2020 Texas Senate election|
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Results by seat gains Results by vote share Republican hold Democratic hold Democratic gain
Republican: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ≥90%
Democratic: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
The 2020 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 87th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. Those elected in 2020 will only be elected for two years, however, as part of the 2-4-4 term system. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council.[1] and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census.[2]
Following the 2018 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 19 members. To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to net four Senate seats.
The Democratic Party gained one seat (District 19), leaving the Republicans with an 18 to 13 majority in the chamber. This broke Republican's effective supermajority in the chamber, as legislation typically requires 19 votes, three fifths, to pass the chamber.[3] At the urging of lieutenant governor Dan Patrick, the senate voted to reduce this threshold to 18, just as he had done to reduce the threshold from 21 to 19 during the 2015 session.[4]
Retirements
One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020:
Democrats
- District 29: José R. Rodríguez: Retiring
Incumbents defeated
In the general election
Republicans
- District 19: Pete Flores lost to Roland Gutierrez.
Predictions
Results summary
Popular vote |
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Republican |
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53.28% |
Democratic |
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44.59% |
Other |
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2.13% |
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Senate seats won |
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Republican |
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50.00% |
Democratic |
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50.00% |
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Close races
District
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Winner
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Margin
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District 19
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Democratic (flip)
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3.29%
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Summary of results by State Senate District
Detailed results by State Senate District
District 1
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 4
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 6
Democratic primary
General election
District 11
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 12
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 13
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
District 18
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 19
2020 Texas's 19th senate district election|
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County results Gutierrez: 50–60% 60–70% Flores: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
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Incumbent Republican Pete Flores, who was elected in an upset in a 2018 special election, ran for re-election. He was defeated by Democratic state representative Roland Gutierrez.[9]
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Democratic primary runoff
General election
District 20
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
District 21
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
District 22
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 24
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 26
Democratic primary
General election
District 27
Democratic primary
Democratic primary runoff
Republican primary
General election
District 28
Republican primary
General election
District 29
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Special elections
District 14
The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson.[10] A special election was originally called for July 14, 2020. However, Eddie Rodriguez chose not to contest the resulting runoff, thus the scheduled runoff was canceled and Sarah Eckhardt was deemed elected.
District 30
A special election for Texas State Senate District 30 has been called for September 29, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was August 28, 2020. The seat became vacant after the resignation of Pat Fallon on August 23, 2020.
Runoff
See also
References
- ^ "State Senate Districts, 86th Legislature, 2019-2020" (PDF). Texas Legislative Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Texas - State Legislative District Maps (Upper Chamber) - Geography". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick (December 2, 2020). "On Election Day, Republicans lost a critical advantage in the state Senate. Will Dan Patrick push to change the rules?". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Samuels, Alex (January 14, 2021). "Texas Senate changes rules so Republicans can still bring bills to floor without Democratic support". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Texas State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "District 4 Election Results".
- ^ Rodriguez, Jakob; Marquez, RJ (October 30, 2020). "Election results 2020: Roland Gutierrez elected to Texas State Senate District 19 seat". KSAT. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "State Sen. Kirk Watson to retire from Texas Senate". Texas Tribune. February 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
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