Texas Senate, District 24

Texas's 24th State Senate district
Senator	Pete Flores R – Pleasanton
Demographics	61.6%  White 13.9%  Black 21.3%  Hispanic 3.2%  Asian
Population	857,714

District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba counties and portions of Taylor and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current senator from District 24 is Pete Flores.

Biggest cities in the district

District 24 has a population of 798,189 with 596,939 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. ^[1]

	Name	County	Pop. [2] [lower-alpha 1]
1	Killeen	Bell	127,921
2	Abilene	Taylor	78,717
3	Temple	Bell	66,102
4	Copperas Cove	Bell/Coryell/Lampasas	32,032
5	Harker Heights	Bell	26,700

Election history

Election history of District 24 from 1992. ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham (Incumbent)	263,156	69.64	-2.75
	Democratic	Clayton Tucker	114,737	30.36	+2.75
Turnout			377,893	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 24 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham (Incumbent)	214,568	72.39	-27.61
	Democratic	Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder	81,836	27.61	+27.61
Turnout			296,404
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 24 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	209,319	100.00	+14.53
Turnout			209,319
	Republican hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 24 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	197,125	85.47	-14.53
	Libertarian	Bill Oliver	33,518	14.53	+14.53
Turnout			230,643
	Republican hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 24 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	189,778	100.00	+9.53
Majority			189,778	100.00	+19.06
Turnout			189,778		+40.32
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 24 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	122,355	90.47	-9.53
	Libertarian	Steve Kirby	12,887	9.53	+9.53
Majority			109,468	80.94	-19.06
Turnout			135,242		+3.31
	Republican hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 24 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	130,913	100.00	+48.15
Majority			130,913	100.00	+96.30
Turnout			130,913		-21.82
	Republican hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 24 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser	86,828	51.85	+5.20
	Democratic	Rick Rhodes	80,632	48.15	-5.20
Majority			6,196	3.70	-3.01
Turnout			167,460		+32.29
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 24 ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Bob Barina	4,204	18.91
✓	Troy Fraser	18,028	81.09
Majority		13,824	62.18
Turnout

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 24 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	67,536	53.35	-46.65
	Republican	Hugh Shine	59,048	46.65	+46.65
Majority			8,848	6.71	-93.29
Turnout			126,584		+14.52
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 24 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Madla	110,534	100.00
Majority			110,534	100.00
Turnout			110,534
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 24	Counties in District
4	Israel B. Bigelow	Cameron, Starr.
5	Guy Morrison Bryan	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton.
6
7	George E. Quinan
8
9	George Preston Finlay Samuel Addison White	Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria.
10	Samuel Addison White
11	Jacob B. Reid
12	Bolivar Jackson Pridgen	Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
13	George Preston Finlay	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
14	William R. Friend	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
15	John D. Stephens	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Jones, Palo Pinto, Runnels, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Taylor.
16	Jewett H. Davenport
17
18	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Burnet, Travis, Williamson.
19	George Washington Glasscock, Jr.
20
21
22
23	Perry J. Lewis	Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina.
24
25
26
27	Theodore Harris
28	Marshall Hicks	Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr.
29
30	Robert B. Green
31	Robert B. Green Julius Real
32	Julius Real
33
34	Carlos Bee
35		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real.
36	Harry Hertzberg
37
38	Thomas H. Ridgeway
39	Jesse R. Smith	Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton.
40
41	Oliver C. Cunningham
42
43	Wilbourne B. Collie
44
45
46
47	John Lee Smith Pat M. Bullock
48	Pat M. Bullock
49
50
51
52
53	Harley Sadler	Borden, Dickens, Fisher, Garza, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
54	David Ratliff
55
56
57
58		Borden, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
59
60		Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Fisher, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Sterling, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
61
62	David Ratliff Bill Tippen
63	Grant Jones	Brown, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, McCulloch, McLennan, Menard, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
64
65
66
67
68		Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
69
70
71	Robert Temple Dickson III
72
73	Frank L. Madla	Atascosa, Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba.
74	Bill Sims	All of Bell, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, Young. Portions of Llano, Taylor.
75	Troy Fraser
76
77
78		Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba, Taylor.
79
80
81
82
83		All of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, and San Saba. Portions of Taylor and Travis.
84
85	Dawn Buckingham
86
87

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 June 19, 2020.
2. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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6. "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
7. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
8. "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
9. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
10. "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
11. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
12. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.