Texas_Senate,_District_31

Texas's 31st
State Senate district
Texas's 31st; State Senate district
Senator
	Kevin Sparks; R–Midland
Demographics	48.8% White; 6.1% Black; 42.7% Hispanic; 2.4% Asian
Population	861,211

Texas Senate, District 31

American legislative district

District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Winkler and Yoakum counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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The current senator from District 31 is Kevin Sparks.

Election history

Election history of District 31 from 1992.^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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	Name	County	Pop.^[2]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Amarillo	Potter/Randall	190,695
2	Midland	Martin/Midland	111,147
3	Odessa	Ector/Midland	99,940
4	Big Spring	Howard	27,282
5	Pampa	Gray	17,994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Sparks	45,867	54.88
	Republican	Tim Reid	19,039	22.78
	Republican	Stormy Bradley	13,573	16.24
	Republican	Jesse Quackenbush	5,101	6.1
Total votes			83,580	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Sparks
Total votes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (Incumbent)	174,367	87.52	−2.91
	Libertarian	Jack Westbrook	24,869	12.48	+2.91
Majority			96,469	75.04	−5.82
Turnout			199,236
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (Incumbent)	107,885	90.43	-9.57
	Libertarian	Steven Gibson	11,416	9.57	+9.57
Majority			96,469	80.86	-19.14
Turnout			119,301
	Republican hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (Incumbent)	195,878	100.0	+9.79
Majority			195,878
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (Incumbent)	180,267	90.21	+11.68
	Libertarian	Lauren Poindexter	19,569	9.79	+9.79
Majority			160,698	80.42	+21.47
Turnout			199,836
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kel Seliger (Incumbent)	170,299	78.53	-21.47
	Democratic	Elaine King Miller	46,556	21.47	+21.47
Majority			123,743	57.06	-42.94
Turnout			216,855		+82.33
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kirk Edwards	32,094	43.85	^[10]+43.85
	Republican	Kel Seliger	41,102	56.15	+20.44
Majority			9,008	12.31
Turnout			73,196
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Barnes	9,478	13.65
	Republican	Kirk Edwards	14,273	20.56
	Republican	Lee Gibson	2,429	3.50
	Democratic	Elaine King Miller	5,738	8.27
	Republican	Jesse Quackenbush	1,488	2.14
	Republican	Kel Seliger	24,793	35.72
	Republican	Don Sparks	11,216	16.16
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Teel Bivins (Incumbent)	118,938	100.00	0.00
Majority			118,938	100.00	0.00
Turnout			118,938		+21.16
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Teel Bivins (Incumbent)	98,165	100.00	0.00
Majority			98,165	100.00	0.00
Turnout			98,165		-15.34
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Teel Bivins (Incumbent)	115,951	100.00	0.00
Majority			115,951	100.00	0.00
Turnout			115,951		-16.76
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Teel Bivins (Incumbent)	139,302	100.00
Majority			139,302	100.00
Turnout			139,302
	Republican hold

Legislature	Senator, District 31	Counties in District
5	Isaiah Addison Paschal	Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde.
6	Samuel A. Maverick
7	Samuel A. Maverick
8	Gustav Schleicher
9	Erastus Reed	Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
10	A. O. Cooley	Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
11	A. O. Cooley	Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
12	District Inactive
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15	Leonidas J. Storey	Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba.
16	Leonidas J. Storey
17	William Henry Burges
18	William A. Evans	Fannin, Lamar, Red River.
19	William A. Evans
20	Henry D. McDonald
21	Henry D. McDonald
22	James Clark
23	Emory C. Smith	Denton, Montague, Wise.
24	Emory C. Smith
25	Charles Vernon Terrell
26	Charles Vernon Terrell
27	George W. Savage
28	George W. Savage
29	Emory C. Smith
30	Emory C. Smith
31	John P. Hayter Charles Vernon Terrell
32	Charles Vernon Terrell
33	James R. Wiley
34	James R. Wiley
35	George M. Hopkins
36	George M. Hopkins
37	Guinn Williams
38	William H. Rice
39	J. W. Reid	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
40	J. W. Reid
41	Clint C. Small
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47	Grady Hazlewood
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53		Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
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60		Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
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62	Max Sherman
63		Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
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65	Max Sherman Bob Price
66	Bob Price
67	Bill Sarpalius
68		Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
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71	Teel Bivins
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73		Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
74		All of Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Winkler, Yoakum. Portion of Ector.
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78	Teel Bivins Kel Seliger	Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
79	Kel Seliger
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83		Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Winkler, Yoakum
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88	Kevin Sparks