Texas Senate, District 27

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Texas's 27th
State Senate district
Senator
  Eddie Lucio, Jr.
D–Brownsville
Demographics8% White
0.7% Black
90.7% Hispanic
0.7% Asian
Population829,476

District 27 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 27 is Eddie Lucio, Jr..

Top 5 biggest cities in district[]

District 27 has a population of 786,946 with 524,120 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[1]

Name County Pop.[2][a]
1 Brownsville Cameron 175,023
2 Harlingen Cameron 64,849
3 Pharr Hidalgo 55,332
4 Weslaco Hidalgo 35,670
5 San Juan Hidalgo 33,856

Election history[]

Election history of District 27 from 1992.[b]

Previous elections[]

2020[]

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 27
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 133,398 64.82 -35.18
Republican Vanessa Tijerina 72,403 35.18 +35.18
Turnout 205,801 100.00
Democratic hold

2016[]

: Senate District 27[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 135,945 100.00
Turnout 135,945
Democratic hold

2012[]

: Senate District 27[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 113,542 100.00
Turnout 113,542
Democratic hold

2008[]

: Senate District 27[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 111,596 100.00
Turnout 111,596
Democratic hold

2004[]

: Senate District 27[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 89,984 100.00 0.00
Majority 89,984 100.00 0.00
Turnout 89,984 +46.60
Democratic hold

2002[]

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 27[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 61,382 100.00 0.00
Majority 61,382 100.00 0.00
Turnout 61,382 -34.73
Democratic hold

2000[]

: Senate District 27[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 94,042 100.00 0.00
Majority 94,042 100.00 0.00
Turnout 94,042 +16.30
Democratic hold

1996[]

: Senate District 27[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 80,865 100.00 +33.27
Majority 80,865 100.00 +66.55
Turnout 80,865 +1.44
Democratic hold

1994[]

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 27[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 53,194 66.73 -33.27
Republican 26,527 33.27 +33.27
Majority 26,667 33.45 -66.55
Turnout 79,721 -1.53
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 27[11]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 33,467 70.56
13,964 29.44
Majority 19,503 41.12
Turnout 47,431

1992[]

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 27[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 80,961 100.00
Majority 80,961 100.00
Turnout 80,961
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 27[13]
Candidate Votes % ±
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa 25,132 42.67
✓ Eddie Lucio, Jr. (Incumbent) 33,765 57.33
Majority 8,633 14.66
Turnout 58,897

District officeholders[]

Legislature Senator, District 27 Counties in District
5 Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
6 Henry Eustace McCulloch
7
8 Thomas Hinds Duggan
9 Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, Williamson.
10
11
12 Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe.
13
14 John Ireland Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
15 Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca.
16
17
18 Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Nueces, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala.
19
20
21
Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas.
Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton.
Earle Bradford Mayfield
Earle Bradford Mayfield
Charles W. Taylor
Archie Parr Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala.
Jim Neal
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53 Cameron, Hidalgo.
54
55
56
57
58 James Bates
59
60 All of Hidalgo.
Portion of Cameron.
61
62
63 Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Wells.
64
65
66
67
Hector Uribe
68 Hector Uribe All of Cameron.
Portion of Hidalgo.
69
70
71
72 Eddie Lucio, Jr.
73
74
75
76
77
78 All of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy.
Portion of Hidalgo.
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87

Notes[]

  1. ^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
  2. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References[]

  1. ^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. ^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. ^ "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  6. ^ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  7. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  8. ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  9. ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  10. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  11. ^ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  12. ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  13. ^ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
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