Texas Senate, District 7
District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 7 is Dan Patrick.
Election history
Election history of District 7 from 1992.[1]
Most recent election
2006
| Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 7[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Dan Patrick | 118,067 | 69.19 | -22.12 | |
| Democratic | F. Michael Kubosh | 52,586 | 30.81 | +30.81 | |
| Majority | 65,481 | 38.37 | -44.25 | ||
| Turnout | 170,653 | +11.44 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 7[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Mark Ellis | 2,545 | 6.07 | ||
| Peggy Hamric | 6,900 | 16.45 | ||
| Joe Nixon | 3,629 | 8.65 | ||
| ✓ | Dan Patrick | 28,860 | 68.82 | |
| Turnout | 41,934 | |||
Previous elections
2002
| Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 7[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jon Lindsay | 139,827 | 91.31 | -8.69 | |
| Libertarian | Edgar L. Buchanan | 13,305 | 8.69 | +8.69 | |
| Majority | 126,522 | 82.62 | -17.38 | ||
| Turnout | 153,132 | -30.34 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2000
| Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 7[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jon Lindsay | 219,835 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 219,835 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 219,835 | +20.69 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
1996
| Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 7[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jon Lindsay | 182,144 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 182,144 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 182,144 | +26.82 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 7[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Jerry Dumas | 27,658 | 48.56 | ||
| ✓ | Jon Lindsay | 29,303 | 51.44 | |
| Turnout | 56,961 | |||
1994
| Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 7[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Don Henderson | 143,628 | 100.00 | +10.91 | |
| Majority | 143,628 | 100.00 | +21.83 | ||
| Turnout | 143,628 | -28.46 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
1992
| Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 7[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Don Henderson | 178,850 | 89.09 | ||
| Libertarian | James P. Chudleigh | 21,910 | 10.91 | ||
| Majority | 156,940 | 78.17 | |||
| Turnout | 200,760 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
District officeholders
| Legislature | Senator, District 7 | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|
| 1 1846 |
George Tyler Wood William C. Abbott |
Jefferson, Liberty. |
| 2 1847 |
William C. Abbott | Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler. |
| 3 1849 |
Alfred M. Triutt | Nacogdoches, Shelby. |
| 4 1851 |
Isaac Parker | Anderson, Cherokee. |
| 5 1853 |
M. D. K. Taylor | Cass, Titus. |
| 6 1855 | ||
| 7 1857 | ||
| 8 1859 |
John G. Chambers | |
| 9 1861 |
John W. Moore | Bowie, Davis, Marion. |
| 10 1863 | ||
| 11 1866 |
William P. Saufley | |
| 12 1870 |
Henry Rawson | Harrison. |
| 13 1873 | ||
| 14 1874 |
David Browning Culberson | Bowie, Cass, Marion. |
| 15 1876 |
James Postell Douglas | Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur. |
| 16 1879 |
John Martin Duncan | |
| 17 1881 | ||
| 18 1883 |
John Young Gooch | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 19 1885 |
Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore | |
| 20 1887 |
Alexander White Gregg | |
| 21 1889 |
Robert H. Morris | |
| 22 1891 |
John G. Kearby | |
| 23 1893 |
Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | |
| 24 1895 |
Robert N. Stafford | |
| 25 1897 | ||
| 26 1899 | ||
| 27 1901 | ||
| 28 1903 |
Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | |
| 29 1905 | ||
| 30 1907 |
William J. Greer | |
| 31 1909 | ||
| 32 1911 | ||
| 33 1913 |
William J. Greer Earl M. Greer | |
| 34 1915 |
William D. Suiter | |
| 35 1917 | ||
| 36 1919 | ||
| 37 1921 | ||
| 38 1923 |
Tomas G. Pollard | |
| 39 1925 | ||
| 40 1927 | ||
| 41 1929 | ||
| 42 1931 | ||
| 43 1933- |
Will D. Pace | |
| 44 1935 | ||
| 45 1937 | ||
| 46 1939 | ||
| 47 1941 |
T. C. Chadick | |
| 48 1943 | ||
| 49 1945 | ||
| 50 1947 | ||
| 51 1949 |
Warren McDonald | |
| 52 1951 | ||
| 53 1953 |
Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. | |
| 54 1955 | ||
| 55 1957 |
Bill D. Wood | |
| 56 1959 | ||
| 57 1961 |
Galloway Calhoun | |
| 58 1963 | ||
| 59 1965 | ||
| 60 1967 |
Chet Brooks | Portion of Harris. |
| 61 1969 | ||
| 62 1971 | ||
| 63 1973 |
R. A. “Bob” Gammage | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 64 1975 |
R. A. “Bob” Gammage Gene Jones | |
| 65 1977 |
Gene Jones | |
| 66 1979 | ||
| 67 1981 |
W. Michael “Mike” Richards | |
| 68 1983 |
Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 69 1985 | ||
| 70 1987 | ||
| 71 1989 | ||
| 72 1991 | ||
| 73 1993 | ||
| 74 1995 | ||
| 75 1997 |
Jon Lindsay | |
| 76 1999 | ||
| 77 2001 | ||
| 78 2003 | ||
| 79 2005 | ||
| 80 2007 |
Dan Patrick | |
| 81 2009 |
References
- ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ↑ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "2006 Republican Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ↑ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
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