The 2018 Texas State Senate elections took place as part of the
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United States elections.
Texas
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voters elected state senators in 15 of the state senate's 31 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the
Texas State Senate
The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per co ...
. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Counci
here and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Censu
A primary election on March 6, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6
general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the
Texas Secretary of State
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's website.
Following the 2016 state senate elections,
Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 20 members. However, they gained an extra seat by flipping the 19th District in the August 2018 special election.
To claim control of the chamber from
Republicans, the
Democrats would have needed to net six Senate seats. The Democratic Party gained two seats, leaving the Republicans with a 19 to 12 majority in the chamber.
Summary of race results
Retirements
One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020:
Republican
# District 8:
Van Taylor
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is running for U.S House of Texas's 3rd district.
Seats gained in preceding special elections
Republicans
#District 19:
Pete Flores defeated
Pete Gallego in a preceding special election on September 18, 2018 to flip this seat. The seat was vacated by
Carlos Uresti
Carlos "Charlie" Uresti (born September 18, 1963) is an American attorney and Democratic politician from San Antonio, Texas. From November 2006 until his resignation in June 2018, he served as a member of the Texas State Senate representing Se ...
, who resigned after multiple convictions on fraud and laundering charges.
Incumbents defeated
In the primary election
Republicans
#District 30:
Craig Estes
Craig Linton Estes (born August 20, 1953) is an American businessman and former Republican member of the Texas Senate for the 30th District.
He served on the Health and Human Services, Nominations, and State Affairs Committees, and was the ...
lost to
Pat Fallon
Patrick Edward Fallon (born December 19, 1967) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the U.S. representative for since 2021. He served the 30th district of the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2021. F ...
.
In the general election
Republicans
#District 10:
Konni Burton lost to
Beverly Powell.
#District 16:
Don Huffines
Donald Blaine Huffines is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Huffines co-owns and operates Huffines Communities, a real estate development company in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A conservative, Tea Party Repub ...
lost to
Nathan M. Johnson.
Close races
Summary of results by
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District
Race results:
Source:
*Note: For districts not displayed re-election not scheduled until 2020.
Detailed results by
State Senate
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District
Sources:
District 2
District 3
District 5
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 19
District 23
District 25
District 30
District 31
See also
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United States elections, 2018
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections occurred during Republican Donald Trump's term. Democrats made a net gain of 41 seats in the United States House of Representatives, gaining a maj ...
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United States Senate election in Texas, 2018
The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. S ...
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Texas gubernatorial election, 2018
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2018 Texas House of Representatives election
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Texas elections, 2018
References
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Texas State Senate
The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per co ...