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 80th Texas Legislature. Five Senators chose to not run or were defeated in the primaries.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Rothenberg | November 4, 2006
Summary of Results PartyCandidatesVotesSeats %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–Republican141,337,43561.98%191011201Democratic9637,11529.52%1265111Libertarian9183,3558.50%0000Total2,157,977100.0031161631Source:
Results by district DistrictDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 1 - -109,45083.13%22,21116.87%131,661100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2 - -92,43178.68%25,04321.32%117,474100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3 - -119,629100.00% - -119,629100.00%Republican holdDistrict 559,67134.62%105,97961.48%6,7193.90%172,369100.00%Republican holdDistrict 752,58630.81%118,06769.19% - -170,653100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8 - -127,590100.00% - -127,590100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1255,38032.35%109,51363.98%6,2733.66%171,166100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1390,148100.00% - - - -90,148100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14127,22380.32% - -31,10819.68%158,403100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1556,88463.01%33,39636.99% - -90,280100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 17 - -88,48377.82%25,21222.18%113,695100.00%Republican holdDistrict 18 - -110,51278.92%29,51121.08%140,023100.00%Republican GAINDistrict 1958,87659.17%40,62140.83% - -99,497100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 22 - -112,76580.60%27,14119.40%139,906100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2584,81637.23%132,87258.32%10,1374.45%227,825100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2951,53158.79%36,12741.21% - -87,658100.00%Democratic holdTotal637,11529.52%1,337,43561.98%183,3558.50%2,157,977100.00%Source:
Detailed results
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
District 17
District 18 Incumbent Democratic Senator Ken Armbrister 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.
District 19 Incumbent Frank Madla 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
District 29 This was considered by some to be an extremely important Texas Senate election race.Texas Monthly: Textalk 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 Laura Bush'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.
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