2018 Texas Senate election

2018 Texas Senate election

November 6, 2018
15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Paul Bettencourt José R. Rodríguez Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 7th 29th Last election 20 11 Seats before 21 10 Seats won 19 12 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,280,884 2,026,761 Percentage 52.14% 46.33%
Results by seat gains Results by vote share      Republican hold      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Democratic gain      No election Republican:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90% Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%

The 2018 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 of the state senate's 31 districts. The winners of this election served in the 86th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.

A primary election on March 6, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Texas Secretary of State's website.^[1]

Following the 2016 elections, Republicans maintained control of the Senate with 20 members. However, they gained an extra seat by flipping the 19th District in a September special election, giving them a 21-seat supermajority.^[2]

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to net six Senate seats. The Democratic Party gained two seats, leaving the Republicans with a 19 to 12 majority in the chamber. Republicans maintained their supermajority, however, due to a 2015 rule change that reduced the effective vote threshold to pass legislation from 21 to 19.^[3]

Summary of race results

Summary of the November 6, 2018 Texas Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	14	2,280,884	52.14	21	12	10	19	2
	Democratic	14	2,026,761	46.33	10	3	5	12	2
	Libertarian	7	67,062	1.90	0	0	0	0
Total			3,525,443	100.00	35	15	15	35
Source:[4]

Popular vote Republican   52.14% Democratic   46.33% Libertarian   1.90%

Senate seats won Republican   66.67% Democratic   33.33%

Retirements

One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2018:

Republican

1. District 8: Van Taylor ran for Texas's 3rd congressional district.

Seats gained in preceding special elections

Republicans

1. District 19: Pete Flores defeated Pete Gallego in a preceding special election on September 18, 2018, to flip this seat. The seat was vacated by Carlos Uresti, who resigned after multiple convictions on fraud and laundering charges.

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Republicans

1. District 30: Craig Estes lost to Pat Fallon.

In the general election

Republicans

1. District 10: Konni Burton lost to Beverly Powell.
2. District 16: Don Huffines lost to Nathan M. Johnson.

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District 8	Republican	2.36%
District 10	Democratic (flip)	3.04%
District 17	Republican	4.64%
District 9	Republican	8.06%
District 16	Democratic (flip)	8.26%

Summary of results by Senate District

Race results:^[4]

District	Democratic		Republican		Libertarian		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 2	104,897	40.65%	153,151	59.35%	-	-	258,048	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	56,398	20.53%	215,058	78.27%	3,301	1.20%	274,757	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	136,792	41.47%	182,550	55.34%	10,500	3.18%	329,842	100.00%	Republican hold
District 7	124,232	40.34%	177,864	57.75%	5,878	1.91%	307,974	100.00%	Republican hold
District 8	162,157	48.82%	169,995	51.18%	-	-	332,152	100.00%	Republican hold
District 9	112,537	45.97%	132,256	54.03%	-	-	244,793	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	148,959	51.73%	138,968	48.27%	-	-	287,927	100.00%	D GAIN from R
District 14	276,052	71.93%	96,834	25.23%	10,889	2.84%	383,775	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 15	153,016	65.18%	75,518	32.17%	6,229	2.65%	234,763	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 16	159,228	54.13%	134,933	45.87%	-	-	294,161	100.00%	D GAIN from R
District 17	143,978	46.80%	158,263	51.44%	5,396	1.75%	307,637	100.00%	Republican hold
District 23	192,148	100.00%	-	-	-	-	192,148	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 25	173,698	42.32%	236,753	57.68%	-	-	410,451	100.00%	Republican hold
District 30	82,669	26.08%	234,374	73.92%	-	-	317,043	100.00%	Republican hold
District 31	-	-	174,367	87.52%	24,869	12.48%	199,236	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	2,026,761	46.33%	2,280,884	52.14%	67,062	1.53%	4,374,707	100.00%

For districts not displayed, re-election is not scheduled until 2020.

