Texas Senate, District 6
District 6 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat is currently held by Sylvia Garcia,[1] who won a 2013 special election after the death of Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. on October 16, 2012.
Election history
Election history of District 6 from 1992.[2]
Most recent elections
2004
| Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 6[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | 75,318 | 91.74 | -8.24 | |
| Libertarian | Tony Deppenschmidt | 6,614 | 8.05 | +8.05 | |
| Write-In | Susan Delgado | 160 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
| Majority | 68,704 | 83.69 | -16.31 | ||
| Turnout | 82,092 | +51.65 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 6[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| ✓ | Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. | 6,484 | 53.92 | |
| Yolanda Navarro Flores | 5,541 | 46.07 | ||
| Turnout | 12,025 | |||
Previous elections
2002
| Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 6[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | 54,130 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 54,130 | 100.00 | +43.41 | ||
| Turnout | 54,130 | +43.41 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
1998
| Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 6[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | 37,746 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 37,746 | 100.00 | -2.59 | ||
| Turnout | 37,746 | -2.59 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
1994
| Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 6[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | 38,749 | 100.00 | +57.52 | |
| Majority | 38,749 | 100.00 | +69.20 | ||
| Turnout | 38,749 | -74.55 | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
| Democratic primary runoff, 1994: Senate District 6[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| ✓ | Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. | 9,613 | 57.19 | |
| Roman O. Martinez | 7,193 | 42.80 | ||
| Turnout | 16,806 | |||
| Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 6[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| ✓ | Roman O. Martinez | 9,026 | 37.91 | |
| ✓ | Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. | 5,990 | 25.15 | |
| Yolanda Navarro Flores | 4,936 | 20.73 | ||
| David Thomas McCullough | 3,857 | 16.19 | ||
| Turnout | 23,809 | |||
1992
| Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 6[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Dan Shelley | 87,570 | 57.52 | ||
| Democratic | Don Coffey | 64,669 | 42.48 | ||
| Majority | 22,901 | 15.04 | |||
| Turnout | 152,239 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
District officeholders
| Legislature | Senator, District 6 | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse J. Robinson | Jasper, Sabine. |
| 2 | John H. McRae | Jasper, Newton, Sabine. |
| 3 | James F. Taylor | Harrison, Smith, Upshur. |
| 4 | George Washington Hill | Henderson, Limestone, Navarro. |
| 5 | Simpson C. Newman | Upshur, Wood. |
| 6 | Jonathan Russell | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Emory Rains | |
| 9 | Matthew Fielding Locke Stephen W. Beasley |
Harrison, Upshur. |
| 10 | Stephen W. Beasley | |
| 11 | C. C. Coppedge | |
| 12 | James Postell Douglas | Smith, Upshur. |
| 13 | John Lane Henry | |
| 14 | John Lafayette Camp | |
| 15 | William Amos Wortham | Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus. |
| 16 | William Jesse Swain | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | John C. Buchanan | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Wood. |
| 19 | John Lafayette Camp, Jr. | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | William C. “Cone” Johnson | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | Oliver P. Bowser | Dallas, Rockwall. |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | ||
| 26 | Barry Miller | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | William C. McKamy, Jr. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | Erasmus G. Senter | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | James C. McNealus | |
| 33 | ||
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| 36 | ||
| 37 | James C. McNealus Hart Willis | |
| 38 | John Davis | |
| 39 | J. Roy Hardin | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro. |
| 40 | Julian P. Greer | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | ||
| 43 | ||
| 44 | Clay Cotten | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | ||
| 47 | ||
| 48 | Clay Cotten James E. Taylor | |
| 49 | James E. Taylor | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | James E. Taylor George O. Nokes, Jr. | |
| 52 | George O. Nokes, Jr. | |
| 53 | J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. | Harris. |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | ||
| 56 | Robert W. Baker | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | Criss Cole | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | Portion of Harris. | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | James P. Wallace | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | Lindon Williams | |
| 65 | ||
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| 69 | ||
| 70 | Gene Green | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | ||
| 73 | Dan Shelley | |
| 74 | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | |
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References
- ↑ http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist6/dist6.htm
- ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ↑ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
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