1986 Texas Senate election

1986 Texas Senate election

← 1984 November 8, 1988 1988  →
16 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Dem Rep Party Democratic Republican Last election 25 6 Seats won 25 6 Seat change
Senate results by district      Democratic hold     Republican hold
President Pro Tempore before election Democratic Elected President Pro Tempore Democratic

The 1986 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 State Senate. The winners of this election served in the 70th Texas Legislature.

Background

Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections.

Results

Democrats maintained their supermajority in the chamber, winning 25 seats to the Republicans' 6. ^[1] The Senate had its most female members in its history up to that point with newly-elected Senators Eddie Bernice Johnson and Judith Zaffirini joining Cyndi Krier in the chamber. ^[2]

Results by district

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 5	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 6	52,051	99.94%	-	-	29	0.06%	52,080	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 7	-	-	-	100.00%	-	-	-	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	-	-	97,690	93.28%	7,036	6.72%	104,726	100.00%	Republican hold
District 11	54,256	63.82%	30,762	36.18%	-	-	85,018	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 12	67,299	58.76%	47,233	41.24%	-	-	114,532	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 13	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 15	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 16	33,512	31.64%	72,397	68.36%	-	-	105,909	100.00%	Republican hold
District 18	76,723	61.63%	47,771	38.37%	-	-	124,494	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 19	44,642	61.74%	26,743	36.98%	925	1.28%	72,310	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 21	59,153	51.94%	54,736	48.06%	-	-	113,889	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 23	61,538	76.57%	18,832	23.43%	-	-	80,370	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 25	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 27	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 29	-	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100.00%	Source: [2]

References

1. Kingston 1987, p. 493
2. Kingston 1987, p. 505

Further reading

• Kingston, Mike (1987). Texas Almanac, 1988-1989. Dallas, Texas: The Dallas Morning News. pp. 427–428. ISBN 0-914511-04-1. LCCN 10-3390.