Senate District	incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd	Bob Hall		Rep	Bob Hall		Rep
3rd	Robert Nichols		Rep	Robert Nichols		Rep
5th	Charles Schwertner		Rep	Charles Schwertner		Rep
7th	Paul Bettencourt		Rep	Paul Bettencourt		Rep
8th	Van Taylor		Rep	Angela Paxton		Rep
9th	Kelly Hancock		Rep	Kelly Hancock		Rep
10th	Konni Burton		Rep	Beverly Powell		Dem
14th	Kirk Watson		Dem	Kirk Watson		Dem
15th	John Whitmire		Dem	John Whitmire		Dem
16th	Don Huffines		Rep	Nathan Johnson		Dem
17th	Joan Huffman		Rep	Joan Huffman		Rep
19th (special)	Vacant		Dem	Pete Flores		Rep
23rd	Royce West		Dem	Royce West		Dem
25th	Donna Campbell		Rep	Donna Campbell		Rep
30th	Craig Estes		Rep	Pat Fallon		Rep
31st	Kel Seliger		Rep	Kel Seliger		Rep

Detailed results by Senate District

District 2 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 25 • District 30 • District 31

Sources:^[5][1]

District 2

Incumbent Republican Bob Hall ran for re-election. Hall, a member of the Tea Party movement, was challenged in the Republican primary by state representative Cindy Burkett, who ran as a moderate alternative to Hall.^[6] Hall narrowly defeated Burkett in the primary and went on to defeat Democrat Kendall Scudder in the general election by a wide margin.^[7]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hall (incumbent)	35,530	53.2
	Republican	Cindy Burkett	31,216	46.8
Total votes			66,746	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kendall Scudder	20,573	100.0
Total votes			20,573	100.0

Texas's 2nd State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hall (incumbent)	153,151	59.35
	Democratic	Kendall Scudder	104,897	40.65
Total votes			258,048	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Robert Nichols won re-election.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Layton	12,452	100.0
Total votes			12,452	100.0

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Nichols (incumbent)	78,434	100.0
Total votes			78,434	100.0

Texas's 3rd State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Nichols (incumbent)	215,058	78.27
	Democratic	Shirley Layton	56,398	20.53
	Libertarian	Bruce Quarles	3,301	1.20
Total votes			274,757	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Charles Schwertner won re-election.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Schwertner (incumbent)	50,254	75.1
	Republican	Harold Ramm	16,648	24.9
Total votes			66,902	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meg Walsh	22,605	71.1
	Democratic	Brian E. Cronin	5,383	16.9
	Democratic	Glenn "Grumpy" Williams	3,791	11.9
Total votes			31,779	100.0

Texas's 5th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Schwertner (incumbent)	182,550	55.34
	Democratic	Meg Walsh	136,792	41.47
	Libertarian	Amy Lyons	10,500	3.18
Total votes			329,842	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Paul Bettencourt won re-election.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bettencourt (incumbent)	44,950	100.0
Total votes			44,950	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Romero	22,989	100.0
Total votes			22,989	100.0

Texas's 7th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bettencourt (incumbent)	177,864	57.75
	Democratic	David Romero	124,232	40.34
	Libertarian	Tom Glass	5,878	1.91
Total votes			307,974	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

2018 Texas's 8th senate district election

November 6, 2018

Nominee Angela Paxton Mark Phariss Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 169,995 162,157 Percentage 51.18% 48.82%

Precinct results Paxton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Phariss:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Texas Senator before election Van Taylor Republican Party Elected Texas Senator Angela Paxton Republican Party

Incumbent Republican Van Taylor retired to run for Texas's 3rd congressional district, which was being vacated by incumbent Republican Sam Johnson.^[8] Prior to Taylor's retirement announcement, businessman Phillip Huffines, the brother of senator Don Huffines, announced his bid for the seat on the assumption that Taylor would run for the House. Educator Angela Paxton, the wife of attorney general Ken Paxton, later joined the race. Both candidates ran highly negative campaigns, spending millions of dollars on advertisements on what would become the most expensive senate primaries in state history.^[9][10] Paxton won the Republican primary while Mark Pharris, a plaintiff in the lawsuit to overturn Texas's ban on same-sex marriage, won the Democratic primary.^[11] Paxton won the general election in the heavily Republican Collin County district.^[12] This was the closest senate election in the state during the 2018 elections.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Angela Paxton	32,756	54.3
	Republican	Phillip Huffines	27,545	45.7
Total votes			60,301	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Phariss	16,748	50.9
	Democratic	Brian Chaput	16,148	49.1
Total votes			32,896	100.0

Texas's 8th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Angela Paxton	169,995	51.18
	Democratic	Mark Phariss	162,157	48.82
Total votes			332,152	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Republican Kelly Hancock won re-election.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gwenn Burud	21,382	100.0
Total votes			21,382	100.0

