The 2022 Texas State Senate election were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect senators from all 31 senate districts across the state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, also held on this date. The winners of this election served in the Eighty-eighth Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned among the

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. Republicans had held a majority in the

Texas Senate The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per co ...

since January 14, 1997, as a result of the 1996 elections.

Retirements

As of April 2022, 6 state senators, including 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats, have decided to retire, 1 of whom is seeking another office.

Republicans

Texas Senate, District 11 District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 11 is Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (J ...

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is retiring. #

Texas Senate, District 12 District 12 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 12 is Tan Parker Nathaniel Willis "Tan" Parker IV (born Ma ...

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is retiring. #

Texas Senate, District 24 District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba counties and portions of ...

: Dawn Buckingham is retiring to run for Texas Land Commissioner. #

Texas Senate, District 31 District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Ha ...

Kel Seliger Kelton Gray Seliger, known as Kel Seliger (born June 16, 1953), is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 31, which stretches from the Panhandle south to the Permian Basin. He has announced that he will not be running for re ...

is retiring.

Democrats

Texas Senate, District 10 District 10 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Tarrant county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 10 is Democrat Beverly Powell Beverly Powell (born September 18, 1951), ...

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is retiring. #

Texas Senate, District 27 District 27 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'' ...

Eddie Lucio Jr. Eduardo Andres Lucio Jr. (born January 20, 1946) is a Democratic politician who served in the Texas Senate, representing the 27th District from 1991 to 2023. Lucio also previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1991 ...

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Predictions

Polling

Senate District 27

Results summary

Close races

Senate Districts

See also

Notes

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