Texas Senate, District 25

District 25 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Kendall counties, and portions of Bexar and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Long-term District 25 Senator Jeff Wentworth, who lost the Republican runoff election on July 31, 2012, will be succeed in the position in January 2013 by Donna Campbell, an emergency room physician from New Braunfels.

Election history

Election history of District 25 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent election

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 25^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	132,872	58.32	−8.41
	Democratic	Kathleen "Kathi" Thomas	84,816	37.23	+7.03
	Libertarian	James R. "Bob" Thompson	10,137	4.45	+1.38
Majority			48,056	21.09	−15.45
Turnout			227,825		+11.14
	Republican hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 25^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	136,802	66.73	−20.70
	Democratic	Joseph "Joe" P. Sullivan	61,899	30.20	+17.63
	Libertarian	Rex Black	6,293	3.07	+3.07
Majority			74,903	36.54	−38.32
Turnout			204,994		−36.86
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 25^[4]
Candidate		Votes	%
	John H. Shields	25,265	48.83
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	26,481	51.17
Majority		1,216	2.35
Turnout		51,746

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 25^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	283,857	87.43	−12.57
	Libertarian	George Meeks	40,806	12.57	+12.57
Majority			243,051	74.86	−25.14
Turnout			324,663		+45.11
	Republican hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 25^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	223,739	100.00	+24.97
Majority			223,739	100.00	+46.58
Turnout			223,739		+5.10
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 25^[7]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Randy Staudt	24,930	29.54
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	59,476	70.46
Majority		34,546	40.93
Turnout		84,406

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 25^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Saunders	53,152	24.97	−26.78
	Republican	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)^[9]	159,729	75.03	+26.78
Majority			106,577	50.06	+46.58
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 25^[10]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Van Archer	21,341	39.66
✓	Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)	32,473	60.34
Majority		11,132	20.69
Turnout		53,814

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 25^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	98,763	51.74
	Republican	Troy Fraser	92,107	48.26
Majority			6,656	3.49
Turnout			190,870
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 25^[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Temple Dickson (Incumbent)^[13]	25,691	34.64
✓	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	48,479	65.36
Majority		22,788	30.72
Turnout		74,170

Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 25^[14]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Jim Deats	6,641	25.36
✓	Troy Fraser	15,076	57.58
	Charles Johnson	4,467	17.06
Majority		8,435	32.21
Turnout

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 25	Counties in District
4	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Kinney, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Webb.
5	Henry Williams Sublett	Bastrop, Burnet, Travis.
6	John Caldwell
7	John Caldwell
8	Eggleston D. Townes Nathan George Shelley
9	Stephen Heard Darden Spencer Ford	Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe.
10	Spencer Ford
11	James W. Stell
12	Abner K. Foster Robert P. Tendick	Colorado, Lavaca.
13	Robert P. Tendick
14	Olintus Ellis
15	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Burnet, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson.
16
17
18	George Pfeuffer	Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Llano.
19	George Pfeuffer
20	William Henry Burges
21	William Henry Burges
22	William Clemens
23	John M. Dean	Brewster, Buchel, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Foley, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
24	John M. Dean
25	William W. Turney
26
27
28	Jared W. Hill	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
29	Jared W. Hill	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
30	Claude B. Hudspeth	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
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32
33
34
35		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
36	Richard M. Dudley
37		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El Paso, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala.
38
39	Walter C. Woodward	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green.
40
41
42
43
44	Ephraim M. Davis
45	Ephraim M. Davis
46	Penrose Metcalfe
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48
49
50	Dorsey B. Hardeman
51
52
53		Brewster, Coke, Coleman, Crane, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde.
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59
60		Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde.
61	W. E. "Pete" Snelson
62
63		Bandera, Brewster, Coke, Comal, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Loving, Mason, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler.
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65
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68	Bill Sims	All of Bandera, Blanco, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Loving, Mason, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler. Portion of El Paso.
69
70		All of Bandera, Blanco, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Loving, Mason, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler. Portions of Bexar, Comal, El Paso.
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73		All of Bandera, Blanco, Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Real, Schleicher, Shackelford, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Tom Green. Portions of Bexar, Comal.
74	Jeff Wentworth	All of Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Schleicher. Portions of Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Llano, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis.
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78		All of Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall. Portions of Bexar, Travis.
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81

References

^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ Wentworth was the District 26 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.
^ "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
^ Dickson was the District 24 incumbent prior to the 1992 Senate redistricting.
^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[1] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[2] "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[3] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[4] "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[5] "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[6] "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[7] "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[8] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[9] Wentworth was the District 26 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.

[10] "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[11] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[12] "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[13] Dickson was the District 24 incumbent prior to the 1992 Senate redistricting.

[14] "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.

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