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==Politics== Montgomery County has given Republican candidates 70 percent or more of the vote since 2000, and a Democratic presidential candidate has not won the county since [[United States presidential election in Texas, 1964|1964]], when native Texan and favorite son [[Lyndon Johnson]] won 60.9% of the county's vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1964&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leipβs Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref> In [[United States presidential election in Texas, 2004|2004]], county voters gave 78.1 percent of their vote to Republican candidate [[George W. Bush]], who served as Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=2004&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graph --2004 Montgomery County, Texas|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref> In [[United States presidential election in Texas, 2008|2008]], 75.8% of the voters supported the Republican ticket of [[John McCain]] and [[Sarah Palin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=2008&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graph --2008 Montgomery County, Texas|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref> In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], Montgomery County was the only county in the United States where Republican nominee [[Donald Trump]] won against Democratic nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] by a margin of greater than 100,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president|title = 2016 Presidential Election Results|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 9, 2017}}</ref> In 2020, Trump won Montgomery County again, with an expanded margin of 119,000 votes.<ref>[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2020&fips=48339&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2020 Presidential General Election Results - Montgomery County, TX], Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections, LLC.</ref> In 2024, Trump won Montgomery County once again, with another expanded margin of about 140,000 votes.<ref>[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2024&fips=48339&f=1&off=0&elect=0 2024 Presidential General Election Results - Texas - Montgomery County], Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections, LLC., November 5, 2024.</ref> {{PresHead|place=Montgomery County, Texas|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|221,964|82,277|3,017|Texas}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|193,382|74,377|3,784|Texas}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|150,314|45,835|9,755|Texas}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|137,969|32,920|2,634|Texas}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|119,884|36,703|1,664|Texas}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|104,654|28,628|706|Texas}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|80,600|23,286|2,327|Texas}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|51,011|20,722|6,469|Texas}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|39,976|18,551|19,431|Texas}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|40,360|18,394|392|Texas}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|41,230|13,293|167|Texas}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|26,237|12,593|1,141|Texas}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|15,739|13,718|202|Texas}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|15,067|4,358|22|Texas}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|4,353|4,021|4,881|Texas}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,167|4,989|40|Texas}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,309|3,510|118|Texas}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,360|2,572|42|Texas}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,969|3,432|9|Texas}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|544|1,795|999|Texas}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|219|2,902|499|Texas}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|408|3,347|0|Texas}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|186|2,443|9|Texas}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|126|1,971|2|Texas}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|613|905|1|Texas}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|166|1,500|23|Texas}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|203|935|312|Texas}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|197|880|144|Texas}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|120|613|214|Texas}} ===United States Congress=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Senators''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Name''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Party''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''First Elected''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Level''' |- | bgcolor="red" | | Senate Class 1 | [[Ted Cruz]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2012 | Junior Senator |- | bgcolor="red" | | Senate Class 2 | [[John Cornyn]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2002 | Senior Senator |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Representatives''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Name''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Party''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''First Elected''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Area(s) of Montgomery County Represented''' |- | bgcolor="red" | | District 2 | [[Dan Crenshaw]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2018 | South county | |- | bgcolor="red" | | District 8 | [[Morgan Luttrell]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2020 | West and north county |} ===Texas Legislature=== ====Texas Senate==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | '''District''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Name''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Party''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''First Elected''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Area(s) of Montgomery County Represented''' |- | bgcolor="red" | | 3 | [[Robert Nichols (Texas politician)|Robert Nichols]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2006 | North |- | bgcolor="red" | | 4 | [[Brandon Creighton]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | [[Special election]] 2014 | South and central (including The Woodlands and Conroe) |} ====Texas House of Representatives==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | '''District''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Name''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Party''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''First Elected''' ! align="center" valign="bottom" | '''Area(s) of Montgomery County Represented''' |- | bgcolor="red" | | 3 | [[Cecil Bell Jr.]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2012 | Southwest to southeast |- | bgcolor="red" | | 15 | [[Steve Toth]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2014 | South (including [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]]) |- | bgcolor="red" | | 16 | [[Will Metcalf]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2014 | North and east (including [[Conroe, Texas|Conroe]]) |}
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