District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties, and portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current senator from District 17 is Joan Huffman.
Biggest cities in the district District 17 has a population of 804,162 with 605,764 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. Name County Pop.1HoustonFort Bend/Harris322,5192Sugar LandFort Bend68,7953Missouri CityFort Bend31,2044Lake JacksonBrazoria26,8495BellaireHarris16,855
Election history Election history of District 22 from 1992.
2024
2022
2018
2014
2012
2010
2008 (special)
2006
2002
Special
1998
1994
1992
District officeholders Legislature Senator, District 17 Counties in District 1 Alexander H. Phillips Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria. 2 3 David Y. Portis Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Lavaca, Wharton. 4 Peter W. Gray Harris. 5 Mark M. Potter Galveston. 6 7 8 9 Anthony Martin BranchDavid Catchings Dickson Grimes, Montgomery, Walker. 10 David Catchings Dickson 11 Benton Randolph 12 William A. Saylor Brazos, Burleson, Milam. 13 14 Jewett H. Davenport Bell, Falls, Milam. 15 Walter Moses Burton Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton. 16 17 18 John Johnson Collin, Denton. 19 20 William Allen 21 22 Henry A. Finch 23 Miles Crowley Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton. 24 Miles CrowleyMorris Lasker 25 John E. Linn 26 27 Robert V. Davidson 28 29 Robert V. DavidsonWilliam M. Holland 30 Thomas W. Masterson 31 Thomas W. MastersonJohn E. Kauffman 32 John E. Kauffman 33 John E. KauffmanWilliam L. Hall 34 William L. Hall 35 36 37 William L. HallThomas J. Holbrook 38 Thomas J. Holbrook 39 Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton. 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 William E. Stone 47 48 49 50 Jimmy Phillips 51 52 53 Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda. 54 55 56 Jimmy PhillipsA. R. "Babe" Schwartz 57 A. R. "Babe" Schwartz 58 Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston. 59 60 All of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston.Portion of Harris. 61 62 63 All of Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Galveston, Matagorda.Portion of Harris. 64 65 66 67 J. E. "Buster" Brown 68 Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris. 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Kyle Janek Portions of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson. 79 80 Kyle JanekJoan Huffman 81 Joan Huffman 82 83 Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris. 84 85 86 87 88 All of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton.Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller. 89
Notes
References