Texas's 23rd Senate district

Texas's 23rd
State Senate district
Texas's 23rd; State Senate district
Senator
	Royce West; D–Dallas
Demographics	14.5% White; 38.8% Black; 45.3% Hispanic; 1.8% Asian
Population	887,311

District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.

Senator

Royce West
D–Dallas

Demographics14.5% White
38.8% Black
45.3% Hispanic
1.8% Asian

Population887,311

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In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.^[2]

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	Name	County	Pop.^[4]^[a]
1	Dallas	Dallas	607,734
2	DeSoto		49,047
3	Cedar Hill		44,477
4	Duncanville		38,524
5	Lancaster		36,361

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	253,413	100.00
Majority			253,413	100.00
Turnout			253,413
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	192,148	100.00	+20.61
Majority			192,148	100.00	+39.45
Turnout			192,148
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Majority			75,582	60.55	−3.25
Turnout			124,826
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	187,407	81.90	−10.50
	Republican	Bishop John Lawson	41,429	18.10	+18.10
Majority			145,978	63.80	−21.00
Turnout			228,836
	Democratic hold

Texas's 23rd Senate district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	176,451	92.40	−7.60
	Libertarian	Jim Renfro	14,503	7.60	+7.60
Majority			161,948	84.80	−15.20
Turnout			190,954
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%
	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	%
	Jerald Larry	5,963	13.88
	Jesse Oliver	12,240	28.49
✓	Royce West	24,764	57.63
Majority		12,524	29.15
Turnout

Legislature	Senator, District 23	Counties in District
4	Thomas Hinds Duggan	DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca.
5	James H. Armstrong	Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson.
6	James H. Armstrong
7	George Bernard Erath
8	George Bernard Erath
9	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Austin, Washington.
10	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard
11	James W. McDade
12	George R. Shannon	Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor.
13	Andrew J. Ball
14	Andrew J. Ball	Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
15	Thomas Ball	Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young.
16	William R. Shannon
17	William R. Shannon
18	Andrew Jackson Harris	Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas.
19	Charles Keith Bell
20	Charles Keith Bell
21	George W. Tyler
22	George W. Tyler
23	Edwin Augustus Atlee	Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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27	D. McNeill Turner
28	John G. Willacy	Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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34	Archie Parr
35		Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata.
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39	John D. Parnell	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
40	William D. McFarlane
41	William D. McFarlane
42	Benjamin G. Oneal
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46	George C. Moffett
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53		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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58		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
59	Jack Hightower
60	Oscar Mauzy	Portion of Dallas.
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68		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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70	Eddie Bernice Johnson
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74		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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78		Portion of Dallas.
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88		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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