District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.
In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.
Biggest cities in the district District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. Name County Pop.1DallasDallas607,7342DeSoto49,0473Cedar Hill44,4774Duncanville38,5245Lancaster36,361
Election history Election history of District 23 from 1992.
2024
2022 Royce West (Democratic) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and West was declared elected without a vote.
2018
2014
2012
2008
2004
2002
1998
1994
1992
District officeholders Legislature Senator, District 23 Counties in District 4 Thomas Hinds Duggan DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca. 5 James H. Armstrong Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson. 6 7 George Bernard Erath 8 9 Chauncey Berkeley Shepard Austin, Washington. 10 11 James W. McDade 12 George R. Shannon Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor. 13 Andrew J. Ball 14 Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young. 15 Thomas Ball Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young. 16 William R. Shannon 17 18 Andrew Jackson Harris Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. 19 Charles Keith Bell 20 21 George W. Tyler 22 23 Edwin Augustus Atlee Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. 24 25 26 27 D. McNeill Turner 28 John G. Willacy Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. 29 30 31 32 33 34 Archie Parr 35 Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata. 36 37 38 39 John D. Parnell Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. 40 William D. McFarlane 41 42 Benjamin G. Oneal 43 44 45 46 George C. Moffett 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. 54 55 56 57 58 Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. 59 Jack Hightower 60 Oscar Mauzy Portion of Dallas. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. 69 70 Eddie Bernice Johnson 71 72 73 Royce West Portion of Dallas. 74 Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. 75 76 77 78 Portion of Dallas. 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. 89
Notes
References