The 1986 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 70th Texas Legislature.
Background Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections.
Results Democrats maintained their supermajority in the chamber, winning 25 seats to the Republicans' 6.Kingston 1987, p. 493 The Senate had its most female members in its history up to that point with newly elected Senators Eddie Bernice Johnson and Judith Zaffirini joining Cyndi Taylor Krier in the chamber.Kingston 1987, p. 505
Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 5 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 652,05199.94% - -290.06%52,080100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7 - - -100.00% - - -100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - -97,69093.28%7,0366.72%104,726100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1154,25663.82%30,76236.18% - -85,018100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1267,29958.76%47,23341.24% - -114,532100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 13 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 15 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1633,51231.64%72,39768.36% - -105,909100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1876,72361.63%47,77138.37% - -124,494100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1944,64261.74%26,74336.98%9251.28%72,310100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2159,15351.94%54,73648.06% - -113,889100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2361,53876.57%18,83223.43% - -80,370100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 25 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 27 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 29 -100.00% - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdTotal – – – – – – –100.00% Source:
References
Further reading
Kingston, Mike (1987). Texas Almanac, 1988-1989. Dallas, Texas: The Dallas Morning News. pp. 427–428. . LCCN 10–3390.