2016 Texas Senate election

none June 2026 September 2023 2016 Texas Senate election Texas legislative 2014 Texas Senate election 2014 2018 Texas Senate election 2018 16 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 8, 2016 Paul Bettencourt.jpg Paul Bettencourt 7th–Houston Republican Party of Texas 20 seats, 63.09%http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist175_state.htm Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election Texas Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20210428174916/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist175_state.htm 2021-04-28 live 2021-05-29 20 8 1,985,241 56.31% 6.78% 3x4.svg José R. Rodríguez 29th–El Paso Texas Democratic Party 11 seats, 29.71% 11 5 8 1,355,412 38.45% 8.74% TxSen2016Results.png Election results#F48882 Republican hold#92C5DE Democratic hold#D3D3D3 No election no 20 11 January 26, 2016 October 12, 2015 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,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.http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist164_state.htm Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election Texas Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20210425100633/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist164_state.htm 2021-04-25 live 2021-05-29 both parties retained the eight seats each was defending. Predictions SourceRankingAs of GoverningCournoyer Caroline 2016-10-12 November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-2016-legislative-handicapping-october.html 2024-06-24 Governing en | Safe R October 12, 2016 Summary of race results + Summary of the November 8, 2016 Texas Senate election resultsFile:Texas State Senate 2016.svg Party Candidates Votes Seats No. Number % Before Up Won After +/– Republican 10 1,985,241 56.31 20 8 8 20 Democratic 10 1,355,412 38.45 11 8 8 11 Libertarian 6 172,255 4.89 0 0 0 0 Green 1 12,535 0.36 0 0 0 0 Total 3,525,443 100.00 31 16 16 31 Source:http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist319_state.htm Race Summary Report - 2016 General Election Texas Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20210514122526/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist319_state.htm 2021-05-14 live 2021-05-29 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 56.31 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 38.45 Other #777777 5.24 Senate seats won #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 50.00 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 50.00 +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 1 - -245,648100.00% - -245,648100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4 - -239,86987.33% 34,791 12.67%274,660100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6119,891100.00% - - - -119,891100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11 - -218,201100.00% - -218,201100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12 - -241,23282.98%49,46517.02%290,697100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13178,27792.50% - - 14,447 7.50%192,724100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 18 - -229,05185.78% 37,965 14.22%267,016100.00%Republican holdDistrict 19134,99755.87%97,68240.43% 8,948 3.70%241,627100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 20132,12861.68% 82,098 38.32% - -214,226100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 21160,959100.00% - - - -160,959100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 22 88,769 29.57%211,38070.43% - -300,149100.00%Republican holdDistrict 24 81,836 27.61%214,56872.39% - -296,404100.00%Republican holdDistrict 26155,441 79.87% - -39,17420.13%194,615100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 27135,945 100.00% - - - -135,945100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 28 - -205,512100.00% - -205,512100.00%Republican holdDistrict 29167,169100.00% - - - -167,169100.00%Democratic holdTotal 1,355,41238.45% 1,985,24156.31% 184,7905.24% 3,525,443 100.00% Source: Notes References Senate Texas Senate Category:Texas Senate elections