Texas Senate, District 6

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Texas's 4th
State Senate district
Senator
  Carol Alvarado
D–Houston
Demographics10.1% White
12.7% Black
75.3% Hispanic
2.4% Asian
Population863,488

District 6 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat is currently held by Carol Alvarado,[1] who won a 2018 special election after the resignation of Senator Sylvia Garcia.

Election history[]

Election history of District 6 from 1992.[2]

Most recent elections[]

2004[]

: Senate District 6[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos Jr. 75,318 91.74 -8.24
Libertarian Tony Deppenschmidt 6,614 8.05 +8.05
Write-In Susan Delgado 160 0.19 +0.19
Majority 68,704 83.69 -16.31
Turnout 82,092 +51.65
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 6[4]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 6,484 53.92
5,541 46.07
Turnout 12,025

Previous elections[]

2002[]

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 6[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 54,130 100.00 0.00
Majority 54,130 100.00 +43.41
Turnout 54,130 +43.41
Democratic hold

1998[]

: Senate District 6[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 37,746 100.00 0.00
Majority 37,746 100.00 -2.59
Turnout 37,746 -2.59
Democratic hold

1994[]

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 6[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 38,749 100.00 +57.52
Majority 38,749 100.00 +69.20
Turnout 38,749 -74.55
Democratic gain from Republican
Democratic primary runoff, 1994: Senate District 6[8]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 9,613 57.19
7,193 42.80
Turnout 16,806
Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 6[9]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ 9,026 37.91
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 5,990 25.15
4,936 20.73
David Thomas McCullough 3,857 16.19
Turnout 23,809

1992[]

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 6[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican 87,570 57.52
Democratic 64,669 42.48
Majority 22,901 15.04
Turnout 152,239
Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders[]

Legislature Senator, District 6 Counties in District
1 Jasper, Sabine.
2 Jasper, Newton, Sabine.
3 Harrison, Smith, Upshur.
4 Henderson, Limestone, Navarro.
5 Upshur, Wood.
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7
8 Emory Rains
9 Matthew Fielding Locke
 Harrison, Upshur.
10
11 C. C. Coppedge
12 James Postell Douglas Smith, Upshur.
13 John Lane Henry
14 John Lafayette Camp
15 Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus.
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17
18 Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Wood.
19 John Lafayette Camp, Jr.
20
21
Dallas, Rockwall.
Barry Miller

Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro.
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46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53 J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. Harris.
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55
56
57
58
59
60 Portion of Harris.
61
62 James P. Wallace
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64 Lindon Williams
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66
67
68
69
70 Gene Green
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72
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74 Mario Gallegos, Jr.
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References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. ^ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  4. ^ "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  5. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  6. ^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  7. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  8. ^ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  9. ^ "1994 Democratic Party Primary 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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