Texas Senate, District 13

Texas's 13th State Senate district
Senator	Borris Miles D – Houston
Demographics	10.5%  White 41%  Black 40.3%  Hispanic 8.9%  Asian
Population	886,226

District 13 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current senator from District 13 is Borris Miles.

Biggest cities in the district

District 13 has a population of 946,273 with 713,052 that is at voting age from the 2020 census. ^[1]

	Name	County	Pop. [2] [lower-alpha 1]
1	Houston	Fort Bend/Harris	763,700
2	Missouri City	Fort Bend/Harris	74,151
3	Stafford	Fort Bend/Harris	17,121
4	Arcola	Fort Bend	1,747
5	Pearland	Fort Bend/Harris	6,005

District officeholders

Name		Party	Years	Legislature	Counties served
1	Philip Minor Cuney		February 16, 1846 – November 5, 1849	1st 2nd	Austin, Fort Bend
2	Jesse Grimes		November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851	3rd	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker
3	James Davis		November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853	4th	Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler
4	Madison G. Whitaker		November 7, 1853 – November 2, 1857	5th 6th	Angelina, Nacogdoches
5	John N. Fall		November 2, 1857 – November 4, 1861	7th 8th
6	Jefferson Weatherford		November 4, 1861 – October 17, 1864	9th 10th	Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman
7	J. K. P. Record		August 6, 1866 – February 7, 1870	11th
8	John G. Bell	Republican	February 18, 1870 – January 14, 1873	12th	Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton
9	Francis J. Franks	Republican	January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874	13th
10	Walter Moses Burton	Republican	February 20, 1874 – April 18, 1876	14th
11	Robert S. Guy	Democratic	April 18, 1876 – January 11, 1881	15th 16th	Dallas, Ellis
12	Anson Rainey	Democratic	January 11, 1881 – January 9, 1883	17th
13	John P. Fowler	Democratic	January 9, 1883 – January 11, 1887	18th 19th	Bastrop, Fayette, Lee
14	Jonathan Lane	Democratic	January 11, 1887 – January 13, 1891	20th 21st
15	Hiram Garwood	Democratic	January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893	22nd
16	Wiley M. Imboden	Democratic	January 10, 1893 – November 11, 1893	23rd	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
17	Benjamin F. Rogers	Democratic	January 8, 1895 – January 10, 1899	24th 25th
18	Levi Lloyd	Democratic	January 10, 1899 – January 13, 1903	26th 27th
19	James I. Perkins	Democratic	January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905	28th	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
20	Charles C. Stokes	Democratic	January 10, 1905 – August 11, 1910	29th 30th 31st
21	William J. Townsend, Jr.	Democratic	January 10, 1911 – January 9, 1917	32nd 33rd 34th
22	Jeff J. Strickland	Democratic	January 9, 1917 – October 2, 1920	35th 36th
23	I. D. Fairchild	Democratic	January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925	37th 38th
24	Edgar E. Witt	Democratic	January 13, 1925 – March 20, 1930	39th 40th 41st	Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
25	William Robert Poage	Democratic	January 13, 1931 – January 12, 1937	42nd 43rd 44th
26	William R. Newton, Sr.	Democratic	January 12, 1937 – May 21, 1938	45th
27	Doss Hardin	Democratic	July 23, 1938 – September 13, 1940	45th 46th
28	Kyle Vick	Democratic	January 14, 1941 – January 13, 1953	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
29	Jarrard Secrest	Democratic	January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1963	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Bell, McLennan, Milam
30	Murray Watson, Jr.	Democratic	January 8, 1963 – January 10, 1967	58th 59th
		Democratic	January 10, 1967 – January 9, 1973	60th 61st 62nd	Bell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
31	Walter Mengden	Republican	January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Harris
32	Craig A. Washington	Democratic	January 11, 1983 – January 23, 1990	68th 69th 70th 71st	Fort Bend, Harris
33	Rodney Ellis	Democratic	February 27, 1990 – January 10, 2017	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th
34	Borris Miles	Democratic	January 10, 2017 – Present	85th 86th 87th

Election history

Election history of District 21 from 1992. ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Milinda Morris	48,329	19.49	+19.49
	Democratic	Borris Miles (Incumbent)	199,639	80.51	-11.99
Turnout			247,968		+28.66
	Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 13 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Borris Miles	178,277	92.50	-7.50
	Libertarian	Joshua Rohn	14,447	7.50	+7.50
Turnout			192,724		+5.97
	Democratic hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 13 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	181,866	100.00	+21.83
Turnout			181,866		+25.64
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 13 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Mauldin	31,596	21.83	+21.83
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	113,155	78.17	-21.83
Turnout			144,751		+60.57
	Democratic hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 13 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	90,148	100.00	0.00
Majority			90,148	100.00	0.00
Turnout			90,148		-16.45
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 13 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	107,897	100.00	0.00
Majority			107,897	100.00	0.00
Turnout			107,897		+24.55
	Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 13 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	86,631	100.00	0.00
Majority			86,631	100.00	0.00
Turnout			86,631		-3.56
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 13 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	89,832	100.00	+8.59
Majority			89,832	100.00	+17.18
Turnout			89,832		-39.29
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 13 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	135,262	91.41
	Libertarian	John Persakis	12,713	8.59
Majority			122,549	82.82
Turnout			147,975
	Democratic hold

Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

1. "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
2. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
3. "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
4. "2012 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
5. "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
6. "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
7. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
8. "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
9. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
10. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.