Texas's 1st State Senate district | |||
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Demographics | 64.7% White 18.3% Black 15.1% Hispanic 1.3% Asian | ||
Population | 841,254 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bryan Hughes | 266,561 | 75.31 | -24.69 | |
Democratic | Audrey Spanko | 87,399 | 24.69 | ||
Turnout | 353,960 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bryan Hughes | 245,648 | 100 | +28.63 | |
Turnout | 245,648 | -16.55 | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bryan Hughes | 27,541 | 69.33 | ||
Republican | David Simpson | 12,186 | 30.67 | ||
Turnout | 39,727 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kevin P. Eltife | 140,273 | 100 | +16.87 | |
Turnout | 140,273 | +6.54 | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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✓ | Bill Ratliff | 20,367 | 69.79 | |
Jerry Yost | 8,816 | 30.21 | ||
Turnout | 29,183 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Ratliff | 90,024 | 100.00 | +35.46 | |
Majority | 90,024 | 100.00 | +70.93 | ||
Turnout | 90,024 | -42.60 | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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VaLinda Hathcox | 21,743 | 42.40 | ||
✓ | George Lavender | 29,537 | 57.60 | |
Turnout | 51,280 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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✓ | A. M. "Bob" Aikin, III | 51,143 | 69.33 | |
Steve Gamble | 22,626 | 30.67 | ||
Turnout | 73,769 |
Leg. | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties in District |
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1st | William M. "Buckskin" Williams | Unknown | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 | Fannin, Lamar |
2nd | December 13, 1847 | November 5, 1849 | |||
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 | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | |||
6th | Solomon H. Pirkey | November 5, 1855 | November 7, 1859 | ||
7th | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
17th | Samuel Bronson Cooper | January 11, 1883 | January 9, 1883 | ||
18th | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | |||
19th | William L. Douglass | January 13, 1885 | January 8, 1889 | ||
20th | |||||
21st | Kennan B. Seale | January 8, 1889 | January 10, 1893 | ||
22nd | |||||
23rd | Benjamin Whitaker | January 10, 1893 | January 12, 1897 | Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris | |
24th | |||||
25th | Simon J. Morriss | January 12, 1897 | January 8, 1901 | ||
26th | |||||
27th | James R. Wilson | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | ||
28th | January 13, 1903 | May 1, 1903 | |||
29th | James M. Terrell | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||
30th | January 8, 1907 | January 10, 1911 | |||
31st | |||||
32nd | Horace W. Vaughan | January 14, 1911 | April 1, 1913 | ||
33rd | |||||
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 | |||||
36th | Robert P. Dorough | January 14, 1919 | January 9, 1923 | ||
37th | |||||
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 | |||||
41st | John W. E. H. Beck | January 8, 1929 | January 10, 1993 | ||
42nd | |||||
43rd | January 10, 1933 | March 24, 1936 | |||
44th | |||||
E. Harold Beck | September 28, 1936 | January 12, 1937 | |||
45th | January 12, 1937 | January 14, 1941 | |||
46th | |||||
47th | January 14, 1941 | January 9, 1945 | |||
48th | |||||
49th | Howard A. Carney | January 9, 1945 | January 11, 1949 | ||
50th | |||||
51st | January 11, 1949 | January 13, 1953 | |||
52nd | |||||
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 | |||||
56th | January 13, 1959 | January 8, 1963 | |||
57th | |||||
58th | January 8, 1963 | January 10, 1967 | |||
59th | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
66th | Vernon Edgar Howard | January 9, 1979 | January 11, 1983 | ||
67th | |||||
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 | |||
Richard M. Anderson | September 18, 1986 | January 10, 1989 | |||
70th | |||||
71st | Bill Ratliff | Republican | January 10, 1989 | January 12, 1993 | |
72nd | |||||
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 | |||||
76th | January 12, 1999 | January 14, 2003 | |||
77th | |||||
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 | ||
Kevin Eltife | March 5, 2004 | January 9, 2007 | |||
79th | |||||
80th | January 9, 2007 | January 11, 2011 | |||
81st | |||||
82nd | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | |||
83rd | January 8, 2013 | January 10, 2017 | |||
84th | |||||
85th | Bryan Hughes | January 10, 2017 | January 12, 2021 | ||
86th | |||||
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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