Texas Senate, District 18
District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties and a western portion of Fort Bend County in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 18 is Republican Glenn Hegar, who won the seat in 2006 after incumbent Republican Ken Armbrister was defeated after switching parties. Hegar, however, is resigning on December 5, 2014; he becomes the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts in January 2015.
Election history
Election history of District 18 from 1992.[1]
Most recent elections
2006
Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 18[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Republican |
Glenn Hegar |
110,512 |
78.92 |
+33.80 |
|
Libertarian |
Roy O. Wright, II |
29,511 |
21.08 |
+19.51 |
Majority |
81,001 |
57.85 |
+49.67 |
Turnout |
140,023 |
|
-12.60 |
|
Republican gain from Democratic |
Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 18[3] |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Gary Gates |
12,933 |
35.63 |
|
✓ |
Glenn Hegar |
19,934 |
54.92 |
|
|
David Stall |
3,428 |
9.44 |
|
Majority |
7,001 |
19.29 |
|
Turnout |
36,295 |
|
|
Previous elections
2002
Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 18[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Republican |
Lester Phipps |
72,296 |
45.13 |
+4.57 |
|
Democratic |
Ken Armbrister (Incumbent) |
85,401 |
53.31 |
-6.13 |
|
Libertarian |
Horace Henley |
2,508 |
1.57 |
+1.57 |
Majority |
13,105 |
8.18 |
-10.70 |
Turnout |
160,205 |
|
+11.65 |
|
Democratic hold |
Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 18[5] |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
✓ |
Lester Phipps |
11,774 |
50.13 |
|
|
Michael Rozell |
11,713 |
49.87 |
|
Majority |
61 |
0.26 |
|
Turnout |
23,487 |
|
|
1998
Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 18[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Republican |
Reese Turner |
58,195 |
40.56 |
+40.56 |
|
Democratic |
Ken Armbrister (Incumbent) |
85,291 |
59.44 |
-40.56 |
Majority |
27,096 |
18.88 |
-81.12 |
Turnout |
143,486 |
|
+46.32 |
|
Democratic hold |
1994
Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 18[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Democratic |
Ken Armbrister (Incumbent) |
98,066 |
100.00 |
+40.34 |
Majority |
98,066 |
100.00 |
+80.68 |
Turnout |
98,066 |
|
-48.56 |
|
Democratic hold |
1992
District officeholders
Legislature |
Senator, District 18 |
Counties in District |
1 |
José Antonio Navarro |
Bexar. |
2 |
Bexar, Comal. |
3 |
Alexander H. Phillips |
Calhoun, DeWitt, Gonzales, Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria. |
4 |
Franklin H. Merriman Mark M. Potter |
Brazoria, Galveston. |
5 |
Cornelius McAnelly |
Harris. |
6 |
Edward A. Palmer |
7 |
Benjamin F. Tankersly Hiram George Runnels |
8 |
Abram Morris Gentry |
9 |
John W. Durant |
Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Madison, Robertson. |
10 |
11 |
James B. Boyd |
12 |
Phidello W. Hall |
Freestone, Leon, Robertson. |
13 |
14 |
William D. Wood |
Brazos, Leon, Robertson. |
15 |
John Thomas Brady |
Harris, Montgomery. |
16 |
Charles Stewart |
17 |
18 |
William O. Davis |
Cooke, Grayson. |
19 |
20 |
Elbridge G. Douglass |
21 |
Elbridge G. Douglass John W. Finlay |
22 |
Calhoun L. Potter |
23 |
Friench Simpson |
Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca. |
24 |
25 |
Abnus B. Kerr |
26 |
27 |
David A. Paulus |
28 |
Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca. |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
33 |
David A. Paulus Isaac E. Clark |
34 |
Isaac E. Clark |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
39 |
John Heywood Bailey |
Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson. |
40 |
41 |
James W. Stevenson |
42 |
43 |
Elmo J. Blackert |
44 |
45 |
Morris Roberts |
46 |
47 |
Fred Mauritz |
48 |
49 |
50 |
51 |
John Junior Bell |
52 |
53 |
John Junior Bell William S. Fly |
Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, McMullen, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria. |
54 |
William S. Fly |
55 |
56 |
57 |
William Neff "Bill" Patman |
58 |
59 |
60 |
Aransas, Austin, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, San Patricio, Victoria, Washington, Wharton. |
61 |
62 |
63 |
Bastrop, Bell, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Milam, Victoria, Williamson. |
64 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
John T. Wilson |
68 |
John Sharp |
All of Aransas, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria. Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Williamson. |
69 |
70 |
Ken Armbrister |
71 |
72 |
73 |
All of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Wharton. Portions of Fort Bend, Hays. |
74 |
All of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Wharton. Portions of Fort Bend, Guadalupe, Hays. |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
All of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Wharton. Portion of Fort Bend. |
79 |
80 |
Glenn Hegar |
81 |
References
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