Texas Senate, District 30

Texas's 30th
State Senate district
Texas's 30th; State Senate district
Senator
	Drew Springer; R–Muenster
Demographics	72.8% White; 6.7% Black; 17.2% Hispanic; 2.4% Asian
Population	914,739

District 30 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, and Young counties, and portions of Collin, Denton, Parker, and Wichita counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Drew Springer who took office in early January, 2021, replacing Pat Fallon.

Biggest cities in the district

District 30 has a population of 829,574 with 623,474 that are at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]^[a]
1	Wichita Falls	Wichita	104,553
2	Denton	Denton	73,602
3	Sherman	Grayson	38,521
4	Wylie	Collin	28,082
5	Weatherford	Parker	25,250

Election history

Election history of District 30 from 1992.^[b]

2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 30^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Hagenbuch	289,981	65.03
	Democratic	Dale Frey	155,949	34.97
Majority			134,032	30.06
Turnout			445,930
	Republican hold

2022

Drew Springer Jr. (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Springer was declared elected without a vote.^[5]

2020 (special)

Texas Senate District 30 special runoff election - 19 December 2020^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Drew Springer Jr.	32,761	56.49
	Republican	Shelley Luther	25,235	43.51
Majority			7,526	12.98
Total votes			57,996	100.0
	Republican hold

Texas's 30th State Senate District Special Election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelley Luther	22,135	32.2
	Republican	Drew Springer Jr.	21,971	31.9
	Democratic	Jacob Minter	14,572	21.2
	Republican	Christopher Watts	4,284	6.2
	Republican	Craig Carter	3,413	5.0
	Republican	Andy Hopper	2,432	3.5
Total votes			68,807	100.0

2018

Pat Fallon defeated incumbent Craig Estes in the 2018 Republican primary.

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 30^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pat Fallon	234,374	73.92	−12.73
	Democratic	Kevin Lopez	82,669	26.08	+26.08
Majority			151,705	47.84	−25.46
Turnout			317,043
	Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 30^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	140,240	86.65	+0.53
	Libertarian	Cory Lane	21,599	13.35	−0.53
Majority			118,641	73.30	+1.06
Turnout			161,839
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 30^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	217,877	86.12	+13.88
	Libertarian	Richard Wells Forsythe, Jr.	35,127	13.88	+13.88
Majority			182,750	72.24	−27.76
Turnout			253,004
	Republican hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 30^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	221,470	100.00	+30.95
Majority			221,470	100.00	+61.91
Turnout			221,470
	Republican hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 30^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	182,057	69.05	+1.49
	Democratic	Paul S. Gibbs	81,614	30.95	+1.18
Majority			100,443	38.09	+0.31
Turnout			263,671		+63.16
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 30^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	109,167	67.55	+4.91
	Democratic	Donald L. Acheson	48,110	29.77	−7.58
	Libertarian	Diane Wilson	4,321	2.67	+2.67
Majority			61,057	37.78	+12.49
Turnout
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 30^[13]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Dave Deison	11,508	42.30
✓	Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)	15,698	57.70
Majority		4,190	15.40
Turnout

Democratic primary, 2002: Senate District 30^[14]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Donald R. Acheson	12,723	57.01
	Robert H. Fenoglio, Sr.	9,595	42.99
Majority		3,128	14.02
Turnout		22,318

2001 (special)

Texas Senate District 30 special runoff election - 4 December 2001^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig Estes	109,167	62.70	+15.49
	Democratic	Greg L. Underwood	9,120	37.30	+14.38
Majority			6,212	25.40
Turnout			24,452
	Republican hold

Texas Senate District 30 special election - 6 November 2001^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Estes	16,870	47.21
	Democratic	Greg L. Underwood	8,189	22.92
	Republican	Kirk Wilson	6,105	17.09
	Republican	Harry Reynolds	2,908	8.14
	Republican	Doug Jeffrey	1,139	3.19
	Independent	Rick Bunch	520	1.46
Turnout			35,731

