Texas Senate, District 7

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Texas's 7th
State Senate district
Senator
  Paul Bettencourt
R–Houston
Demographics46.2% White
15.5% Black
28.5% Hispanic
10% Asian
Population954,933

District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.

Election history[]

Election history of District 7 from 1992.[1]

Most recent election[]

2006[]

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 7[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Patrick 118,067 69.19 -22.12
Democratic 52,586 30.81 +30.81
Majority 65,481 38.37 -44.25
Turnout 170,653 +11.44
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 7[3]
Candidate Votes % ±
2,545 6.07
6,900 16.45
3,629 8.65
✓ Dan Patrick 28,860 68.82
Turnout 41,934

Previous elections[]

2002[]

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 7[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 139,827 91.31 -8.69
Libertarian 13,305 8.69 +8.69
Majority 126,522 82.62 -17.38
Turnout 153,132 -30.34
Republican hold

2000[]

: Senate District 7[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 219,835 100.00 0.00
Majority 219,835 100.00 0.00
Turnout 219,835 +20.69
Republican hold

1996[]

: Senate District 7[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 182,144 100.00 0.00
Majority 182,144 100.00 0.00
Turnout 182,144 +26.82
Republican hold
Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 7[7]
Candidate Votes % ±
Jerry Dumas 27,658 48.56
✓ Jon Lindsay 29,303 51.44
Turnout 56,961

1994[]

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 7[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican 143,628 100.00 +10.91
Majority 143,628 100.00 +21.83
Turnout 143,628 -28.46
Republican hold

1992[]

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 7[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican 178,850 89.09
Libertarian 21,910 10.91
Majority 156,940 78.17
Turnout 200,760
Republican hold

District officeholders[]

Legislature Senator, District 7 Counties in District
1
1846 		George Tyler Wood
 Jefferson, Liberty.
2
1847 		Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler.
3
1849 		Nacogdoches, Shelby.
4
1851 		Anderson, Cherokee.
5
1853 		M. D. K. Taylor Cass, Titus.
6
1855
7
1857
8
1859
9
1861 		Bowie, Davis, Marion.
10
1863
11
1866
12
1870 		Harrison.
13
1873
14
1874 		David Browning Culberson Bowie, Cass, Marion.
15
1876 		James Postell Douglas Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur.
16
1879
17
1881
18
1883 		Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt.
19
1885 		Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore
20
1887 		Alexander White Gregg
21
1889

1891

1893 		Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.

1895

1897

1899

1901

1903 		Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.

1905

1907

1909

1911

1913

1915

1917

1919

1921

1923

1925

1927

1929

1931

1933-

1935
45
1937
46
1939
47
1941 		T. C. Chadick
48
1943
49
1945
50
1947
51
1949
52
1951
53
1953 		Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
54
1955
55
1957
56
1959
57
1961
58
1963
59
1965
60
1967 		Chet Brooks Portion of Harris.
61
1969
62
1971
63
1973 		R. A. "Bob" Gammage All of Fort Bend.
Portion of Harris.
64
1975 		R. A. "Bob" Gammage
65
1977
66
1979
67
1981
68
1983 		Portion of Harris.
69
1985
70
1987
71
1989
72
1991
73
1993
74
1995
75
1997 		Jon Lindsay
76
1999
77
2001
78
2003
79
2005
80
2007 		Dan Patrick
81
2009

References[]

  1. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  2. ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  3. ^ "2006 Republican Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  4. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  5. ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  6. ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  7. ^ "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  8. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  9. ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
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