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

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 1[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

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
Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 1[8]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Bill Ratliff 20,367 69.79
Jerry Yost 8,816 30.21
Turnout 29,183

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
Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 1[11]
Candidate Votes % ±
VaLinda Hathcox 21,743 42.40
✓ George Lavender 29,537 57.60
Turnout 51,280

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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
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

  1. ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  2. ↑ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Special Election Runoff, State Senate, District 1". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  4. 1 2 change from special election
  5. ↑ "Special Election, State Senate, District 1". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  6. ↑ Secretary of State’s web page says party is "CON". Daryl Ware to Run for Texas State Senate (5 January 2004) confirms it is the Constitution Party
  7. ↑ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  8. ↑ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  9. ↑ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  10. ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  11. ↑ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  12. ↑ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  13. ↑ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-28.
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