Texas Senate, District 15

District 15 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 15 is John Whitmire.

Election history

Election history of District 15 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent election

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 15^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Angel DeLaRosa	33,396	36.99	-2.64
	Democratic	John Whitmire	56,884	63.01	+2.64
Majority			23,488	26.02	+5.28
Turnout			90,280		-12.74
	Democratic hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 15^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Michael P. Wolfe	41,003	39.63	+4.69
	Democratic	John Whitmire	62,458	60.37	-4.69
Majority			21,455	20.71	-9.38
Turnout			103,461		-29.76
	Democratic hold

Republican Party Primary Election, 2002: Senate District 15^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Sam Texas	1,698	16.96
✓	Michael P. Wolfe	8,314	83.04
Turnout		12,713

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 15^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Warren A. Lawless	51,465	34.94	-3.01
	Democratic	John Whitmire	95,826	65.06	+3.01
Majority			44,361	30.12	+6.02
Turnout			147,291		+12.65
	Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 15^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tom Kelly	49,619	37.95	+37.95
	Democratic	John Whitmire	81,134	62.05	-37.95
Majority			31,515	24.10	-75.90
Turnout			130,753		+97.09
	Democratic hold

Republican Party Primary Election, 1992: Senate District 15^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Tom Kelly	8,608	67.71
	David D. Schein	4,105	32.29
Turnout		12,713

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 15^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John Whitmire	66,341	100.00	+30.12
Majority			66,341	100.00	+55.79
Turnout			66,341		-33.62
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 15^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John Whitmire	69,844	69.88
	Republican	Thomas V. Kelly	25,660	25.67
	Libertarian	George Hollenback	4,438	4.44
Majority			44,184	44.21
Turnout			99,942
	Democratic hold

Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election, 1992: Senate District 15^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Roman O. Martinez	15,390	47.61
✓	John Whitmire	16,938	52.39
Turnout		32,328

Democratic Party Primary Election, 1992: Senate District 15^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	David Alley	1,587	4.97
✓	Roman O. Martinez	15,575	48.87
✓	John Whitmire	14,707	46.14
Turnout		31,869

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 15	Counties in District
1	Edward Burleson	Bastrop, Travis.
2
3	Wilds K. Cooke	Brazos, Leon, Limestone, Navarro, Robertson.
4	Jesse Grimes	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker.
5	William C. Edwards	Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine.
6	James M. Burroughs
7
8	Franklin Barlow Sexton Henry C. Wallace
9	J. J. Dickson William D. Lair	Collin, Grayson.
10	James W. Throckmorton
11	John K. Bumpass
12	John S. Mills	Grimes, Madison, Walker.
13	Edward T. Randle
14		Grimes, Madison, San Jacinto, Walker.
15	Thomas J. McCulloch	Brazos, Leon, Robertson.
16
17	John Nathaniel Henderson
18	Lochlin Johnson Farrar	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro.
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20	Eldred James Simkins
21
22
23	William P. McComb	Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker.
24
25	George D. Neal
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27
28	Alfred W. Morris
29	McDonald J. Meachum
30
31
32
33	Clinton W. Nugent
34
35	William L. Dean
36
37	Henry L. Lewis
38
39	Gus Russek	Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Waller.
40
41
42
43
44	Louis J. Sulak
45
46
47
48
49
50	Gus J. Strauss
51
52
53		Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton.
54
55	Culp Krueger
56
57
58		Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton.
59
60	Henry Grover	Portion of Harris.
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62
63	Jack C. Ogg
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65
66
67
68	John Whitmire
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References

1. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
2. "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
3. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
4. "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
5. "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
6. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
7. "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
8. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-18.
9. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
10. "1992 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.
11. "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-12-19.