Texas Senate, District 1

Texas's 1st
State Senate district
Texas's 1st; State Senate district
Senator
	Bryan Hughes ; R – Mineola
Demographics	64.7% White ; 18.3% Black ; 15.1% Hispanic ; 1.3% Asian
Population	841,254

Last updated January 24, 2024

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.

Election history

2020

2020 General Election: Senate District 1^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bryan Hughes	266,561	75.31	-24.69
	Democratic	Audrey Spanko	87,399	24.69
Turnout			353,960	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 1^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bryan Hughes	245,648	100	+28.63
Turnout			245,648		-16.55
	Republican hold

2016 Republican Primary Runoff, District 1: Senate District 1^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Hughes	27,541	69.33
	Republican	David Simpson	12,186	30.67
Turnout			39,727

2016 Republican Party Primary, District 1: Senate District 1^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Hughes	64,200	48.03
	Republican	David Simpson	28,395	21.24
	Republican	James K. Red Brown	28,382	21.23
	Republican	Mike Lee	12,683	9.49
Turnout			133,660

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 1^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin P. Eltife	210,091	71.37	-28.63
	Democratic	Steven Russell	84,262	28.63	+28.63
Turnout			294,353		+109.8
	Republican hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 1^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin P. Eltife	140,273	100	+16.87
Turnout			140,273		+6.54
	Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 1^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin P. Eltife	109,450	83.13	+14.96
	Libertarian	Jason Albers	22,211	16.87	+16.87
Majority			87,239	66.26	+29.92
Turnout			131,661		-21.23
	Republican hold

2004

Special runoff election, 17 February 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Eltife	46,437	51.86	^[9]+15.85
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	43,103	48.14	+8.63
Majority			3,334	3.72
Turnout			89,540		^[9]+29.38
	Republican hold

Special election, 20 January 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Eltife	24,919	36.01
	Republican	Bill Godsey	502	0.73
	Republican	Tommy Merritt	14,786	21.36
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	27,339	39.50
	Constitution	Daryl Ware ^[11]	480	0.69
	Republican	Jerry Yost	1,180	1.71
Turnout			69,206

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 1^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Ratliff	113,939	68.17	-31.83
	Democratic	B.D. Blount	53,201	31.83	+31.83
Majority			60,738	36.34	-63.66
Turnout			167,140		+85.66
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 1^[13]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Bill Ratliff	20,367	69.79
	Jerry Yost	8,816	30.21
Turnout		29,183

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 1^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Ratliff	90,024	100.00	+35.46
Majority			90,024	100.00	+70.93
Turnout			90,024		-42.60
	Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 1^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Ratliff	101,207	64.54	+12.40
	Democratic	George Lavender	55,616	35.46	-12.40
Majority			45,591	29.07	+24.81
Turnout			156,823		-20.09
	Republican hold

Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 1^[16]
Candidate		Votes	%
	VaLinda Hathcox	21,743	42.40
✓	George Lavender	29,537	57.60
Turnout		51,280

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 1^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Ratliff	102,310	52.13
	Democratic	A. M. "Bob" Aikin, III	93,937	47.86
Majority			8,373	4.27
Turnout			200,760
	Republican hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 1^[18]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	A. M. "Bob" Aikin, III	51,143	69.33
	Steve Gamble	22,626	30.67
Turnout		73,769

