Texas Senate, District 21

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Texas's 21st
State Senate district
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Senator
  Judith Zaffirini
D – Laredo
Demographics22.6%  White
4.1%  Black
72.3%  Hispanic
1.2%  Asian
Population888,624

District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bee, Caldwell, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata and portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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The current senator from District 21 is Judith Zaffirini.

Biggest cities in the district

District 21 has a population of 807,460 with 567,099 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. [1]

NameCountyPop. [2] [lower-alpha 1]
1 Laredo Webb 236,091
2 Austin Travis 129,085
3 San Marcos Caldwell/Hays/Guadalupe 24,197
4 Seguin Guadalupe 23,620
5 Portland San Patricio 15,099

Election history

Election history of District 21 from 1992. [lower-alpha 2]

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 21
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)166,91960.10-39.90
Republican Frank Pomeroy110,82539.90+39.90
Turnout 277,744100.00
Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 21 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)160,959100.00
Turnout 160,959
Democratic hold

2012

Texas General Election 2012: Senate District 21 [4]
CandidateVotes %±
Republican - Grant Rostig 55,93329.17+0.02
Libertarian - Joseph Morse 6,1283.20+0.59
✓Democrat - Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)129,68167.63-0.61
Turnout 191,742+1

2008

Texas General Election 2008: Senate District 21 [5]
CandidateVotes %±
Republican - Louis H. Bruni 55,36329.15
Libertarian - Barry L. Allison4,9662.61
✓Democrat - Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)129,60868.24
Turnout 189,937
Democratic primary, 2008: Senate District 21 [6]
CandidateVotes %±
Rene Barrientos23,26221.4
✓Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)108,57278.6
Turnout 131,834

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 21 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)127,573100.00+10.89
Majority127,573100.00+21.78
Turnout 127,573+18.86
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 21 [8]
CandidateVotes %±
Raymond Bruni 17,08921.35
✓ Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)62,96078.65
Majority45,87157.30
Turnout 80,049

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 21 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)95,64489.11+22.65
Libertarian Jeff Carruthers 11,68810.89+10.89
Majority83,95678.22+45.31
Turnout 107,332-32.76
Democratic hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 21 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican David Swift 53,54733.54-0.14
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)106,08966.46+0.14
Majority52,54232.91+0.27
Turnout 159,636+15.13
Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 21 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James C. Whitworth 46,69833.68+2.21
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)91,95666.32-2.21
Majority45,25832.64-4.41
Turnout 138,654+33.77
Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 21 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)71,02968.53-31.47
Republican Fernando Cantu 32,62431.47+31.47
Majority38,40537.05-62.95
Turnout 103,653-6.95
Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 21 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)111,398100.00
Majority111,398100.00
Turnout 111,398
Democratic hold

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 21Counties in District
3 H. Clay Davis Cameron, Starr, Webb.
4 Edward Burleson
John Salmon "Rip" Ford 		Gillespie, Hays, Travis.
5 Elliot McNeil Millican Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson.
6
7 Elliot McNeil Millican
David M. Whaley
8 David M. Whaley
9 Robert H. Graham Archer, Baylor, Buchanan, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
10 Daniel Montague Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Knox, Montague, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young.
11 J. M. Blount
12 Samuel Evans Collin, Dallas, Tarrant.
13
14 Robert D. Allison Collin, Denton, Wise.
15 William M. Brown Bell, Falls, Milam.
16
17 Andrew Jackson Harris
18 William H. Getzendaner Ellis, Hill, Johnson.
19
20 Samuel C. Upshaw
21
22 Martin McNulty Crane
23 William Oscar Hutchison Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
24 Joseph Burton Dibrell, Jr.
25
26
27
28 Joseph Faust
29
30
31 Ferdinand C. Weinert
32
33 Ferdinand C. Weinert
James A. Harley
34 James A. Harley
35 James A. Harley
Martin Faust
36 Martin Faust
37 Cyrus Richards
Alvin J. Wirtz
38 Alvin J. Wirtz
39 Carl C. Hardin Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton.
40
41
42
43 Roy Sanderford
44
45 James Manley Head
46
47 Karl Lovelady
48
49 Buster Brown
50
51 William A. Shofner
52
53 Abraham "Chick" Kazen Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Maverick, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
54
55
56
57
58
59
60 Wayne Connally All of Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Refugio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portion of Bexar.
61
62
63 John Traeger All of Atascosa, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portion of Bexar.
64
65
66
67
68 All of Atascosa, Bee, Comal, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portion of Bexar.
69
70 Judith Zaffirini All of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portions of Bexar, Comal.
71
72
73 All of Bee, Brewster, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Starr, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portions of Bexar, Comal, El Paso.
74 All of Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Uvalde.
75
76
77
78 All of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Portion of Bexar.
79
80
81
82
83 Bee, Caldwell, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata.
Portion of Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, and Travis.
84
85
86
87

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.

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