1994 Texas Senate election

none August 2025 1994 Texas Senate election 46.95% Texas Democratic Party 18 17 1 1,757,113 4.55% President Pro Tempore Democratic Democratic 6.07% Texas legislative 1992 Texas Senate election 1992 1996 Texas Senate election 1996 All 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 8, 1994 51.42% Republican Party of Texas 13 3 14 1 1,924,437 no TxSen1994Results.svg Senate results by district#92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain The 1994 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 31 State Senate districts due to redistricting. Half of the seats were elected for two-year terms and the other half were elected for four-year terms. The winners of this election served in the 74th Texas Legislature. This was the last election in which Democrats won a majority in the Senate. Background Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections. The 1992 elections had been held under lines drawn by federal courts, which had overturned the maps passed by the legislature as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.History https://redistricting.capitol.texas.gov/history live https://web.archive.org/web/20230316035913/https://redistricting.capitol.texas.gov/history March 16, 2023 March 16, 2023 redistricting.capitol.texas.gov Democrats had tried to pass their own maps for the courts to allow in a January 1992 special session, but the courts rejected these maps and imposed their own.January 17, 1992 Justices reject Texas request to block redistricting by court https://www.proquest.com/docview/283309390 March 16, 2023 The Chicago Tribune 4 283309390Schwartz Maralee January 17, 1992 Texas Redistricting Rift https://www.proquest.com/docview/307500868 March 16, 2023 The Washington Post a16 307500868 Democrats took issue with the presence of Judge James Robertson Nowlin on the panel. Nowlin was a former Republican state representative who had taken part in the controversial 1981 redistricting. Nowlin would later admit to being in contact with multiple Republican House members concerning the districts the courts were drawing. Democrats sought Nowlin's recusal from the case because of this, but the plans had already been enacted by the time this had occurred.Bickerstaff Steve Gerrymandering Texas Texas Tech University Press 2020 978-1-68283-073-4 Heath C. Robert Lubbock 122–125 The court-imposed maps were seen as highly favorable to Republicans, and they believed they had the opportunity to win the chamber for the first time since Reconstruction under them.Suro Roberto January 17, 1992 Texas G.O.P. Wins on Redistricting https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/17/us/texas-gop-wins-on-redistricting.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317040528/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/17/us/texas-gop-wins-on-redistricting.html March 17, 2023 March 17, 2023 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331February 4, 1992 Texas Democrats and Republicans Battle Over Redistricting https://www.proquest.com/docview/291194035 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317040537/https://www.proquest.com/docview/291194035 March 17, 2023 March 16, 2023 The Christian Science Monitor 291194035 Republicans made substantial gains in the 1992 elections, gaining four seats from the Democrats, but they failed to win control.Kingston Mike https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162513/m1/410 Texas Almanac, 1994-1995 The Dallas Morning News 1993 Dallas 410 en March 17, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230317040536/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162513/m1/410/ March 17, 2023 live With Judge Nowlin no longer on the federal panel, the 1994 elections were allowed to be held under the lines passed by the legislature in the January 1992 special session. Despite the more favorable maps, the political damage had already been done to the Democrats, as many of the incumbents their map was designed to protect had already lost re-election in 1992. Because the 1994 map was completely different from the 1992 map, all senators were required to run for re-election, instead of only half of them.McNeely Dave June 1997 The Texas Senate shuffle https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A19651210/AONE?u=txshracd2548 State Legislatures 23 6 21 Gale Academic OneFile Results Republicans made mild gains, winning 14 seats to the Democrats' 17, but they failed to take control of the chamber, even amidst the Republican Revolution which saw the election of George W. Bush to the governorship and Republicans winning majorities on the Supreme Court, Board of Education, and Railroad Commission.Barta Carolyn https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162514/m1/448/ Texas Almanac, 1996-1997 1995 Dallas, Texas 448 en 1994 Elections: A Rising Tide of Republicanism Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 155,61635.46%101,20764.54% - -156,823100.00%Republican holdDistrict 261,75750.59%60,31749.41% - -122,074100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 376,24547.65%83,77952.35% - -160,024100.00%Republican gainDistrict 471,01247.26%79,25252.74% - -150,264100.00%Republican gainDistrict 582,54155.99%64,87544.01% - -147,416100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 638,759100.00% - - - -38,759100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 7 - -143,628100.00% - -143,628100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8 - -156,01490.23%16,8899.77%172,903100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9 - -127,623100.00% - -127,623100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - -129,343100.00% - -129,343100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1159,04744.39%73,95955.61% - -133,006100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1294,707100.00% - - - -94,707100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1389,832100.00% - - - -89,832100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14135,97983.02% - -27,82016.98%163,799100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1566,341100.00% - - - -66,341100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 16 - -108,22964.07%16,02612.90%124,255100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1744,46527.42%117,72772.58% - -162,192100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1898,066100.00% - - - -98,066100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1960,422100.00% - - - -60,422100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2067,06658.44%47,68641.56% - -114,752100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2171,02968.53%32,62431.47% - -103,653100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2258,54441.34%83,06458.66% - -141,608100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2379,157100.00% - - - -79,157100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2467,53653.35%59,04846.65% - -126,584100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2553,15224.97%159,72975.03% - -212,881100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2655,79963.28%32,37536.72% - -88,174100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2753,19466.73%26,52733.27% - -79,721100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2878,67664.21%43,85435.79% - -122,530100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2964,207100.00% - - - -64,207100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3073,96448.79%77,62651.21% - -151,590100.00%Republican gainDistrict 31 - -115,951100.00% - -115,951100.00%Republican holdTotal 1,757,11346.95% 1,924,43751.42% 60,7351.62% 3,742,285 100.00% Source:Race Summary Report - 1994 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist11_state.htm Texas Secretary of State References Category:1994 Texas elections Texas Senate election Category:Texas Senate elections