District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.
Texas's 23rd State Senate district | |||
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Demographics | 14.5% White 38.8% Black 45.3% Hispanic 1.8% Asian | ||
Population | 887,311 |
In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.[1]
District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[2]
Name | County | Pop.[3][a] | |
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1 | Dallas | Dallas | 607,734 |
2 | DeSoto | 49,047 | |
3 | Cedar Hill | 44,477 | |
4 | Duncanville | 38,524 | |
5 | Lancaster | 36,361 |
Election history of District 23 from 1992.[b]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 192,148 | 100.00 | +20.61 | |
Turnout | 192,148 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 99,102 | 79.39 | -2.51 | |
Republican | John Lawson | 23,520 | 18.84 | +0.74 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan F. Erhardt | 2,204 | 1.77 | +1.77 | |
Turnout | 124,826 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 187,407 | 81.90 | -10.50 | |
Republican | Bishop John Lawson | 41,429 | 18.10 | +18.10 | |
Turnout | 228,836 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 176,451 | 92.40 | -7.60 | |
Libertarian | Jim Renfro | 14,503 | 7.60 | +7.60 | |
Turnout | 190,954 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
Majority | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 150,244 | +47.60 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
Majority | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 101,793 | +65.02 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
Majority | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 61,685 | -22.07 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 79,157 | 100.00 | +10.54 | |
Majority | 79,157 | 100.00 | +21.09 | ||
Turnout | 79,157 | -36.12 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Royce West | 110,856 | 89.46 | ||
Libertarian | Henry Burden | 13,066 | 10.54 | ||
Majority | 97,790 | 78.91 | |||
Turnout | 123,922 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Jerald Larry | 5,963 | 13.88 | ||
Jesse Oliver | 12,240 | 28.49 | ||
✓ | Royce West | 24,764 | 57.63 | |
Majority | 12,524 | 29.15 | ||
Turnout |