2022 Texas State Senate election

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2022 Texas State Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 20222024 

All of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Donna Campbell.jpg JWMAction.jpg
Leader Donna Campbell John Whitmire
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 25th district 15th district
Last election18 seats, 53.28%13 seats, 44.59%
Seats before1813
Seats won1912
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote2,948,6432,287,700
Percentage54.06%41.94%

2022 Texas State Senate election.svg
Senate results by district
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold     Republican gain

President Pro Tempore before election

Donna Campbell
Republican

Elected President Pro Tempore

TBD

The 2022 Texas State Senate election were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect senators from all 31 senate districts across the state of Texas. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, also held on this date. The winners of this election served in the Eighty-eighth Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned among the 2020 United States census. Republicans had held a majority in the Texas Senate since January 14, 1997, as a result of the 1996 elections.

Contents

Retirements

As of April 2022, 6 state senators, including 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats, have decided to retire, 1 of whom is seeking another office.

Republicans

  1. Texas Senate, District 11: Larry Taylor is retiring. [1]
  2. Texas Senate, District 12: Jane Nelson is retiring. [2]
  3. Texas Senate, District 24: Dawn Buckingham is retiring to run for Texas Land Commissioner. [3]
  4. Texas Senate, District 31: Kel Seliger is retiring. [4]

Democrats

  1. Texas Senate, District 10: Beverly Powell is retiring. [5]
  2. Texas Senate, District 27: Eddie Lucio Jr. is retiring. [6]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe RMay 19, 2022

Polling

Senate District 27

General election
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Morgan
LaMantia (D)
Adam
Hinojosa (R)
Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [upper-alpha 1] August 23–25, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%38%43%19%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [upper-alpha 1] August 23–25, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%46%41%12%

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Texas Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeWonAfter+/–
Republican 272,948,64354.06181919Increase2.svg 1
Democratic 222,287,70041.94131212Decrease2.svg 1
Libertarian 6217,9104.00000Steady2.svg
Total5,454,253100.00313131Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
54.06%
Democratic
41.94%
Libertarian
4.00%
Senate seats won
Republican
61.29%
Democratic
38.71%

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 27Democratic0.38%

Senate Districts

DistrictIncumbentCandidates [lower-alpha 2]
MemberPartyFirst
elected
Status
1 Bryan Hughes Republican 2016 Incumbent running
2 Bob Hall Republican 2014 Incumbent running
3 Robert Nichols Republican 2006 Incumbent running
4 Brandon Creighton Republican 2014 (special) Incumbent running
5 Charles Schwertner Republican2012Incumbent running
6 Carol Alvarado Democratic 2018 (special) Incumbent running
7 Paul Bettencourt Republican 2014 Incumbent running
8 Angela Paxton Republican 2018 Incumbent running
  • Green check.svgY Angela Paxton (Republican)
  • Jonathan Cocks (Democratic)
  • Edward Kless (Libertarian)
9 Kelly Hancock Republican2012Incumbent running
10 Beverly Powell Democratic 2018 Incumbent retiring [5]
Republican gain.
11 Larry Taylor Republican2012Incumbent retiring [1]
12 Jane Nelson Republican1992Incumbent retiring [2]
13 Borris Miles Democratic 2016 Incumbent running
14 Sarah Eckhardt Democratic 2020 (special) Incumbent running
15 John Whitmire Democratic1982Incumbent running
16 Nathan Johnson Democratic 2018 Incumbent running
17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 (special) Incumbent running
18 Lois Kolkhorst Republican 2014 Incumbent running
19 Roland Gutierrez Democratic 2020 Incumbent running
20 Juan Hinojosa Democratic2002Incumbent running
21 Judith Zaffirini Democratic1986Incumbent running
  • Green check.svgY Judith Zaffirini (Democratic) [20]
  • Julie Dahlberg (Republican)
  • Arthur DiBianca (Libertarian)
22 Brian Birdwell Republican2010 (special)Incumbent running
23 Royce West Democratic1992Incumbent running
24 Dawn Buckingham Republican 2016 Incumbent retiring to run for Texas Land Commissioner [3]
25 Donna Campbell Republican2012Incumbent running
26 Jose Menendez Democratic2015 (special)Incumbent running
27 Eddie Lucio Jr. Democratic1990Incumbent retiring [23]
  • Green check.svgYMorgan Lamantia (Democratic) [24]
  • Adan Hinojosa (Republican)
28 Charles Perry Republican 2014 (special) Incumbent running
29 Cesar Blanco Democratic 2020 Incumbent running
30 Drew Springer Republican 2020 (special) Incumbent running
31 Kel Seliger Republican2004Incumbent retiring [4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Declared candidates may seek election from other district, subject to redistricting. Some districts may have no incumbents, while some other may have multiple incumbents due to redistricting.

Notes

    Partisan clients
    1. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Hinojosa's campaign

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