The 2006 Texas Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. The winners of this election served in the

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. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican

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and was unopposed in the fall election. Five Senators chose to not run or were defeated in the primaries.

Senate race statewide summary

Senate race summary by district

Senate race details

District 1 District 2 District 3 Race uncontested after Nichols’ win in the Republican primary. District 5 District 7 District 8 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15

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District 18 Incumbent Democratic Senator

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did not run for re-election. No other Democrat ran to replace him, allowing Republican Glen Hegar to easily win the race, flipping the seat.

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Incumbent

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was ousted by Uresti in contentious Democratic primary race. Madla was the only incumbent senator to lose a primary race in 2006. District 22 District 25

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/ref> Thought to potentially add to the competitiveness of this Senate race was District 29's historically low-voter turnout and Republican "Dee" Margo's close connections to President George W. Bush via First Lady

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's close friendship to "Dee" Margo's spouse, El Pasoan Adair Margo. As it turned out, Shapleigh won reelection in a race that was not that close.

References

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