Texas Senate, District 7
| Texas's 7th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 46.2% White 15.5% Black 28.5% Hispanic 10% Asian | ||
| Population | 954,933 | ||
District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves portions of Harris and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] The current senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.
Election history
Election history of District 7 from 1992.[2]
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 251,489 | 63.41 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Gwinn | 145,100 | 36.59 | |
| Majority | 106,389 | 26.82 | ||
| Turnout | 396,589 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2022
Paul Bettencourt (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Bettencourt was declared elected without a vote.[4]
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 177,864 | 57.75 | −14.07 | |
| Democratic | David Romero | 124,232 | 40.34 | +14.05 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Glass | 5,878 | 1.91 | +0.02 | |
| Majority | 53,632 | 17.41 | −28.12 | ||
| Turnout | 307,974 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 123,551 | 71.82 | +3.42 | |
| Democratic | Jim Davis | 45,230 | 26.29 | −5.31 | |
| Libertarian | Whitney Bilyeu | 3,244 | 1.89 | +1.89 | |
| Majority | 78,321 | 45.53 | +8.73 | ||
| Turnout | 172,025 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Patrick | 196,526 | 68.40 | −18.01 | |
| Democratic | Sam "Tejas" Texas | 90,793 | 31.60 | +31.60 | |
| Majority | 105,733 | 36.80 | −36.02 | ||
| Turnout | 287,319 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Patrick | 184,704 | 86.41 | +17.22 | |
| Libertarian | Lee Coughran | 29,048 | 13.59 | +13.59 | |
| Majority | 155,656 | 72.82 | +34.45 | ||
| Turnout | 213,752 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
2006
| 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 | |||||
2002
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |||||
1994
| 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
| 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 Green 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 | ||
| 82 2011 | ||
| 83 2013 | ||
| 84 2015 |
Paul Bettencourt | |
| 85 2017 | ||
| 86 2019 | ||
| 87 2021 | ||
| 88 2023 |
Portion of Harris. Portion of Montgomery.[15] | |
| 89 2025 |
References
- ^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ^ "County by County Canvass Report 2024 NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION November 05, 2024" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Texas State Senate Election Results". The Ledger. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 24, 2024.