Texas Senate, District 6

Last updated
Texas's 4th
State Senate district
Senator
  Carol Alvarado
D – Houston
Demographics10.1%  White
12.7%  Black
75.3%  Hispanic
2.4%  Asian
Population863,488

District 6 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat is currently held by Carol Alvarado, [1] who won a 2018 special election after the resignation of Senator Sylvia Garcia.

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Election history

Election history of District 6 from 1992. [2]

Most recent elections

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 6 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos Jr. 75,31891.74-8.24
Libertarian Tony Deppenschmidt6,6148.05+8.05
Write-InSusan Delgado1600.19+0.19
Majority68,70483.69-16.31
Turnout 82,092+51.65
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 6 [4]
CandidateVotes %±
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 6,48453.92
Yolanda Navarro Flores 5,54146.07
Turnout 12,025

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 6 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 54,130100.000.00
Majority54,130100.00+43.41
Turnout 54,130+43.41
Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 6 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 37,746100.000.00
Majority37,746100.00-2.59
Turnout 37,746-2.59
Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 6 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mario Gallegos, Jr. 38,749100.00+57.52
Majority38,749100.00+69.20
Turnout 38,749-74.55
Democratic gain from Republican
Democratic primary runoff, 1994: Senate District 6 [8]
CandidateVotes %±
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 9,61357.19
Roman O. Martinez 7,19342.80
Turnout 16,806
Democratic primary, 1994: Senate District 6 [9]
CandidateVotes %±
✓ Roman O. Martinez 9,02637.91
✓ Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. 5,99025.15
Yolanda Navarro Flores 4,93620.73
David Thomas McCullough3,85716.19
Turnout 23,809

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 6 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dan Shelley 87,57057.52
Democratic Don Coffey 64,66942.48
Majority22,90115.04
Turnout 152,239
Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 6Counties in District
1 Jesse J. Robinson Jasper, Sabine.
2 John H. McRae Jasper, Newton, Sabine.
3 James F. Taylor Harrison, Smith, Upshur.
4 George Washington Hill Henderson, Limestone, Navarro.
5 Simpson C. Newman Upshur, Wood.
6 Jonathan Russell
7
8 Emory Rains
9 Matthew Fielding Locke
Stephen W. Beasley 		Harrison, Upshur.
10 Stephen W. Beasley
11 C. C. Coppedge
12 James Postell Douglas Smith, Upshur.
13 John Lane Henry
14 John Lafayette Camp
15 William Amos Wortham Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus.
16 William Jesse Swain
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18 John C. Buchanan Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Wood.
19 John Lafayette Camp, Jr.
20
21 William C. "Cone" Johnson
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23 Oliver P. Bowser Dallas, Rockwall.
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25
26 Barry Miller
27
28 William C. McKamy, Jr.
29
30 Erasmus G. Senter
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32 James C. McNealus
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34
35
36
37 James C. McNealus
Hart Willis
38 John Davis
39 J. Roy Hardin Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro.
40 Julian P. Greer
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44 Clay Cotten
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46
47
48 Clay Cotten
James E. Taylor
49 James E. Taylor
50
51 James E. Taylor
George O. Nokes, Jr.
52 George O. Nokes, Jr.
53 J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. Harris.
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55
56 Robert W. Baker
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58 Criss Cole
59
60 Portion of Harris.
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62 James P. Wallace
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64 Lindon Williams
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70 Gene Green
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73 Dan Shelley
74 Mario Gallegos, Jr.
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  2. ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. ↑ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
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  6. ↑ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  7. ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  8. ↑ "1994 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
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