Texas Senate, District 25

Texas's 25th State Senate district
Senator	Donna Campbell R – New Braunfels
Demographics	57.3%  White 6%  Black 32.6%  Hispanic 4.2%  Asian
Population	971,127

District 25 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Blanco, Comal, and Kendall counties and portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. ^[1]

The current senator from District 25 is Donna Campbell.

Biggest cities in the district

District 25 has a population of 815,771 with 610,120 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. ^[2]

	Name	County	Pop. [3] [a]
1	San Antonio	Bexar/Comal	301,626
2	Austin	Hays/Travis	59,018
3	New Braunfels	Comal/Guadalupe	57,740
4	Schertz	Comal/Guadalupe	30,308
5	San Marcos	Hays	20,697

Election history

Election history of District 25 from 1992. ^[b]

2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 25 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (Incumbent)	321,653	63.57	+0.74
	Democratic	Merrie Fox	184,312	36.43	−0.74
Majority			137,341	27.14	+1.48
Turnout			505,965
	Republican hold

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 25 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (Incumbent)	243,966	62.83	+5.15
	Democratic	Robert Walsh	144,350	37.17	−5.15
Majority			99,616	25.66	+10.30
Turnout			388,316
	Republican hold

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 25 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (Incumbent)	236,753	57.68	−7.47
	Democratic	Steven Kling	173,698	42.32	+10.49
Majority			63,055	15.36	−17.96
Turnout			410,451
	Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 25 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (Incumbent)	153,536	65.15	−0.43
	Democratic	Daniel Boone	75,012	31.83	−2.59
	Libertarian	Brandin P. Lea	7,106	3.02	+3.02
Majority			78,524	33.32	+2.16
Turnout			235,654
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 25 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donna Campbell	232,261	65.58	−16.60
	Democratic	John Courage	121,906	34.42	+34.42
Majority			110,355	31.16	−33.57
Turnout			354,167
	Republican hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 25 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	192,965	82.18	+23.86
	Libertarian	Arthur Maxwell Thomas, IV	40,972	17.45	+13.00
	Write-in	Eric R. Anderson	885	0.38	+0.38
Majority			151,993	64.73	+43.63
Turnout			234,822
	Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 25 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	132,872	58.32	−8.41
	Democratic	Kathleen "Kathi" Thomas	84,816	37.23	+7.03
	Libertarian	James R. "Bob" Thompson	10,137	4.45	+1.38
Majority			48,056	21.10	−15.45
Turnout			227,825		+11.1
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 25 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	136,802	66.73	−20.73
	Democratic	Joseph "Joe" P. Sullivan	61,899	30.20	+30.20
	Libertarian	Rex Black	6,293	3.07	−9.50
Majority			74,903	36.54	−38.32
Turnout			204,994		−36.9
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 25 ^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	John H. Shields	25,265	48.8
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	26,481	51.2
Majority		1,216	2.4
Turnout		51,746

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 25 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	283,857	87.43	−12.57
	Libertarian	George Meeks	40,806	12.57	+12.57
Majority			243,051	74.86	−25.14
Turnout			324,663		+45.1
	Republican hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 25 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	223,739	100.0	+24.97
Majority			223,739	100.0	+49.94
Turnout			223,739		+5.1
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 25 ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Randy Staudt	24,930	29.5
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	59,476	70.5
Majority		34,546	40.9
Turnout		84,406

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 25 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) [17]	159,729	75.03	+26.77
	Democratic	Jim Saunders	53,152	24.97	−26.77
Majority			106,577	50.06	+46.57
Turnout			212,881
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 25 ^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Van Archer	21,341	39.7
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	32,473	60.3
Majority		11,132	20.7
Turnout		53,814

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 25 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	98,763	51.74
	Republican	Troy Fraser	92,107	48.26
Majority			6,656	3.49
Turnout			190,870
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 25 ^[20]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Robert Temple Dickson III (Incumbent) [21]	25,691	34.6
✓	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	48,479	65.4
Majority		22,788	30.7
Turnout		74,170

Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 25 ^[22]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Jim Deats	6,641	25.4
✓	Troy Fraser	15,076	57.6
	Charles Johnson	4,467	17.1
Majority		8,435	32.2
Turnout

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 25	Counties in District
4	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Kinney, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Webb.
5	Henry Williams Sublett	Bastrop, Burnet, Travis.
6	John Caldwell
7
8	Eggleston D. Townes Nathan George Shelley
9	Stephen Heard Darden Spencer Ford	Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe.
10	Spencer Ford
11	James W. Stell
12	Abner K. Foster Robert P. Tendick	Colorado, Lavaca.
13	Robert P. Tendick
14	Olintus Ellis
15	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Burnet, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson.
16
17
18	George Pfeuffer	Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Llano.
19
20	William Henry Burges
21
22	William Clemens
23	John M. Dean	Brewster, Buchel, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Foley, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
24
25	William W. Turney
26
27
28	Jared W. Hill	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
29		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
30	Claude B. Hudspeth	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
31
32
33
34
35		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
36	Richard M. Dudley
37		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El Paso, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
38
39	Walter C. Woodward	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green.
40
41
42
43
44	Ephraim M. Davis
45
46	Penrose Metcalfe
47
48
49
50	Dorsey B. Hardeman
51
52
53		Brewster, Coke, Coleman, Crane, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde.
54
55
56
57
58
59
60		Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde.
61	W. E. "Pete" Snelson
62
63		Bandera, Brewster, Coke, Comal, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Loving, Mason, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler.
64
65
66
67
68	Bill Sims	All of Bandera, Blanco, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Loving, Mason, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler. Portion of El Paso.
69
70		All of Bandera, Blanco, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Loving, Mason, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler. Portions of Bexar, Comal, El Paso.
71
72
73		All of Bandera, Blanco, Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Real, Schleicher, Shackelford, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Tom Green. Portions of Bexar, Comal.
74	Jeff Wentworth	All of Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Schleicher. Portions of Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Llano, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis.
75
76
77
78		All of Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall. Portions of Bexar, Travis.
79
80
81
82
83	Donna Campbell	All of Comal, Kendall. Portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis.
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87
88		All of Blanco, Comal, Kendall. Portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis.
89

Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

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14. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
15. "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
16. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
17. Wentworth was the District 26 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.
18. "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
19. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
20. "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
21. Dickson was the District 24 incumbent prior to the 1992 Senate redistricting.
22. "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.