Texas Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 12, Republicans 18, vacant 1. 31 seats; 16 for a majority.

Democrats 12Republicans 18Vacant 1

Vacant: district 22. Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 12Republican 18Vacant 1

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2020	13	18	0	31	Republican majority
2018	13	18	0	31	Republican majority
2016	11	20	0	31	Republican majority
2014	11	20	0	31	Republican majority
2012	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2010	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2008	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2006	11	20	0	31	Republican majority
2004	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2002	12	19	0	31	Republican majority
2000	15	16	0	31	Republican majority
1998	15	16	0	31	Republican majority
1996	16	15	0	31	Democratic majority
1994	17	14	0	31	Democratic majority
1992	18	13	0	31	Democratic majority
1990	23	8	0	31	Democratic majority
1988	23	8	0	31	Democratic majority
1986	25	6	0	31	Democratic majority
1984	25	6	0	31	Democratic majority
1982	26	5	0	31	Democratic majority
1980	24	7	0	31	Democratic majority
1978	28	3	0	31	Democratic majority
1976	28	3	0	31	Democratic majority
1974	28	3	0	31	Democratic majority
1972	28	3	0	31	Democratic majority
1970	29	2	0	31	Democratic majority
1968	Not available

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 15 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
6	ALVARADO	Democrat	63.0%
7	BETTENCORT	Republican	63.4%
8	PAXTON	Republican	59.4%
10	KING	Republican	61.7%
12	PARKER	Republican	61.4%
14	ECKHARDT	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	COOK	Democrat	61.9%
16	JOHNSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	HUFFMAN	Republican	64.2%
20	HINOJOSA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
23	WEST	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
25	CAMPBELL	Republican	63.6%
27	HINOJOSA	Republican	49.4%
29	BLANCO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
30	HAGENBUCH	Republican	65.0%

2022: 21 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
2	HALL	Republican	61.9%
3	NICHOLS	Republican	77.4%
4	CREIGHTON	Republican	70.0%
5	SCHWERTNER	Republican	71.6%
8	PAXTON	Republican	57.7%
9	HANCOCK	Republican	60.0%
12	PARKER	Republican	61.4%
14	ECKHARDT	Democrat	82.2%
15	WHITMIRE	Democrat	65.3%
16	JOHNSON	Democrat	62.0%
17	HUFFMAN	Republican	65.3%
18	KOLKHORST	Republican	66.2%
19	GUTIERREZ	Democrat	55.4%
20	HINOJOSA	Democrat	59.2%
21	ZAFFIRINI	Democrat	61.6%
22	BIRDWELL	Republican	74.3%
24	FLORES	Republican	64.3%
25	CAMPBELL	Republican	62.8%
26	MENENDEZ	Democrat	66.5%
27	LAMANTIA	Democrat	50.2%
29	BLANCO	Democrat	64.1%

2020: 16 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	HUGHES	Republican	75.3%
4	CREIGHTON	Republican	67.3%
6	ALVARADO	Democrat	84.0%
11	TAYLOR	Republican	59.5%
12	NELSON	Republican	62.3%
13	MILES	Democrat	80.5%
18	KOLKHORST	Republican	65.8%
19	GUTIERREZ	Democrat	49.9%
20	HINOJOSA	Democrat	58.5%
21	ZAFFIRINI	Democrat	60.1%
22	BIRDWELL	Republican	68.5%
24	BUCKINGHAM	Republican	69.5%
26	MENENDEZ	Democrat	80.0%
27	LUCIO	Democrat	64.8%
28	PERRY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
29	BLANCO	Democrat	67.3%

2018: 15 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	HALL	Republican	59.4%
3	NICHOLS	Republican	78.3%
5	SCHWERTNER	Republican	55.3%
7	BETTENCORT	Republican	57.8%
8	PAXTON	Republican	51.2%
9	HANCOCK	Republican	54.0%
10	POWELL	Democrat	51.7%
14	WATSON	Democrat	71.9%
15	WHITMIRE	Democrat	65.2%
16	JOHNSON	Democrat	54.1%
17	HUFFMAN	Republican	51.4%
23	WEST	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
25	CAMPBELL	Republican	57.7%
30	FALLON	Republican	73.9%
31	SELIGER	Republican	87.5%

2016: 9 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
4	Creighton	not in source	87.3%	seats not in source
12	Nelson	not in source	83.0%	seats not in source
13	Miles	not in source	92.5%	seats not in source
18	Kolkhorst	not in source	85.8%	seats not in source
19	Uresti	not in source	55.9%	seats not in source
20	Hinojosa	not in source	61.7%	seats not in source
22	Birdwell	not in source	70.4%	seats not in source
24	Buckingham	not in source	72.4%	seats not in source
26	Menendez	not in source	79.9%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.