Texas Senate, District 24

Texas's 24th State Senate district
Senator	Dawn Buckingham R–Lakeway
Demographics	61.6% White 13.9% Black 21.3% Hispanic 3.2% Asian
Population	857,714

District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba counties and portions of Taylor and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 24 is Dawn Buckingham.

Top 5 biggest cities in district[]

District 24 has a population of 798,189 with 596,939 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[1]

	Name	County	Pop.[2][a]
1	Killeen	Bell	127,921
2	Abilene	Taylor	78,717
3	Temple	Bell	66,102
4	Copperas Cove	Bell/Coryell/Lampasas	32,032
5	Harker Heights	Bell	26,700

Election history[]

Election history of District 24 from 1992.^[b]

Previous elections[]

2020[]

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham (Incumbent)	263,156	69.64	-2.75
	Democratic	Clayton Tucker	114,737	30.36	+2.75
Turnout			377,893	100.00
	Republican hold

2016[]

: Senate District 24^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham (Incumbent)	214,568	72.39	-27.61
	Democratic	Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder	81,836	27.61	+27.61
Turnout			296,404
	Republican hold

2012[]

: Senate District 24^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	209,319	100.00	+14.53
Turnout			209,319
	Republican hold

2008[]

: Senate District 24^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	197,125	85.47	-14.53
	Libertarian	Bill Oliver	33,518	14.53	+14.53
Turnout			230,643
	Republican hold

2004[]

: Senate District 24^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	189,778	100.00	+9.53
Majority			189,778	100.00	+19.06
Turnout			189,778		+40.32
	Republican hold

2002[]

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 24^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	122,355	90.47	-9.53
	Libertarian		12,887	9.53	+9.53
Majority			109,468	80.94	-19.06
Turnout			135,242		+3.31
	Republican hold

2000[]

: Senate District 24^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	130,913	100.00	+48.15
Majority			130,913	100.00	+96.30
Turnout			130,913		-21.82
	Republican hold

1996[]

: Senate District 24^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser	86,828	51.85	+5.20
	Democratic	Rick Rhodes	80,632	48.15	-5.20
Majority			6,196	3.70	-3.01
Turnout			167,460		+32.29
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 24^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
		4,204	18.91
✓	Troy Fraser	18,028	81.09
Majority		13,824	62.18
Turnout

1994[]

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 24^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	(Incumbent)	67,536	53.35	-46.65
	Republican	Hugh Shine	59,048	46.65	+46.65
Majority			8,848	6.71	-93.29
Turnout			126,584		+14.52
	Democratic hold

1992[]

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 24^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Madla	110,534	100.00
Majority			110,534	100.00
Turnout			110,534
	Democratic hold

District officeholders[]

Legislature	Senator, District 24	Counties in District
4		Cameron, Starr.
5	Guy Morrison Bryan	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton.
6
7
8
9		Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria.
10
11
12		Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
13		Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
14		Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
15		Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Jones, Palo Pinto, Runnels, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Taylor.
16
17
18	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Burnet, Travis, Williamson.
19
20
21
		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina.
	Theodore Harris
		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr.
	Carlos Bee
		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real.
	Harry Hertzberg
		Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton.
45
46
47	John Lee Smith
48
49
50
51
52
53		Borden, Dickens, Fisher, Garza, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
54
55
56
57
58		Borden, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
59
60		Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Fisher, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Sterling, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
61
62
63		Brown, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, McCulloch, McLennan, Menard, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
64
65
66
67
68		Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
69
70
71
72
73	Frank L. Madla	Atascosa, Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba.
74		All of Bell, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, Young. Portions of Llano, Taylor.
75	Troy Fraser
76
77
78		Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba, Taylor.
79
80
81
82
83		All of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, and San Saba. Portions of Taylor and Travis.
84
85	Dawn Buckingham
86
87

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