Texas Senate, District 22

District 22 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro and Somervell counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 22 is Republican Brian Birdwell of Granbury, the winner of a 2010 special election to choose a successor to Republican Kip Averitt, who resigned because of health issues even after having been renominated in the March 2 primary election.

Election history

Election history of District 22 from 1992.[1]

Most recent election

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 22[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Kip Averitt (Incumbent) 112,765 80.60 +13.22
Libertarian Phil Smart 27,141 19.40 +19.40
Majority 85,624 61.20 +26.45
Turnout 139,906 -11.38
Republican hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 22[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kip Averitt 106,371 67.38 -32.62
Democratic Richard “Richie” J. Renschler, Jr. 51,506 32.62 +32.62
Majority 54,865 34.75 -65.25
Turnout 157,877 +88.10
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 22[4]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Kip Averitt 20,074 57.63
Ed Harrison 14,758 42.37
Majority 5,316 15.26
Turnout 34,832

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 22[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican David Sibley (Incumbent) 83,933 100.00 +41.34
Majority 83,933 100.00 +82.68
Turnout 83,933 -40.73
Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 22[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Margaret Ross Messina 58,544 41.34 +1.64
Republican David Sibley (Incumbent)[7] 83,064 58.66 -1.64
Majority 24,520 17.32 -3.28
Turnout 141,608 -38.97
Republican hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 22[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Bob Glasgow (Incumbent) 92,113 39.70
Republican Jane Nelson 139,901 60.30
Majority 47,778 20.60
Turnout 232,014
Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders

Legislature Senator, District 22 Counties in District
3 Benjamin Rush Wallace Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lamar, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Titus, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt.[9]
4 Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach Bexar, Comal, Medina.
5 William Harrison “Howdy” Martin Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro.
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8 Francis Marion Martin
9 John T. Harcourt Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, Wharton.
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11 Richard V. Cook
12 E. Thomas Broughton Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young.
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14 William H. Trolinger[10]
N. S. Craven		 Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Hardeman, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger.
15 John W. Moore Hill, Johnson, McLennan.
16
17 Lawrence Sullivan Ross
18 John A. Martin Falls, McLennan.
19 Richard H. Harrison
20 Richard H. Harrison[11]
Waller Saunders Baker
21 Richard H. Harrison
22 John H. Harrison
23 Leonidas Storey Lawhon Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Frio, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson.
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25 Edward D. Linn
26 Asbury Bascom Davidson
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28 Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Frio, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson.
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30 William O. Murray
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33 William O. Murray
John Heywood Bailey
34 John Heywood Bailey
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39 Eugene Miller Denton, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise.
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42 H. Grady Woodruff
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46 Royston Lanning
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50 Robert L. Proffer
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52 Wayne W. Wagonseller
53 Callahan, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise.
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55 Floyd Francis Bradshaw
56 Floyd Francis Bradshaw
Robert W. Baker
57 Robert W. Baker
Tom Creighton
58 Tom Creighton
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60 All of Clay, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise.
Portion of Tarrant.
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63 All of Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young.
Portion of Tarrant.
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65 Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young.
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67 Bob Glasgow
68 All of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise.
Portions of Denton, Tarrant.
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73 Jane Nelson All of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Palo Pinto, Somervell, Wise.
Portions of Denton, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant.
74 David Sibley All of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Somervell, Wise.
Portions of Denton, Johnson, McLennan, Parker, Tarrant.
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78 Kip Averitt Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro, Somervell.
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References

  1. ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  2. ↑ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  3. ↑ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  4. ↑ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  5. ↑ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  6. ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  7. ↑ Sibley was the District 9 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.
  8. ↑ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  9. ↑ For the Third Texas Legislature only, District 22 was at-large district that covered most of east and northeast Texas. Citizens of all of these counties were also represented by another senator.
  10. ↑ Craven sworn in on 25 January 1875 for Trolinger who had resigned.
  11. ↑ Harrison resigned 20 April 1887. Baker elected in special election 4 June 1887, sworn in 16 April 1888
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