary 11, 1955January 8, 195755thWilson Farrell Foreman (65–1), Obie E. Jones (65–2), Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65–3)January 8, 1957January 13, 195956thJanuary 13, 1959January 10, 196157thJanuary 10, 1961January 8, 196358thJames Terrell "Terry" TownsendJanuary 8, 1963January 12, 1965Burnet Gillespie, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba 59thJanuary 12, 1965January 10, 1967 60thHilary Brumley Doran Jr.January 10, 1967January 14, 1969Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton, Val Verde 61stJanuary 14, 1969January 12, 197162ndJanuary 12, 1971January 9, 197363rdH. Bryan Poff Jr.January 9, 1973January 14, 1975Carson, Potter, Randall 64thBob SimpsonJanuary 14, 1975January 11, 197765thJanuary 11, 1977January 9, 1979 66thJanuary 9, 1979January 13, 1981 67thJanuary 13, 1981January 11, 1983 68thJim ParkerJanuary 11, 1983January 8, 1985Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels69thJanuary 8, 1985January 13, 198770thJanuary 13, 1987January 10, 198971stJanuary 10, 1989January 8, 1991 72ndJanuary 8, 1991January 15, 1991Robert Ray "Bob" TurnerMarch 6, 1991January 12, 199373rdBen M. CampbellRepublicanJanuary 12, 1993January 10, 1995Denton74thBurt SolomonsJanuary 10, 1995January 14, 199775thJanuary 14, 1997January 12, 1999 76thJanuary 12, 1991January 9, 2001 77thJanuary 9, 2001January 14, 2003 78thJanuary 14, 2003January 11, 2005 79thJanuary 11, 2005January 9, 2007 80thJanuary 9, 2007January 13, 200981stJanuary 13, 2009January 11, 201182ndJanuary 11, 2011January 8, 2013 83rdRon SimmonsJanuary 8, 2013January 13, 201584thJanuary 13, 2015January 10, 201785thJanuary 10, 2017January 8, 2019 86thMichelle BeckleyDemocraticJanuary 8, 2019January 12, 2021 87thJanuary 12, 2021202388thKronda ThimeschRepublican2023202589thMitch LittleRepublican2025Incumbent
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