District officeholders

Leg.	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties in District
1st	William M. "Buckskin" Williams	Unknown	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847	Fannin, Lamar
2nd	William M. "Buckskin" Williams		December 13, 1847	November 5, 1849	Fannin, Lamar
3rd	Matthias Ward		November 13, 1849	November 3, 1851	Bowie, Cass, Titus
4th	Joseph H. Burks		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Bowie, Red River
5th	Joseph H. Burks		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855
6th	Solomon H. Pirkey		November 5, 1855	November 7, 1859
7th	Solomon H. Pirkey		November 5, 1855	November 7, 1859
8th	James W. Sims		November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
9th	Rufus K. Hartley		November 4, 1861	August 6, 1866	Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty
10th	Rufus K. Hartley		November 4, 1861	August 6, 1866
11th	Frederick Forney Foscue		August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th	Edward Bradford Pickett	Democratic	February 21, 1870	January 13, 1874	Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler
13th	Edward Bradford Pickett		February 21, 1870	January 13, 1874
14th	Edwin Hobby		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
15th			April 18, 1876	July 10, 1879	Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler
16th			April 18, 1876	July 10, 1879
17th	Samuel Bronson Cooper		January 11, 1883	January 9, 1883
18th	Samuel Bronson Cooper		January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885
19th	William L. Douglass		January 13, 1885	January 8, 1889
20th	William L. Douglass		January 13, 1885	January 8, 1889
21st	Kennan B. Seale		January 8, 1889	January 10, 1893
22nd	Kennan B. Seale		January 8, 1889	January 10, 1893
23rd	Benjamin Whitaker		January 10, 1893	January 12, 1897	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
24th	Benjamin Whitaker		January 10, 1893	January 12, 1897
25th	Simon J. Morriss		January 12, 1897	January 8, 1901
26th	Simon J. Morriss		January 12, 1897	January 8, 1901
27th	James R. Wilson		January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th	James R. Wilson		January 13, 1903	May 1, 1903
29th	James M. Terrell		January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th			January 8, 1907	January 10, 1911
31st			January 8, 1907	January 10, 1911
32nd	Horace W. Vaughan		January 14, 1911	April 1, 1913
33rd	Horace W. Vaughan		January 14, 1911	April 1, 1913
	Absolom C. Oliver		August 13, 1913	August 21, 1913
	John M. Henderson		September 11, 1914	January 12, 1915
34th			January 12, 1915	January 14, 1919
35th			January 12, 1915	January 14, 1919
36th	Robert P. Dorough		January 14, 1919	January 9, 1923
37th	Robert P. Dorough		January 14, 1919	January 9, 1923
38th	Pleasant A. Turner		January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925
39th	Lloyd E. Price		January 13, 1925	January 8, 1929	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
40th	Lloyd E. Price		January 13, 1925	January 8, 1929
41st	John W. E. H. Beck		January 8, 1929	January 10, 1993
42nd			January 8, 1929	January 10, 1993
43rd			January 10, 1933	March 24, 1936
44th			January 10, 1933	March 24, 1936
44th	E. Harold Beck		September 28, 1936	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 14, 1941
46th			January 12, 1937	January 14, 1941
47th			January 14, 1941	January 9, 1945
48th			January 14, 1941	January 9, 1945
49th	Howard A. Carney		January 9, 1945	January 11, 1949
50th			January 9, 1945	January 11, 1949
51st			January 11, 1949	January 13, 1953
52nd			January 11, 1949	January 13, 1953
53rd	A. M. Aikin, Jr.		January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955	Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
54th			January 11, 1955	January 13, 1959
55th			January 11, 1955	January 13, 1959
56th			January 13, 1959	January 8, 1963
57th			January 13, 1959	January 8, 1963
58th			January 8, 1963	January 10, 1967
59th			January 8, 1963	January 10, 1967
60th			January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
61st			January 14, 1969	January 9, 1973
62nd			January 14, 1969	January 9, 1973
63rd			January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
64th			January 14, 1975	January 9, 1979
65th			January 14, 1975	January 9, 1979
66th	Vernon Edgar Howard		January 9, 1979	January 11, 1983
67th			January 9, 1979	January 11, 1983
68th			January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Titus, Upshur
69th			January 8, 1985	September 18, 1986
69th	Richard M. Anderson		September 18, 1986	January 10, 1989
70th	Richard M. Anderson		September 18, 1986	January 10, 1989
71st	Bill Ratliff	Republican	January 10, 1989	January 12, 1993
72nd			January 10, 1989	January 12, 1993
73rd			January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur
74th			January 10, 1995	January 12, 1999	All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur. Portion of Smith
75th			January 10, 1995	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 14, 2003
77th			January 12, 1999	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 10, 2004	All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, Wood. Portion of Smith
78th	Kevin Eltife		March 5, 2004	January 9, 2007
79th			March 5, 2004	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 11, 2011
81st			January 9, 2007	January 11, 2011
82nd			January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd			January 8, 2013	January 10, 2017
84th			January 8, 2013	January 10, 2017
85th	Bryan Hughes		January 10, 2017	January 12, 2021
86th			January 10, 2017	January 12, 2021
87th			January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	present	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Wood

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1 2 change from special election
↑ "Special Election, State Senate, District 1". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
↑ Secretary of State’s web page says party is "CON". Daryl Ware to Run for Texas State Senate Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine (5 January 2004) confirms it is the Constitution Party
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[2] "2012 General Election" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[3] "2016 Republican Runoff" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[4] "2016 Primary Elections" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[5] "2012 General Election" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[6] "2010 General Election" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.

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[8] "Special Election Runoff, State Senate, District 1". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2006.

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[11] Secretary of State’s web page says party is "CON". Daryl Ware to Run for Texas State Senate Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine (5 January 2004) confirms it is the Constitution Party

[12] "2002 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved December 28, 2006.

[13] "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved December 28, 2006.

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