Texas Senate, District 31

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Texas's 31st
State Senate district
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Senator
  Kevin Sparks
R – Midland
Demographics48.8%  White
6.1%  Black
42.7%  Hispanic
2.4%  Asian
Population861,211

District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Winkler and Yoakum counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

Contents

The current senator from District 31 is Kevin Sparks.

Biggest cities in the district

District 31 has a population of 793,600 with 573,847 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. [1]

NameCountyPop. [2] [lower-alpha 1]
1 Amarillo Potter/Randall 190,695
2 Midland Martin/Midland 111,147
3 Odessa Ector/Midland 99,940
4 Big Spring Howard 27,282
5 Pampa Gray 17,994

Election history

Election history of District 31 from 1992. [lower-alpha 2]

Previous elections

2022

Texas's 31st State Senate District Republican primary, 2022 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Sparks 45,867 54.88
Republican Tim Reid19,03922.78
Republican Stormy Bradley13,57316.24
Republican Jesse Quackenbush5,1016.1
Total votes83,580 100.0
Texas's 31st State Senate District General Election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Sparks
Total votes

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 31 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kel Seliger (Incumbent)174,36787.52−2.91
Libertarian Jack Westbrook24,86912.48+2.91
Majority96,46975.04−5.82
Turnout 199,236
Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 31 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kel Seliger (Incumbent)107,88590.43-9.57
Libertarian Steven Gibson11,4169.57+9.57
Majority96,46980.86-19.14
Turnout 119,301
Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 31 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kel Seliger (Incumbent)195,878100.0+9.79
Majority195,878
Turnout
Republican hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 31 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kel Seliger (Incumbent)180,26790.21+11.68
Libertarian Lauren Poindexter 19,5699.79+9.79
Majority160,69880.42+21.47
Turnout 199,836
Republican hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 31 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kel Seliger (Incumbent)170,29978.53-21.47
Democratic Elaine King Miller 46,55621.47+21.47
Majority123,74357.06-42.94
Turnout 216,855+82.33
Republican hold

2004

Special Election Runoff: Senate District 31, Unexpired Term [9]
17 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kirk Edwards 32,09443.85 [10] +43.85
Republican Kel Seliger 41,10256.15+20.44
Majority9,00812.31
Turnout 73,196
Republican hold
Special Election: Senate District 31, Unexpired Term [11]
20 January 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bob Barnes 9,47813.65
Republican Kirk Edwards 14,27320.56
Republican Lee Gibson2,4293.50
Democratic Elaine King Miller 5,7388.27
Republican Jesse Quackenbush 1,4882.14
Republican Kel Seliger 24,79335.72
Republican Don Sparks 11,21616.16
Turnout

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 31 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Teel Bivins (Incumbent)118,938100.000.00
Majority118,938100.000.00
Turnout 118,938+21.16
Republican hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 31 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Teel Bivins (Incumbent)98,165100.000.00
Majority98,165100.000.00
Turnout 98,165-15.34
Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 31 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Teel Bivins (Incumbent)115,951100.000.00
Majority115,951100.000.00
Turnout 115,951-16.76
Republican hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 31 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Teel Bivins (Incumbent)139,302100.00
Majority139,302100.00
Turnout 139,302
Republican hold

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 31Counties in District
5 Isaiah Addison Paschal Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde.
6 Samuel A. Maverick
7
8 Gustav Schleicher
9 Erastus Reed Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
10 A. O. Cooley Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
11 Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
12 District Inactive
13
14
15 Leonidas Jefferson Storey Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba.
16
17 William Henry Burges
18 William A. Evans Fannin, Lamar, Red River.
19
20 Henry D. McDonald
21
22 James Clark
23 Emory C. Smith Denton, Montague, Wise.
24
25 Charles Vernon Terrell
26
27 George W. Savage
28
29 Emory C. Smith
30
31 John P. Hayter
Charles Vernon Terrell
32 Charles Vernon Terrell
33 James R. Wiley
34
35 George M. Hopkins
36
37 Guinn Williams
38 William H. Rice
39 J. W. Reid Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
40
41 Clint C. Small
42
43
44
45
46
47 Grady Hazlewood
48
49
50
51
52
53 Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
54
55
56
57
58
59
60 Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
61
62 Max Sherman
63 Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
64
65 Max Sherman
Bob Price
66 Bob Price
67 Bill Sarpalius
68 Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
69
70
71 Teel Bivins
72
73 Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
74 All of Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Winkler, Yoakum.
Portion of Ector.
75
76
77
78 Teel Bivins
Kel Seliger 		Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
79 Kel Seliger
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81
82
83 Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Winkler, Yoakum
84
85
86
87
88 Kevin Sparks

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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