Texas Senate, District 1
District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, Wood and Smith county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 1 is Kevin Eltife.
Election History
Election history of District 1 from 1992.[1]
Most recent election
2006
Previous elections
2004
Special runoff election, 17 February 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Republican |
Kevin Eltife |
46,437 |
51.86 |
[4]+15.85 |
|
Democratic |
Paul Sadler |
43,103 |
48.14 |
+8.63 |
Majority |
3,334 |
3.72 |
|
Turnout |
89,540 |
|
[4]+29.38 |
|
Republican hold |
Special election, 20 January 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term[5] |
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[6] |
480 |
0.69 |
|
|
Republican |
Jerry Yost |
1,180 |
1.71 |
|
Turnout |
69,206 |
|
|
2002
Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 1[7] |
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 |
1998
Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 1[9] |
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[10] |
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 |
1992
Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 1[13] |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
✓ |
A. M. "Bob" Aikin, III |
51,143 |
69.33 |
|
|
Steve Gamble |
22,626 |
30.67 |
|
Turnout |
73,769 |
|
|
District officeholders
Legislature |
Senator, District 1 |
Counties in District |
1 |
William M. "Buckskin" Williams |
Fannin, Lamar. |
2 |
3 |
Matthias Ward |
Bowie, Cass, Titus. |
4 |
Joseph H. Burks |
Bowie, Red River. |
5 |
6 |
Solomon H. Pirkey |
7 |
8 |
James W. Sims |
9 |
Rufus K. Hartley |
Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty. |
10 |
11 |
Frederick F. Foscue |
12 |
Edward Bradford Pickett |
Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler. |
13 |
14 |
Edwin Hobby |
15 |
Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler. |
16 |
17 |
Samuel Bronson Cooper |
18 |
19 |
William L. Douglass |
20 |
21 |
Kennan B. Seale |
22 |
23 |
Benjamin Whitaker |
Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris. |
24 |
25 |
Simon J. Morriss |
26 |
27 |
James R. Wilson |
28 |
29 |
James R. Wilson James M. Terrell |
30 |
James M. Terrell |
31 |
32 |
Horace W. Vaughan |
33 |
Horace W. Vaughan Absolom C. Oliver John M. Henderson |
34 |
John M. Henderson |
35 |
36 |
Robert P. Dorough |
37 |
38 |
Pleasant A. Turner |
39 |
Lloyd E. Price |
Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus. |
40 |
41 |
John W. E. H. Beck |
42 |
43 |
44 |
John W. E. H. Beck E. Harold Beck |
45 |
E. Harold Beck |
46 |
47 |
48 |
49 |
Howard A. Carney |
50 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
A. M. Aikin, Jr. |
Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus. |
54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus. |
61 |
62 |
63 |
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus. |
64 |
65 |
66 |
Ed Howard |
67 |
68 |
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Titus, Upshur. |
69 |
Ed Howard Richard M. Anderson |
70 |
Richard M. Anderson |
71 |
Bill Ratliff |
72 |
73 |
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur. |
74 |
All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur. Portion of Smith. |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
Bill Ratliff Kevin Eltife |
All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, Wood. Portion of Smith. |
79 |
Kevin Eltife |
80 |
81 |
References
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