Texas_Senate,_District_23

Texas's 23rd
State Senate district
Texas's 23rd; State Senate district
Senator
	Royce West; D–Dallas
Demographics	14.5% White; 38.8% Black; 45.3% Hispanic; 1.8% Asian
Population	887,311

Texas Senate, District 23

American legislative district

District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.

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In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.^[1]

Election history

Election history of District 23 from 1992.^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Previous elections

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[pop-4] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-5] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

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"Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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"2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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"2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.

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	Name	County	Pop.^[3]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Dallas	Dallas	607,734
2	DeSoto		49,047
3	Cedar Hill		44,477
4	Duncanville		38,524
5	Lancaster		36,361

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	192,148	100.00	+20.61
Turnout			192,148
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	99,102	79.39	-2.51
	Republican	John Lawson	23,520	18.84	+0.74
	Libertarian	Jonathan F. Erhardt	2,204	1.77	+1.77
Turnout			124,826
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	187,407	81.90	-10.50
	Republican	Bishop John Lawson	41,429	18.10	+18.10
Turnout			228,836
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	176,451	92.40	-7.60
	Libertarian	Jim Renfro	14,503	7.60	+7.60
Turnout			190,954
	Democratic hold

Texas_Senate,_District_23

Texas Senate, District 23

Biggest cities in the district

Election history

Previous elections

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2014

2012

2008

2004

2002

1998

1994

1992

District officeholders

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	150,244	100.00	0.00
Majority			150,244	100.00	0.00
Turnout			150,244		+47.60
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	101,793	100.00	0.00
Majority			101,793	100.00	0.00
Turnout			101,793		+65.02
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	61,685	100.00	0.00
Majority			61,685	100.00	0.00
Turnout			61,685		-22.07
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	79,157	100.00	+10.54
Majority			79,157	100.00	+21.09
Turnout			79,157		-36.12
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce West	110,856	89.46
	Libertarian	Henry Burden	13,066	10.54
Majority			97,790	78.91
Turnout			123,922
	Democratic hold

Candidate		Votes	%
	Jerald Larry	5,963	13.88
	Jesse Oliver	12,240	28.49
✓	Royce West	24,764	57.63
Majority		12,524	29.15
Turnout

Legislature	Senator, District 23	Counties in District
4	Thomas Hinds Duggan	DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca.
5	James H. Armstrong	Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson.
6	James H. Armstrong
7	George Bernard Erath
8	George Bernard Erath
9	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Austin, Washington.
10	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard
11	James W. McDade
12	George R. Shannon	Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor.
13	Andrew J. Ball
14	Andrew J. Ball	Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
15	Thomas Ball	Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young.
16	William R. Shannon
17	William R. Shannon
18	Andrew Jackson Harris	Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas.
19	Charles Keith Bell
20	Charles Keith Bell
21	George W. Tyler
22	George W. Tyler
23	Edwin Augustus Atlee	Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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27	D. McNeill Turner
28	John G. Willacy	Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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34	Archie Parr
35		Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata.
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39	John D. Parnell	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
40	William D. McFarlane
41	William D. McFarlane
42	Benjamin G. Oneal
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46	George C. Moffett
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53		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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58		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
59	Jack Hightower
60	Oscar Mauzy	Portion of Dallas.
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68		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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70	Eddie Bernice Johnson
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73	Royce West	Portion of Dallas.
74		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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78		Portion of Dallas.
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