Pete Sessions

★ U.S. Representative● In office

Born: March 22, 1955
Current age: 71
Home state: Texas
Party: Republican
In office: U.S. Representative, Texas (present)
On the ballot: 1994–2024

Career timeline

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2020Rep 2022Rep 2024Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Sessions1.7M

Opponents1.2M

Elections run

Between 1994 and 2024, Pete Sessions ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning 13 and losing 2. Sessions's biggest single-election total was 193,101 votes, in the 2024 U.S. House election in Texas's District 17. Sessions's closest win came in the 1998 U.S. House election in Texas's District 5, decided by 13,641 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Texas's District 17, every U.S. House race in Texas's District 32, or every U.S. House race in Texas's District 5.

How many votes has Pete Sessions received?

Pete Sessions has received 1,739,000 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 13–2.

Election history

Pete Sessions’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2024	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	193,10166.35%	Mark Lorenzen
2022	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	144,40866.48%	Mary Jo Woods
2020	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	171,39055.85%	Rick Kennedy Ted Brown
2018	U.S. HouseTexas	Lost	126,10145.75%	Colin Allred Melina Baker
2016	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	162,86871.07%	Ed Rankin (head-to-head) Gary Stuard
2014	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	96,49561.82%	Frank Perez Ed Rankin (head-to-head)
2012	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	146,65358.28%	Katherine Savers McGovern Seth Hollist
2010	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	79,43362.61%	Grier Raggio John Jay Myers
2008	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	116,28357.25%	Eric Roberson Alex Bischoff
2006	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	71,46156.42%	Will Pryor John B. Hawley
2004	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	109,85954.32%	Martin Frost Michael David Needleman (head-to-head)
2002	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	100,22667.77%	Pauline K. Dixon Steve Martin Carla Hubbell
2000	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	100,48754.04%	Regina Montoya Coggins Kenneth Ashby
1998	U.S. HouseTexas	Won	61,71455.77%	Victor M. Morales Michael David Needleman (head-to-head)
1994	U.S. HouseTexas	Lost	58,52147.34%	John Bryant Barbara Morgan Noel Kopala Regina Arashvand

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000250) and Wikidata (Q437852). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Pete Sessions: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/pete-sessions. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.