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 30^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Haywood (Incumbent)	82,996	62.65	+11.44
	Democratic	Greg Underwood	49,483	37.35	−11.44
Majority			33,513	25.30	+22.88
Turnout			132,479
	Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 30^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steven A. Carriker (Incumbent)	73,964	48.79	−1.94
	Republican	Tom Haywood	77,626	51.21	+1.94
Majority			3,662	2.42	+0.95
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 30^[19]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Tom Haywood	9,284	65.60
	Doyle High	4,868	34.40
Majority		4,416	31.20
Turnout		14,152

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 30^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven A. Carriker (Incumbent)	100,079	50.73
	Republican	Tom Haywood	97,180	49.27
Majority			2,899	1.47
Turnout			197,259
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 30	Counties in District
5	Antoine Supervièle	Bexar.
6	Antoine Supervièle
7	Isaiah Addison Paschal
8	Isaiah Addison Paschal
9	N. A. Mitchell
10	N. A. Mitchell William B. Knox
11	William B. Knox
12	Albert Jennings Fountain	Atascosa, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Karnes, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala.
13	Albert Jennings Fountain
14	William J. Russell, Jr.	All of Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
15	James Harvey McLeary	Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green.
16	Augustus W. Houston
17	Augustus W. Houston
18	John Henry Traylor	Bosque, Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Somervell.
19	John Henry Traylor
20	Louis N. Frank
21
22
23	James W. Swayne	Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant.
24	William J. Bailey
25	William J. Bailey
26	William A. Hanger
27
28
29
30	David M. Alexander
31	David M. Alexander
32	Offa S. Lattimore
33
34
35
36	Robert Carlock
37	Robert Carlock
38	Robert A. Stuart
39	William H. Bledsoe	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum.
40	William H. Bledsoe
41	Pink L. Parrish
42	Pink L. Parrish
43	Arthur Pope Duggan
44	Arthur Pope Duggan G. Hobert Nelson
45	G. Hobert Nelson
46	G. Hobert Nelson
47	Marshall Formby
48	Marshall Formby
49	Sterling J. Parrish
50	Sterling J. Parrish
51	Kilmer Blane Corbin, Sr.
52	Kilmer Blane Corbin, Sr.
53	Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Hale, Hall, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher.
54
55
56
57
58
59
60	Jack Hightower	Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, King, Knox, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher, Wichita, Wilbarger.
61
62
63		Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger.
64	Ray Farabee
65
66
67
68		All of Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Mitchell, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. Portion of Denton.
69
70
71	Steve Carriker
72
73		All of Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Stephens, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. Portion of Denton.
74	Tom Haywood	All of Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Stonewall, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger. Portions of Collin, Denton, Taylor.
75
76
77	Tom Haywood Craig Estes
78	Craig Estes	All of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton.
79
80
81
82
83		All of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wichita, Wise, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton.
84
85
86	Pat Fallon
87	Drew Springer
88	Drew Springer	All of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton, Parker, Wichita.
89	Brent Hagenbuch

Notes

^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "County by County Canvass Report 2024 NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION November 05, 2024" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
^ "2022 Texas State Senate Election Results". The Ledger. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "Official Canvass Report 2020 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION SENATE DISTRICT 30" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "2002 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "Special Runoff Election, State Senate, District 30". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "Special Election, State Senate, District 30". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[pop-4] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-5] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[1] "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[2] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[3] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[6] "County by County Canvass Report 2024 NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION November 05, 2024" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

[7] "2022 Texas State Senate Election Results". The Ledger. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[8] "Official Canvass Report 2020 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION SENATE DISTRICT 30" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[9] "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[10] "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[11] "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[12] "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[13] "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[14] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[15] "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[16] "2002 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[17] "Special Runoff Election, State Senate, District 30". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[18] "Special Election, State Senate, District 30". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[19] "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[20] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[21] "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[22] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

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