District 23 of the

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is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of

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and Tarrant counties in the

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state of

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. The current senator from District 23 is

Royce West Royce Barry West (born September 26, 1952) is an American politician who serves as a member of the Texas Senate, representing the Dallas-based Texas Senate, District 23, 23rd District. Early life and education West was born in Annapolis, Ma ...

. In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.

Biggest cities in the district

District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.

Election history

Election history of District 23 from 1992.

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( Democratic) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and West was declared elected without a vote.

Biggest cities in the district

Election history

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