2022 Texas Senate election
November 8, 2022
All of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Donna Campbell John Whitmire
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 25th district 15th district
Last election 18 seats, 53.28% 13 seats, 44.59%
Seats before 18 13
Seats won 19 12
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,948,643 2,287,700
Percentage 54.06% 41.94%
Senate results by district
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain
President Pro Tempore before election

Donna Campbell
Republican

 Elected President Pro Tempore

Kelly Hancock
Republican

The 2022 Texas Senate election were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect senators from all 31 senate districts across the state of Texas. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, also held on this date. The winners of this election served in the 88th Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned among the 2020 United States census. Republicans had held a majority in the Texas Senate since January 14, 1997, as a result of the 1996 elections.

Retirements

As of April 2022, 6 state senators, including 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats, have decided to retire, 1 of whom is seeking another office.

Republicans

Democrats

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R May 19, 2022

Polling

Senate District 27

General election
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Morgan
LaMantia (D)		 Adam
Hinojosa (R)		 Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R)[upper-alpha 1] August 23–25, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 38% 43% 19%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Generic
Democrat		 Generic
Republican		 Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R)[upper-alpha 1] August 23–25, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 46% 41% 12%

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Texas Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before Won After +/–
Republican 27 2,948,643 54.06 18 19 19 Increase 1
Democratic 22 2,287,700 41.94 13 12 12 Decrease 1
Libertarian 6 217,910 4.00 0 0 0 Steady
Total 5,454,253 100.00 31 31 31 Steady
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
 54.06%
Democratic
 
 41.94%
Libertarian
 
 4.00%
Senate seats won
Republican
 
 61.29%
Democratic
 
 38.71%

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 27 Democratic 0.38%

By district

District Incumbent Candidates[lower-alpha 2]
Member Party First
elected		 Status
1 Bryan Hughes Republican 2016 Incumbent running
2 Bob Hall Republican 2014 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Bob Hall (Republican) 61.9%[9]
  • ▌ Prince Giadolor (Democratic) 38.1%[10]
3 Robert Nichols Republican 2006 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Robert Nichols (Republican) 77.4%[11]
  • ▌ Steve Russell (Democratic) 21.2%
  • ▌ Desarae Lindsey (Libertarian) 1.4%[12]
4 Brandon Creighton Republican 2014 (special) Incumbent running
5 Charles Schwertner Republican 2012 Incumbent running
6 Carol Alvarado Democratic 2018 (special) Incumbent running
7 Paul Bettencourt Republican 2014 Incumbent running
8 Angela Paxton Republican 2018 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Angela Paxton (Republican) 57.7%
  • ▌ Jonathan Cocks (Democratic) 39.5%
  • ▌ Edward Kless (Libertarian) 2.9%
9 Kelly Hancock Republican 2012 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Kelly Hancock (Republican) 60.0%
  • ▌ Gwenn Burud (Democratic) 40.0%
10 Beverly Powell Democratic 2018 Incumbent retiring[5]
Republican gain.
11 Larry Taylor Republican 2012 Incumbent retiring[1]
12 Jane Nelson Republican 1992 Incumbent retiring[2]
  • ▌Green tickY Tan Parker (Republican) 61.4%[16]
  • ▌ Francine Ly (Democratic) 38.6%
13 Borris Miles Democratic 2016 Incumbent running
14 Sarah Eckhardt Democratic 2020 (special) Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Sarah Eckhardt (Democratic) 82.2%
  • ▌ Steven E. Haskett (Libertarian) 17.8%
15 John Whitmire Democratic 1982 Incumbent running
16 Nathan Johnson Democratic 2018 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Nathan Johnson (Democratic) 61.9%
  • ▌ Brandon Copeland (Republican) 38.1%
17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 (special) Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Joan Huffman (Republican) 65.3%
  • ▌ Titus Benton (Democratic) 34.7%
18 Lois Kolkhorst Republican 2014 Incumbent running
19 Roland Gutierrez Democratic 2020 Incumbent running
20 Juan Hinojosa Democratic 2002 Incumbent running
21 Judith Zaffirini Democratic 1986 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Judith Zaffirini (Democratic) 61.6%[20]
  • ▌ Julie Dahlberg (Republican) 35.9%
  • ▌ Arthur DiBianca (Libertarian) 2.5%
22 Brian Birdwell Republican 2010 (special) Incumbent running
23 Royce West Democratic 1992 Incumbent running
24 Dawn Buckingham Republican 2016 Incumbent retiring to run for Texas Land Commissioner[3]
  • ▌Green tickY Pete Flores (Republican) 64.3%[22]
  • ▌ Kathy Jones-Hospod (Democratic) 35.7%
25 Donna Campbell Republican 2012 Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Donna Campbell (Republican) 62.8%
  • ▌ Robert Walsh (Democratic) 37.2%
26 Jose Menendez Democratic 2015 (special) Incumbent running
  • ▌Green tickY Jose Menendez (Democratic) 66.5%
  • ▌ Ashton Murray (Republican) 33.5%
27 Eddie Lucio Jr. Democratic 1990 Incumbent retiring[23]
  • ▌Green tickY Morgan Lamantia (Democratic) 50.2%[24]
  • ▌ Adan Hinojosa (Republican) 49.8%
28 Charles Perry Republican 2014 (special) Incumbent running
29 Cesar Blanco Democratic 2020 Incumbent running
30 Drew Springer Republican 2020 (special) Incumbent running
31 Kel Seliger Republican 2004 Incumbent retiring[4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Declared candidates may seek election from other district, subject to redistricting. Some districts may have no incumbents, while some other may have multiple incumbents due to redistricting.

Notes

    Partisan clients
    1. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Hinojosa's campaign

    References

    1. 1 2 3 Svitek, Patrick (November 30, 2021). "Longtime state Sen. Larry Taylor, best known for his work on education issues, says he won't run for reelection". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
    2. 1 2 Garrett, Robert (July 5, 2021). "Veteran Denton County GOP lawmaker Jane Nelson will not seek 11th term in Texas Senate". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
    3. 1 2 Lindell, Chuck (June 7, 2021). "State Sen. Dawn Buckingham to run for Texas land commissioner". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
    4. 1 2 Barragán, James (October 20, 2021). "Texas state Sen. Kel Seliger, a Republican willing to buck his party leadership, will not seek reelection". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
    5. 1 2 Barragán, James (April 6, 2022). ""Unwinnable race": State Sen. Beverly Powell of Burleson ends reelection bid, citing redrawn political map". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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    22. ↑ Jackie Wang (September 21, 2021). "Former state Sen. Pete Flores says he's running for proposed Senate District 24". San Antonio Report.
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