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Texas Senate districts — for the state senate of the Texas Legislature. Pages in category "Texas Senate districts" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
District 2 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall, and Van Zandt counties, and portions of Collin, Dallas, and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. Those elected in 2020 will only be elected for two years, however, as part of the 2-4-4 term system. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council. [1] and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census. [2]
District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 1 is Bryan Hughes.
The Texas Legislature passed legislative redistricting bills in 1981, but governor Clements vetoed the state Senate map, and the State Supreme Court struck down the state House map for violating the "county line rule". The Legislative Redistricting Board drew maps for both chambers, which were challenged by lawsuits in Terrazas v. Clements. [118]
District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Caldwell, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata counties and portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] The current senator from District 21 is Judith Zaffirini.
Texas special general election, 2014: Senate District 18 [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Lois Kolkhorst: 21,961 55.81 Republican: Gary Gates: 13,439 34.15 Democratic: Cindy Drabek 1,893 4.81 Democratic: Christian E. Hawkins 1,280 3.25 Republican: Charles Gregory 779 1.98 Turnout: 39,352 Republican hold