Texas Senate, District 3

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Texas's 3rd
State Senate district
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Senator
  Robert Nichols
R – Jacksonville
Demographics72.5%  White
12.8%  Black
12.9%  Hispanic
1.8% Other
Population843,567
Notes [1]

District 3 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties, and a portion of Jefferson county in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] The current senator from District 3 is Robert Nichols.

Contents

Election history

Election history of District 3 from 1992. [3]

2022

2022 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert Nichols (incumbent) 213,288 77.41 −0.86
Democratic Steve Russell58,28521.16+0.63
Libertarian Desarae Lindsey3,9411.43+0.23
Total votes275,514
Republican hold

2018

2018 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert Nichols (incumbent) 215,058 78.27 −12.29
Democratic Shirley Layton56,39820.53+20.53
Libertarian Bruce Quarles3,3011.20−8.24
Total votes274,757
Republican hold
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shirley Layton 12,452 100.0
Total votes12,452 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Nichols (incumbent) 78,434 100.0
Total votes78,434 100.0

2014

2014 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert Nichols 140,06990.56−9.44
Libertarian J. Tyler Lindsey14,6059.44+9.44
Majority154,674100.00
Turnout 226,978
Republican hold

2012

2012 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert Nichols 226,978100.00
Majority226,978100.00
Turnout 226,978
Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 3 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert Nichols 119,629100.00+11.77
Majority119,629100.00+23.53
Turnout 119,629−12.03
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 3 [9]
CandidateVotes %±
Frank Denton5,63515.15
Dave Kleimann 6,71618.05
✓ Robert Nichols 20,17654.24
Bob Reeves4,67412.56
Majority13,46036.18
Turnout 37,201

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 3 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Todd Staples 119,99388.23+27.59
Libertarian Michael Carter 16,00111.76+11.76
Majority103,99276.47+55.18
Turnout 135,994−45.92
Republican hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 3 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Todd Staples 152,51460.64+10.55
Democratic David Fisher 98,97639.36−10.55
Majority53,53821.29+21.10
Turnout 251,490+20.88
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2000: Senate District 3 [12]
CandidateVotes %±
Van Brookshire 4,87511.08
Les Tarrance 8,81618.05
✓ Todd Staples 20,36770.15
Majority21,52252.10
Turnout 29,183

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 3 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Drew Nixon 104,22250.09−2.26
Democratic Jerry K. Johnson 103,83549.91+2.26
Majority3870.19−4.52
Turnout 208,057+30.02
Republican hold
Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 3 [14]
CandidateVotes %±
✓ Jerry K. Johnson 38,91357.10
Dick Swift 18,04326.48
Ralph Wallace 11,19116.42
Majority20,87030.62
Turnout 68,147

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 3 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Drew Nixon 83,77952.35+6.21
Democratic Curtis Soileau [16] [17] 76,24547.65−6.21
Majority7,5344.71−3.02
Turnout 160,024−26.77
Republican gain from Democratic

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 3 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bill Haley 117,70953.86
Republican Gene Shull 100,82646.14
Majority16,8837.73
Turnout 218,535
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 3 [19]
CandidateVotes %±
John Blair 29,21635.15
✓ Bill Haley 53,89464.85
Majority24,67829.69
Turnout 83,110
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 3 [20]
CandidateVotes %±
Vernon Krueger 7,96833.74
✓ Gene Shull 12,22851.78
Tom Sisk 3,42114.49
Majority4,26018.04
Turnout 23,617

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 3Counties in District
1 William Thomas Scott
Edward Clark 		Harrison
2 Edward Clark
3 Hardin Hart Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt
4 Sam Bogart Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson
5 Hardin Hart Fannin, Hunt
6 Robert H. Taylor
7
8 Martin D. Hart
Turner L. Greene
9 M. W. Wheeler Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine
10 Henry M. Kinsey
11 Frederick Voight
James W. Guinn
12 James Eldrage Dillard
Mijamin Priest 		Cherokee, Houston
13 James Eldrage Dillard
14 Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
15 James W. Motley Panola, Rusk, Shelby
16
17 Richard M. Wynne
18 William Henry Pope Harrison
19
20
21
22
23 Edwin L. Agnew Fannin, Lamar
24
25 Robert L. Ross
26
27 Charles A. Wheeler
28 Travis C. Henderson
29 A. P. Barrett
30
31 B. B. Sturgeon
32
33 Flavious M. Gibson
34
35
36
37 Henry Lewis Darwin
38
39 I. D. Fairchild Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
40
41 William E. Thomason
42
43 John S. Redditt
44
45
46
47 Ben Ramsey
48
49
50
51 Ottis Elmer Lock
52
53 Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
54
55
56 Martin Dies Jr.
57
58
59
60 Charles Wilson Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
61
62 Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
63 Don Adams Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Kaufman, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler
64
65
66 Roy Blake, Sr.
67
68 All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
Portion of Montgomery
69
70
71 Bill Haley
72
73 All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
Portion of Montgomery
74 Drew Nixon All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
Portions of Montgomery, Smith
75
76
77 Todd Staples
78 All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
Portions of Montgomery, Smith
79
80 Robert Nichols
81
82
83 Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler
84
85
86
87
88 Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson (part), Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler

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References

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  2. ↑ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  4. ↑ "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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  11. ↑ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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  14. ↑ "1996 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  15. ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  16. ↑ Bill Haley, winner of the 1994 Democratic Party Primary Election, resigned from office and Soileau was named his ballot replacement.
  17. ↑ Associated Press (August 28, 1994). "Dems choose Soileau to replace Haley". Houston Chronicle. p. A18. Retrieved January 1, 2007. Former state Rep. Curtis Soileau was chosen Saturday as the Democratic candidate to replace state Sen. Bill Haley on the November ballot. Haley, D-Center, announced last week he was resigning to become president of the Texas Motor Transportation Association.
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