1992 Texas Senate election

none August 2025 1992 Texas Senate election no Texas Democratic Party 23 22 18 4 2,725,616 51.50% Texas legislative 1990 Texas Senate election 1990 1994 Texas Senate election 1994 All 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 3, 1992 Republican Party of Texas 8 9 7 13 4 2,400,175 45.35% TxSen1992Results.svg Senate results by district#92C5DE Democratic hold#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain President Pro Tempore Democratic Democratic The 1992 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. Originally, half of the seats were elected for two-year terms and the other half were elected for four-year terms, but subsequent redistricting forced all Senators to run for re-election again in 1994. The winners of this election served in the 73rd Texas Legislature. Background Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections. They maintained their supermajority of 23 seats in the 1990 election, but they lost one seat soon after. Democratic Senator Chet Edwards resigned following his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. A special election was held in February 1991, which was won by Republican David Sibley, flipping the seat and reducing the Democratic supermajority to 22 seats.https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Senatejournals/72/03051991_25_317.pdf Senate Journal March 5, 1991 329-3301991 District 9 special election David Sibley Republican Party (United States) 28,757 53.21% Betty Denton Democratic Party (United States) 25,283 46.79% 54,040 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Redistricting Democrats had regained a full government trifecta following the election of Ann Richards to the governorship in 1990, giving them a substantial redistricting advantage following the 1990 census.Kennedy J. Michael November 7, 1990 Democrat Richards Wins Bitter Contest With Williams : Texas: The governor's race was the state's longest, most expensive and perhaps most rancorous. GOP oilman's verbal gaffes damaged his chances. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-07-mn-3553-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317032609/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-07-mn-3553-story.html March 17, 2023 August 2, 2022 Los Angeles Times en-US The legislature drew maps for the Senate in its 1991 regular session, but federal courts struck them down 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 then tried to pass a new set of maps for the courts to allow in a January 1992 special session, but the courts rejected the Senate map 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 Results 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 sine 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, winning four seats from the Democrats, breaking their supermajority, 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 Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 193,93747.87%102,31052.13% - -196,247100.00%Republican holdDistrict 296,74640.08%129,22853.54%15,3846.37%241,358100.00%Republican gainDistrict 3117,70953.86%100,82646.14% - -218,535100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4114,99954.57%95,74145.43% - -210,740100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5134,875100.00% - - - -134,875100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 664,66942.48%87,57057.52% - -152,239100.00%Republican gainDistrict 7 - -178,85089.09%21,91010.91%200,760100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8 - -169,17382.66%35,48317.34%204,656100.00%Republican holdDistrict 973,75939.44%113,24660.56% - -187,005100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1083,71138.64%132,94761.36% - -216,658100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1192,70246.24%98,67149.21%9,1214.55%200,494100.00%Republican gainDistrict 12101,823100.00% - - - -101,823100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 13135,26291.41% - -12,7138.59%147,975100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14172,38467.61%73,72928.92%8,8373.47%254,950100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1569,84469.88%25,66025.67%4,4384.44%99,942100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 16 - -144,90880.85%34,32519.15%179,233100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1782,46840.40%121,67659.60% - -204,144100.00%Republican holdDistrict 18113,72959.66%76,90540.34% - -190,634100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1986,74250.95%76,96745.21%6,5513.85%170,260100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 20102,405100.00% - - - -102,405100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 21111,398100.00% - - - -111,398100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2292,11339.70%139,90160.30% - -232,014100.00%Republican gainDistrict 23110,85689.46% - -13,06610.54%123,922100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 24110,534100.00% - - - -110,534100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2598,76351.74%92,10748.26% - -190,870100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2673,30333.40%146,15966.60% - -219,462100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2780,961100.00% - - - -80,961100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 28111,38464.36%57,11933.00%4,5722.64%173,075100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2998,461100.00% - - - -98,461100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 30100,07950.73%97,18049.27% - -197,259100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 31 - -139,302100.00% - -139,302100.00%Republican holdTotal 2,725,61651.50% 2,400,17545.35% 166,4003.14% 5,292,191 100.00% Source:Race Summary Report - 1992 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist5_state.htm Texas Secretary of State References Category:1992 Texas elections Texas Senate election Category:Texas Senate elections