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Hancock (incumbent)	31,188	100.0
Total votes			31,188	100.0

Texas's 9th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Hancock (incumbent)	132,256	54.03
	Democratic	Gwenn Burud	112,537	45.97
Total votes			244,793	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

2018 Texas's 10th senate district election

November 6, 2018

Nominee Beverly Powell Konni Burton Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 148,959 138,968 Percentage 51.73% 48.27%

Precinct results Powell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Burton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50% No vote:

Texas Senator before election Konni Burton Republican Party Elected Texas Senator Beverly Powell Democratic Party

Incumbent Republican Konni Burton ran for re-election. She was initially elected in 2014, flipping the seat after incumbent Democrat Wendy Davis retired to run for governor. Democrats Allison Campolo and Beverly Powell ran in the Democratic primary to challenge Burton, with Campolo running from the progressive wing of the Democratic party while Powell ran from the moderate wing of the party.^[13] Powell advanced to the general election, which saw large spending from conservative groups such as Empower Texans to defend Burton's seat.^[14] Powell narrowly defeated Burton in the general election, flipping the seat back to the Democrats.^[15][16]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Konni Burton (incumbent)	35,758	100.0
Total votes			35,758	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Powell	23,148	61.6
	Democratic	Allison Campolo	14,432	38.4
Total votes			37,580	100.0

Texas's 10th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Powell	148,959	51.73
	Republican	Konni Burton (incumbent)	138,968	48.27
Total votes			287,927	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Kirk Watson won re-election.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George W. Hindman	24,168	100.0
Total votes			24,168	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson (incumbent)	82,626	100.0
Total votes			82,626	100.0

Texas's 14th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson (incumbent)	276,052	71.93
	Republican	George Hindman	96,834	25.23
	Libertarian	Micah Verlander	10,889	2.84
Total votes			383,775	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat John Whitmire won re-election.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Orr	17,057	100.0
Total votes			17,057	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Whitmire (incumbent)	27,307	74.9
	Democratic	Damian Lacroix	6,520	17.9
	Democratic	Hank Segelke	2,619	7.2
Total votes			36,446	100.0

Texas's 15th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Whitmire (incumbent)	153,016	65.18
	Republican	Randy Orr	75,518	32.17
	Libertarian	Gilberto Velsquez, Jr.	6,229	2.65
Total votes			234,763	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

2018 Texas's 16th senate district election

November 6, 2018

Nominee Nathan Johnson Don Huffines Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 159,228 134,933 Percentage 54.13% 45.87%

Precinct results Johnson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Huffines:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Tie:      50% No vote:

Texas Senator before election Don Huffines Republican Party Elected Texas Senator Nathan Johnson Democratic Party

Incumbent Republican Don Huffines ran for re-election. Despite Republicans having held the 16th district for over 30 years, Huffines was seen as vulnerable due to the district's shifting demographics and Huffines' ultraconservative voting record. The district had voted for Hillary Clinton by 5 percentage points in 2016.^[17][18] Nathan Johnson, the Democratic nominee, defeated Huffines in the general election.^[15]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Huffines (incumbent)	30,311	100.0
Total votes			30,311	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Johnson	25,437	69.6
	Democratic	Joe Bogen	11,125	30.4
Total votes			36,562	100.0

Texas's 16th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Johnson	159,228	54.13
	Republican	Don Huffines (incumbent)	134,933	45.87
Total votes			294,161	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

2018 Texas's 17th senate district election

November 6, 2018

Nominee Joan Huffman Rita Lucido Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 158,263 143,978 Percentage 51.44% 46.80%

Precinct results Huffman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Lucido:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Tie:      40–50%      50% No vote:

Texas Senator before election Joan Huffman Republican Party Elected Texas Senator Joan Huffman Republican Party

Incumbent Republican Joan Huffman ran for re-election. Although she was considered potentially vulnerable due to Donald Trump's narrow victory in the district in 2016, she defeated Democrat Rita Lucido in the general election by 5 percentage points.^[3][19]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (incumbent)	36,830	72.7
	Republican	Kristin Tassin	13,849	27.3
Total votes			50,679	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	17,669	49.0
	Democratic	Fran Watson	12,663	35.1
	Democratic	Ahmad R. Hassan	5,757	15.9
Total votes			36,089	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	10,533	57.8
	Democratic	Fran Watson	7,694	42.2
Total votes			18,227	100.0

