The 1990 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 State Senate. The winners of this election served in the 72rd Texas Legislature.
Background Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections. Results No seats changed hands in the 1990 elections, with Democrats maintaining their supermajority in the chamber.
Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 573,23150.00%64,54244.06%8,7035.94%146,476100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 650,09269.21%22,28530.79% - -72,377100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7 - - -100.00% - - -100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - - -100.00% - - -100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1156,39955.23%45,72144.77% - -102,120100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1273,75963.41%39,25933.75%3,2972.83%116,315100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1368,39875.30%22,41824.68%210.02%90,837100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 15 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1649,96840.19%74,35659.81% - -124,324100.00%Republican holdDistrict 18 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 19 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2181,36368.29%37,78131.71% - -119,144100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 23 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 25 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 27 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2951,48768.28%23,92031.72% - -75,407100.00%Democratic holdTotal – – – – – – –100.00% Source:
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