Democrat Frederick Haynes III won the open seat in the 30th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating Republican Everett Jackson, according to race calls by The Associated Press and CBS News.
Haynes, who leads Friendship-West Baptist Church as its senior pastor, will take over from Democrat Jasmine Crockett, who ran for the U.S. Senate this year rather than seek another House term. Crockett had held the seat since January 2023, CBS News reported.
The count
NBC News' results page, at its 11:55 p.m. Eastern update (10:55 p.m. Central), showed Haynes with 83.8% of the vote and Jackson with 16.2%, with 183,408 votes counted and about 70.4% of the expected vote in. The page did not list each candidate's vote total.
By county on that page:
- Dallas County: Haynes 87.5%, Jackson 12.5%, of 127,646 votes counted (70% of the expected vote)
- Tarrant County: Haynes 75.3%, Jackson 24.7%, of 55,762 votes counted (71.4% of the expected vote)
All results are unofficial until the counties canvass them. Dallas County's own results pages could not be reached when this story was prepared, so the figures above are from NBC News.
The candidates
According to CBS News, Haynes ran on voting rights, criminal justice reform and economic opportunity, and he has not served in federal office before. Jackson, who had not held office before, centered much of his campaign on criticism of Crockett and backed cuts to federal spending associated with DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, along with tougher national security policies, CBS reported.
Under the redrawn map, the district is centered in southern Dallas County and also includes a sliver of Tarrant County.