Texas's 17th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (incumbent)	158,263	51.44
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	143,978	46.80
	Libertarian	Lauren LaCount	5,396	1.75
Total votes			307,637	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19 (special)

2018 Texas's 19th senate district special election

September 18, 2018

Nominee Pete Flores Pete Gallego Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 25,330 19,367 Percentage 56.67% 43.33%

County results Flores:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Gallego:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Texas Senator before election vacant Democratic Party Elected Texas Senator Pete Flores Republican Party

Incumbent Democrat Carlos Uresti resigned after multiple convictions on fraud and laundering charges.^[20] Former U.S. Representative Pete Gallego and Texas House representative Roland Gutierrez ran as Democrats against Republican Pete Flores in the special election. Flores placed first in the election, a boon to Republicans in the Democratic-leaning district, but he failed to win a majority of the vote, forcing him into a runoff with Gallego.^[21] Despite stirrings of an upcoming Democratic wave election, Flores defeated Gallego in the runoff on September 18, 2018, to flip this seat, giving Republicans a supermajority of 21 seats in the Senate.^[2]

Texas's 19th Senate District Special Election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Flores	9,003	32.35
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	7,580	28.38
	Democratic	Roland Gutierrez	6,389	24.38
	Republican	Carlos Antonio Raymond	920	3.51
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti	799	3.05
	Democratic	Charlie Urbina Jones	789	3.01
	Republican	Jesse (Jay) Alaniz	461	1.76
	Libertarian	Tony Valdivia	266	1.01
Total votes			26,207	100.0

Texas's 19th Senate District Special Election Runoff ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Flores	25,330	56.67
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	19,367	43.33
Total votes			44,697	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Royce West won re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce West (incumbent)	50,226	100.0
Total votes			50,226	100.0

Texas's 23rd State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce West (incumbent)	192,148	100.0
Total votes			192,148	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Incumbent Republican Donna Campbell won re-election.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (incumbent)	59,143	73.7
	Republican	Shannon K. McClendon	21,055	26.3
Total votes			80,198	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Kling	23,017	51.1
	Democratic	Jack Guerra	22,064	48.9
Total votes			45,081	100.0

Texas's 25th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna Campbell (incumbent)	236,753	57.68
	Democratic	Steven Kling	173,698	42.32
Total votes			410,451	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Incumbent Craig Estes, considered a centrist Republican, faced conservative state representative Pat Fallon in a primary race.^[24][25] As the primary election approached, both campaigns grew increasingly combinative, including spars over an ad by Estes' campaign featuring Fallon in a Catholic confessional.^[26] Polling on behalf of Fallon paid for by lieutenant governor Dan Patrick suggested that Patrick supported Fallon's primary challenge, although he made no official endorsement.^[27] Fallon defeated Estes in the primary by a wide margin and went on to win the general election by an even larger margin.^[28]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Fallon	53,881	62.0
	Republican	Craig Estes (incumbent)	19,641	22.6
	Republican	Craig Carter	13,371	15.4
Total votes			86,893	100.0

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Lopez	15,760	100.0
Total votes			15,760	100.0

Texas's 30th State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Fallon	234,374	73.92
	Democratic	Kevin Lopez	82,669	26.08
Total votes			317,043	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Incumbent Republican Kel Seliger ran for re-election. Seliger was considered vulnerable to a primary challenge due to his refusal to back many conservative bills during previous sessions. He narrowly won his primary in 2014, voted against a 20-week abortion ban, opposed school voucher legislation, and refused to endorse lieutenant governor Dan Patrick's re-election campaign. He drew two primary challengers, including Mike Canon, whom Seliger had narrowly defeated in 2014 and had the support of conservative groups such as Empower Texans.^[29][30][31] Seliger won the primary, narrowly avoiding a runoff.^[32] He faced nominal third-party opposition in the general election and easily won.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (incumbent)	40,664	50.4
	Republican	Mike Canon	25,335	31.4
	Republican	Victor Leal	14,671	18.2
Total votes			80,670	100.0

Texas's 31st State Senate District General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (incumbent)	174,367	87.52
	Libertarian	Jack Westbrook	24,869	12.48
Total votes			199,236	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• United States elections, 2018
• United States Senate election in Texas, 2018
• United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2018
• Texas gubernatorial election, 2018
• 2018 Texas House of Representatives election
• Texas elections, 2018

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