Texas Senate, District 18

District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties and a western portion of Fort Bend County in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 18 is Republican Glenn Hegar, who won the seat in 2006 after incumbent Democrat Ken Armbrister retired, making it the only Texas Senate seat to switch parties in 2006, which was highly unusual as 2006 was a forgettable year for Republicans, who lost control of both houses of the United States Congress that year.

Election history

Election history of District 18 from 1992. [Uncontested primary elections are not shown.]

Most recent elections

2006

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title=Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2006 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Glenn Hegar
votes = 110,512
percentage = 78.92
change = +33.80Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Roy O. Wright, II
votes = 29,511
percentage = 21.08
change = +19.51Election box majority
votes = 81,001
percentage = 57.85
change = +49.67Election box turnout
votes = 140,023
percentage =
change = -12.60Election box gain with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2006 Republican Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Gary Gates
votes = 12,933
percentage = 35.63
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Glenn Hegar
votes = 19,934
percentage = 54.92
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = David Stall
votes = 3,428
percentage = 9.44
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 7,001
percentage = 19.29
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 36,295
percentage =
change =

Previous elections

2002

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title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Lester Phipps
votes = 72,296
percentage = 45.13
change = +4.57Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ken Armbrister (Incumbent)
votes = 85,401
percentage = 53.31
change = -6.13Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Horace Henley
votes = 2,508
percentage = 1.57
change = +1.57Election box majority
votes = 13,105
percentage = 8.18
change = -10.70Election box turnout
votes = 160,205
percentage =
change = +11.65Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 Republican Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Lester Phipps
votes = 11,774
percentage = 50.13
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Michael Rozell
votes = 11,713
percentage = 49.87
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 61
percentage = 0.26
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 23,487
percentage =
change =

1998

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title=Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1998 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Reese Turner
votes = 58,195
percentage = 40.56
change = +40.56Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ken Armbrister (Incumbent)
votes = 85,291
percentage = 59.44
change = -40.56Election box majority
votes = 27,096
percentage = 18.88
change = -81.12Election box turnout
votes = 143,486
percentage =
change = +46.32Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

1994

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title=Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1994 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ken Armbrister (Incumbent)
votes = 98,066
percentage = 100.00
change = +40.34Election box majority
votes = 98,066
percentage = 100.00
change = +80.68Election box turnout
votes = 98,066
percentage =
change = -48.56Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

1992

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title=Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 18 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ken Armbrister (Incumbent)
votes = 113,729
percentage = 59.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Carolyn McDaniel
votes = 76,905
percentage = 40.34
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,824
percentage = 19.32
change = Election box turnout
votes = 190,634
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

District officeholders

References