Texas Senate, District 6

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 Sylvia Garcia, who won a 2013 special election after the death of Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. on October 16, 2012.

Election history

Election history of District 6 from 1992.

Most recent elections

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 6
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
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Mario V. Gallegos, Jr.	6,484	53.92
	Yolanda Navarro Flores	5,541	46.07
Turnout		12,025

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 6
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

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 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
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
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Mario V. Gallegos, Jr.	9,613	57.19
	Roman O. Martinez	7,193	42.80
Turnout		16,806

Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 6
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Roman O. Martinez	9,026	37.91
✓	Mario V. Gallegos, Jr.	5,990	25.15
	Yolanda Navarro Flores	4,936	20.73
	David Thomas McCullough	3,857	16.19
Turnout		23,809

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Shelley	87,570	57.52
	Democratic	Don Coffey	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	Jesse J. Robinson	Jasper, Sabine.
2	John H. McRae	Jasper, Newton, Sabine.
3	James F. Taylor	Harrison, Smith, Upshur.
4	George Washington Hill	Henderson, Limestone, Navarro.
5	Simpson C. Newman	Upshur, Wood.
6	Jonathan Russell
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8	Emory Rains
9	Matthew Fielding Locke Stephen W. Beasley	Harrison, Upshur.
10	Stephen W. Beasley
11	C. C. Coppedge
12	James Postell Douglas	Smith, Upshur.
13	John Lane Henry
14	John Lafayette Camp
15	William Amos Wortham	Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus.
16	William Jesse Swain
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18	John C. Buchanan	Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Wood.
19	John Lafayette Camp, Jr.
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21	William C. “Cone” Johnson
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23	Oliver P. Bowser	Dallas, Rockwall.
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25
26	Barry Miller
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28	William C. McKamy, Jr.
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30	Erasmus G. Senter
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32	James C. McNealus
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37	James C. McNealus Hart Willis
38	John Davis
39	J. Roy Hardin	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro.
40	Julian P. Greer
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44	Clay Cotten
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48	Clay Cotten James E. Taylor
49	James E. Taylor
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51	James E. Taylor George O. Nokes, Jr.
52	George O. Nokes, Jr.
53	J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr.	Harris.
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55
56	Robert W. Baker
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58	Criss Cole
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60		Portion of Harris.
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62	James P. Wallace
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64	Lindon Williams
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67
68
69
70	Gene Green
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72
73	Dan Shelley
74	Mario Gallegos, Jr.
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