Texas Senate, District 22

Texas's 22nd State Senate district
Senator	Brian Birdwell R–Granbury
Demographics	59.2% White 13.7% Black 23.8% Hispanic 2.9% Asian
Population	879,234

District 22 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Ellis, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, McLennan, and Somervell counties and portions of Ellis and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 22 is Brian Birdwell.

Biggest cities in the district

District 22 has a population of 809,840 with 592,255 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.[3][a]
1	Waco	McLennan	124,805
2	Arlington	Tarrant	68,248
3	Waxahachie	Ellis	29,621
4	Cleburne	Johnson	29,337
5	Burleson	Johnson	29,111

Election history

Election history of District 22 from 1992.^[b]

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 22^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell (Incumbent)	190,988	74.26	+5.74
	Libertarian	Jeremy Schroppel	66,204	25.74	+25.74
Turnout			257,192	100.00
	Republican hold

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 22^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell (Incumbent)	257,208	68.52	−1.98
	Democratic	Robert Vick	118,538	31.55	+1.98
Turnout			375,746	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell (Incumbent)	211,380	70.43	−15.14
	Democratic	Michael Collins	88,769	29.57	+29.57
Turnout			300,149
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 22^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell (Incumbent)	188,544	85.57	−14.43
	Libertarian	Tom Kilbride	31,786	14.43	+14.43
Turnout			220,330
	Republican hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 22^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell (Incumbent)	134,231	100.00
Turnout			134,231
	Republican hold

2010 (special)

Texas Special Runoff Election State Senate: Senate District 22^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Birdwell	14,218	57.90	+21.39
	Republican	David Sibley	10,339	42.10	−2.87
Turnout			24,557
	Republican hold

Texas May Special Election, 2010: Senate District 22^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Sibley	13,423	44.97
	Republican	Brian Birdwell	10,900	36.51
	Democratic	Gayle R. Avant	3,968	13.29
	Republican	Darren Yancy	1,560	5.23
Turnout			29,851
	Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 22^[11]

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

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 22^[12]

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^[13]

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^[14]

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^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Sibley (Incumbent)[16]	83,064	58.66	−1.64
	Democratic	Margaret Ross Messina	58,544	41.34	+1.64
Majority			24,520	17.32	−3.28
Turnout			141,608		−38.97
	Republican hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 22^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Nelson	139,901	60.30
	Democratic	Bob Glasgow (Incumbent)	92,113	39.70
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.[18]
4	Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach	Bexar, Comal, Medina.
5	William Harrison "Howdy" Martin	Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro.
6
7
8	Francis Marion Martin
9	John T. Harcourt	Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, Wharton.
10
11	Richard V. Cook
12	E. Thomas Broughton	Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young.
13
14	William H. Trolinger[19] 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[20] 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.
24
25	Edward D. Linn
26	Asbury Bascom Davidson
27
28		Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Frio, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson.
29
30	William O. Murray
31
32
33	William O. Murray John Heywood Bailey
34	John Heywood Bailey
35
36
37
38
39	Eugene Miller	Denton, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise.
40
41
42	H. Grady Woodruff
43
44
45
46	Royston Lanning
47
48
49
50	Robert L. Proffer
51
52	Wayne W. Wagonseller
53		Callahan, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise.
54
55	Floyd Francis Bradshaw
56	Floyd Francis Bradshaw Robert W. Baker
57	Robert W. Baker Tom Creighton
58	Tom Creighton
59
60		All of Clay, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise. Portion of Tarrant.
61
62
63		All of Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young. Portion of Tarrant.
64
65		Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young.
66
67	Bob Glasgow
68		All of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise. Portions of Denton, Tarrant.
69
70
71
72
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.
75
76
77
78	Kip Averitt	Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro, Somervell.
79
80
81	Kip Averitt Brian Birdwell
82	Brian Birdwell
83		Bosque, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro, Somervell. Portion of Tarrant.
84
85
86
87
88		Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Ellis, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, McLennan, Somervell. Portions of Ellis, Tarrant.

Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

1. "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
2. "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
3. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
4. "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
5. "Official Canvass Report 2020 NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
6. "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
7. "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
8. "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
9. "2010 Special Runoff Election State Senate District 22". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
10. "2010 May Special Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
11. "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
12. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
13. "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
14. "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
15. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
16. Sibley was the District 9 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.
17. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
18. 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.
19. Craven sworn in on 25 January 1875 for Trolinger who had resigned.
20. Harrison resigned 20 April 1887. Baker elected in special election 4 June 1887, sworn in 16 April 1888