2016 Texas Senate election

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2016 Texas Senate election
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  2014 November 8, 2016 2018  

16 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Paul Bettencourt.jpg Jose R. Rodriguez.jpg
Leader Paul Bettencourt José R. Rodríguez
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 7th district 29th district
Last election20 seats, 63.09% [1] 11 seats, 29.71% [1]
Seats won2011
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,985,2411,355,412
Percentage56.31%38.45%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.78%Increase2.svg8.74%

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Election results
     Republican hold
     Democratic hold
     No election

The 2016 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 districts. The winners of this election served in the 85th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.

Contents

Following the 2014 State Senate elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with twenty members to the Democrats' eleven.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain five Senate seats. While the statewide popular vote for this class of Senators swung 8.6 percentage points toward the Democrats when compared to the vote they earned in the 2012 elections, [note 1] both parties retained the eight seats each was defending.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [3] Safe ROctober 12, 2016

Summary of race results

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Texas Senate election results
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PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.%BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 101,985,24156.31208820Steady2.svg
Democratic 101,355,41238.45118811Steady2.svg
Libertarian 6172,2554.890000Steady2.svg
Green 112,5350.360000Steady2.svg
Total3,525,443100.0031161631Steady2.svg
Source: [4]
Popular vote
Republican
56.31%
Democratic
38.45%
Other
5.24%
Senate seats won
Republican
50.00%
Democratic
50.00%
DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 --245,648100.00%--245,648100.00%Republican hold
District 4 --239,86987.33%34,79112.67%274,660100.00%Republican hold
District 6 119,891100.00%----119,891100.00%Democratic hold
District 11 --218,201100.00%--218,201100.00%Republican hold
District 12 --241,23282.98%49,46517.02%290,697100.00%Republican hold
District 13 178,27792.50%--14,4477.50%192,724100.00%Democratic hold
District 18 --229,05185.78%37,96514.22%267,016100.00%Republican hold
District 19 134,99755.87%97,68240.43%8,9483.70%241,627100.00%Democratic hold
District 20 132,12861.68%82,09838.32%--214,226100.00%Democratic hold
District 21 160,959100.00%----160,959100.00%Democratic hold
District 22 88,76929.57%211,38070.43%--300,149100.00%Republican hold
District 24 81,83627.61%214,56872.39%--296,404100.00%Republican hold
District 26 155,44179.87%--39,17420.13%194,615100.00%Democratic hold
District 27 135,945100.00%----135,945100.00%Democratic hold
District 28 --205,512100.00%--205,512100.00%Republican hold
District 29 167,169100.00%----167,169100.00%Democratic hold
Total1,355,41238.45%1,985,24156.31%184,7905.24%3,525,443100.00%Source: [4]

Notes

  1. Texas holds elections for all Senate seats in years ending in 2. In 2012, for this particular class of Senators, the Republicans and Democrats won 60.42% and 34.00% of the vote, respectively. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. "Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. Cournoyer, Caroline (October 12, 2016). "November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures". Governing. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2016 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.