2016 Texas Senate election
November 8, 2016
16 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Rep
Dem
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 20 seats, 63.09%[1] 11 seats, 29.71%[1]
Seats won 20 11
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,985,241 1,355,412
Percentage 56.31% 38.45%
Swing Decrease6.78% Increase8.74%
Election results
     Republican hold
     Democratic hold
     No election
President Pro Tempore before election


Republican

 Elected President Pro Tempore


Republican

The 2016 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 85th 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.

Following the 2014 State Senate elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with twenty members to the Democrats' eleven.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain five Senate seats. While the statewide popular vote for this class of Senators swung 8.6 percentage points toward the Democrats when compared to the vote they earned in the 2012 elections,[note 1] both parties retained the eight seats each was defending.

Summary of race results

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Texas Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 10 1,985,241 56.31 20 8 8 20 Steady
Democratic 10 1,355,412 38.45 11 8 8 11 Steady
Libertarian 6 172,255 4.89 0 0 0 0 Steady
Green 1 12,535 0.36 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 3,525,443 100.00 31 16 16 31 Steady
Source:[3]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 56.31%
Democratic
 
 38.45%
Other
 
 5.24%
Senate seats won
Republican
 
 50.00%
Democratic
 
 50.00%
District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 - - 245,648 100.00% - - 245,648 100.00% Republican hold
District 4 - - 239,869 87.33% 34,791 12.67% 274,660 100.00% Republican hold
District 6 119,891 100.00% - - - - 119,891 100.00% Democratic hold
District 11 - - 218,201 100.00% - - 218,201 100.00% Republican hold
District 12 - - 241,232 82.98% 49,465 17.02% 290,697 100.00% Republican hold
District 13 178,277 92.50% - - 14,447 7.50% 192,724 100.00% Democratic hold
District 18 - - 229,051 85.78% 37,965 14.22% 267,016 100.00% Republican hold
District 19 134,997 55.87% 97,682 40.43% 8,948 3.70% 241,627 100.00% Democratic hold
District 20 132,128 61.68% 82,098 38.32% - - 214,226 100.00% Democratic hold
District 21 160,959 100.00% - - - - 160,959 100.00% Democratic hold
District 22 88,769 29.57% 211,380 70.43% - - 300,149 100.00% Republican hold
District 24 81,836 27.61% 214,568 72.39% - - 296,404 100.00% Republican hold
District 26 155,441 79.87% - - 39,174 20.13% 194,615 100.00% Democratic hold
District 27 135,945 100.00% - - - - 135,945 100.00% Democratic hold
District 28 - - 205,512 100.00% - - 205,512 100.00% Republican hold
District 29 167,169 100.00% - - - - 167,169 100.00% Democratic hold
Total1,355,41238.45%1,985,24156.31%184,7905.24%3,525,443100.00%Source:[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Texas holds elections for all Senate seats in years ending in 2. In 2012, for this particular class of Senators, the Republicans and Democrats won 60.42% and 34.00% of the vote, respectively.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2016 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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