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Texas Senate, District 7

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Texas's 7th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Paul Bettencourt
RHouston
Demographics46.2% White
15.5% Black
28.5% Hispanic
10% Asian
Population954,933

District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves portions of Harris and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] The current senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.

Election history

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Election history of District 7 from 1992.[2]

2024

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Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 7[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Bettencourt 251,489 63.41
Democratic Michelle Gwinn 145,100 36.59
Majority 106,389 26.82
Turnout 396,589
Republican hold

2022

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Paul Bettencourt (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Bettencourt was declared elected without a vote.[4]

2018

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Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 7[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Paul Bettencourt 177,864 57.75 −14.07
Democratic David Romero 124,232 40.34 +14.05
Libertarian Tom Glass 5,878 1.91 +0.02
Majority 53,632 17.41 −28.12
Turnout 307,974
Republican hold

2014

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Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 7[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Paul Bettencourt 123,551 71.82 +3.42
Democratic Jim Davis 45,230 26.29 −5.31
Libertarian Whitney Bilyeu 3,244 1.89 +1.89
Majority 78,321 45.53 +8.73
Turnout 172,025
Republican hold

2012

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Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 7[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Patrick 196,526 68.40 −18.01
Democratic Sam "Tejas" Texas 90,793 31.60 +31.60
Majority 105,733 36.80 −36.02
Turnout 287,319
Republican hold

2010

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Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 7[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Patrick 184,704 86.41 +17.22
Libertarian Lee Coughran 29,048 13.59 +13.59
Majority 155,656 72.82 +34.45
Turnout 213,752
Republican hold

2006

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Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 7[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Patrick 118,067 69.19 −22.12
Democratic F. Michael Kubosh 52,586 30.81 +30.81
Majority 65,481 38.37 −44.25
Turnout 170,653 +11.44
Republican hold

2002

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Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 7[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 139,827 91.31 −8.69
Libertarian Edgar L. Buchanan 13,305 8.69 +8.69
Majority 126,522 82.62 −17.38
Turnout 153,132 −30.34
Republican hold

2000

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Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 7[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 219,835 100.00 0.00
Majority 219,835 100.00 0.00
Turnout 219,835 +20.69
Republican hold

1996

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Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 7[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Lindsay 182,144 100.00 0.00
Majority 182,144 100.00 0.00
Turnout 182,144 +26.82
Republican hold

1994

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Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 7[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Don Henderson 143,628 100.00 +10.91
Majority 143,628 100.00 +21.83
Turnout 143,628 −28.46
Republican hold

1992

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Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 7[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Don Henderson 178,850 89.09
Libertarian James P. Chudleigh 21,910 10.91
Majority 156,940 78.17
Turnout 200,760
Republican hold

District officeholders

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Legislature Senator, District 7 Counties in District
1
1846
George Tyler Wood
William C. Abbott
Jefferson, Liberty.
2
1847
William C. Abbott Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler.
3
1849
Alfred M. Triutt Nacogdoches, Shelby.
4
1851
Isaac Parker Anderson, Cherokee.
5
1853
M. D. K. Taylor Cass, Titus.
6
1855
7
1857
8
1859
John Green Chambers
9
1861
John W. Moore Bowie, Davis, Marion.
10
1863
11
1866
William P. Saufley
12
1870
Henry Rawson Harrison.
13
1873
14
1874
David Browning Culberson Bowie, Cass, Marion.
15
1876
James Postell Douglas Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur.
16
1879
John Martin Duncan
17
1881
18
1883
John Young Gooch Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt.
19
1885
Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore
20
1887
Alexander White Gregg
21
1889
Robert H. Morris
22
1891
John G. Kearby
23
1893
Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
24
1895
Robert N. Stafford
25
1897
26
1899
27
1901
28
1903
Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
29
1905
30
1907
William J. Greer
31
1909
32
1911
33
1913
William J. Greer
Earl M. Greer
34
1915
William D. Suiter
35
1917
36
1919
37
1921
38
1923
Tomas G. Pollard
39
1925
40
1927
41
1929
42
1931
43
1933-
Will D. Pace
44
1935
45
1937
46
1939
47
1941
T. C. Chadick
48
1943
49
1945
50
1947
51
1949
Warren McDonald
52
1951
53
1953
Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
54
1955
55
1957
Bill D. Wood
56
1959
57
1961
Galloway Calhoun
58
1963
59
1965
60
1967
Chet Brooks Portion of Harris.
61
1969
62
1971
63
1973
R. A. "Bob" Gammage All of Fort Bend.
Portion of Harris.
64
1975
R. A. "Bob" Gammage
Gene Jones
65
1977
Gene Jones
66
1979
67
1981
W. Michael "Mike" Richards
68
1983
Don Henderson Portion of Harris.
69
1985
70
1987
71
1989
72
1991
73
1993
74
1995
75
1997
Jon Lindsay
76
1999
77
2001
78
2003
79
2005
80
2007
Dan Patrick
81
2009
82
2011
83
2013
84
2015
Paul Bettencourt
85
2017
86
2019
87
2021
88
2023
Portion of Harris.
Portion of Montgomery.[15]
89
2025

References

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  1. ^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. ^ "County by County Canvass Report 2024 NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION November 05, 2024" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 Texas State Senate Election Results". The Ledger. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  14. ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 24, 2024.