Texas Senate, District 5

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Texas's 5th
State Senate district
Senator
  Charles Schwertner
R–Georgetown
Demographics59.2% White
11% Black
23.6% Hispanic
6.1% Asian
Population961,423

District 5 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves Brazos, Freestone, Grimes, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Walker and Williamson counties[1] in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 5 is Charles Schwertner.

Current Election[]

2018[]

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles Schwertner (incumbent) 182,550 55.34 -9.63
Democratic Meg Walsh 136,792 41.47 +10.24
Libertarian Amy Lyons 10,500 3.18 -0.61
Total votes 329,842 100.0
Republican hold

Election history[]

Election history of District 5 from 1992.[2]

2014[]

: Senate District 5[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles Schwertner 112,930 64.97 -12.16
Democratic Joel Shapiro 54,286 31.23 +31.23
Libertarian Matthew Whittington 6,595 3.79 -19.07
Turnout 173,811

2012[]

: Senate District 5[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles Schwertner 182,554 77.13 +15.65
Libertarian Jeffrey Fox 54,107 22.86 +18.96
Turnout 236,661
Republican hold

2006[]

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 5[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent) 105,979 61.48 -25.38
Democratic 59,671 34.62 +34.62
Libertarian 6,719 3.90 -9.25
Majority 46,308 26.87 -46.84
Turnout 172,369 22.59
Republican hold

Previous elections[]

2002[]

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 5[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent) 122,119 86.86 +31.19
Libertarian 18,482 13.14 +13.14
Majority 103,637 73.71 +62.38
Turnout 140,601 +1.35
Republican hold

1998[]

: Senate District 5[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent) 77,227 55.67 +0.21
Democratic 61,508 44.33 -0.21
Majority 15,719 11.33 +0.41
Turnout 138,735 +262.17
Republican hold

1997[]

Special election, 1997: Senate District 5, Unexpired term[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic 17,062 44.54 -11.45
Republican Steve Ogden 21,245 55.46 +11.45
Majority 4,183 10.92 -1.06
Turnout 38,307 -74.01
Republican gain from Democratic

1994[]

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 5[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jim Turner (Incumbent) 82,541 55.99 -44.01
Republican 64,875 44.01 +44.01
Majority 17,666 11.98 -88.02
Turnout 147,416 +9.30
Democratic hold

1992[]

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jim Turner (Incumbent) 134,875 100.00
Majority 134,875 100.00
Turnout 134,875
Democratic hold

District officeholders[]

Legislature Senator, District 5 Counties in District
1 San Augustine, Shelby.
2
3 Panola, Rusk.
4 M. D. K. Taylor Cass, Titus.
5 Jefferson Weatherford Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant.
6
7
8
9 Rusk.
10
11
12 David Webster Flanagan Panola, Rusk.
13
14 Harrison, Rusk.
15 Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris.
16
17
18 Camp, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt.
19
20
21 John Walter Cranford
Charles Henderson Yoakum Collin, Hunt.
James R. Gough
Collin, Hunt, Rains.
Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker.
Nat Patton
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53 Grimes, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker.
54
55
56
57
58 Grimes, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
59
60 William T. "Bill" Moore Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
61
62 Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
63 Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton.
64
65
66
67
68 All of Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton.
Portions of Harris, Montgomery, Williamson.
69
70
71
72 Jim Turner
73 Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Williamson.
74 All of Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Navarro, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington.
Portions of McLennan, Williamson.
75 Steve Ogden
76
77
78 Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Williamson.
79
80
81
82 Charles Schwertner 83

References[]

  1. ^ "Current Districts - State Senate - Texas Legislative Council".
  2. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. ^ http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist175_state.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  5. ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  6. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  7. ^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  8. ^ "January 1997 Special Elections". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  9. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  10. ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
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