Texas Senate, District 30

District 30 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise and Young counties, and portions of Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 30 is Craig Estes.

Election history

Election history of District 30 from 1992. [Uncontested primary elections are not shown.]

Most recent election

2004

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2004 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)
votes = 182,057
percentage = 69.05
change = +1.49Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Paul S. Gibbs
votes = 81,614
percentage = 30.95
change = +1.18Election box majority
votes = 100,443
percentage = 38.09
change = +0.31Election box turnout
votes = 263,671
percentage =
change = +63.16Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)

Previous elections

2002

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title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)
votes = 109,167
percentage = 67.55
change = +4.91Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Donald L. Acheson
votes = 48,110
percentage = 29.77
change = -7.58Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Diane Wilson
votes = 4,321
percentage = 2.67
change = +2.67Election box majority
votes = 61,057
percentage = 37.78
change = +12.49Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 Republican Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Dave Deison
votes = 11,508
percentage = 42.30
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Craig L. Estes (Incumbent)
votes = 15,698
percentage = 57.70
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 4,190
percentage = 15.40
change = Election box turnout no party
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box begin no party
title=Democratic primary, 2002: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 Democratic Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Donald R. Acheson
votes = 12,723
percentage = 57.01
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Robert H. Fenoglio, Sr.
votes = 9,595
percentage = 42.99
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 3,128
percentage = 14.02
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 22,318
percentage =
change =

2001

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title=Special Election Runoff: Senate District 30, Unexpired Term [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = Special Election Runoff, State Senate, District 30 | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)]
4 December 2001Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Craig Estes
votes = 109,167
percentage = 62.70
change = [Change from Special Election] +15.49Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Greg L. Underwood
votes = 9,120
percentage = 37.30
change = +14.38Election box majority
votes = 6,212
percentage = 25.40
change = Election box turnout
votes = 24,452
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)Election box begin
title=Special Election: Senate District 30, Unexpired Term [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = Special Election, State Senate, District 30 | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)]
6 November 2001Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Rick Bunch
votes = 520
percentage = 1.46
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Craig Estes
votes = 16,870
percentage = 47.21
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Doug Jeffrey
votes = 1,139
percentage = 3.19
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Harry Reynolds
votes = 2,908
percentage = 8.14
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Greg L. Underwood
votes = 8,189
percentage = 22.92
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Kirk Wilson
votes = 6,105
percentage = 17.09
change =Election box turnout
votes = 35,731
percentage =
change =

1998

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title=Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1998 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Tom Haywood (Incumbent] )
votes = 82,996
percentage = 62.65
change = +11.44Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Greg Underwood
votes = 49,483
percentage = 37.35
change = -11.44Election box majority
votes = 33,513
percentage = 25.30
change = +22.88Election box turnout
votes = 132,479
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)

1994

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title=Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1994 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Steven A. Carriker (Incumbent)
votes = 73,964
percentage = 48.79
change = -1.94Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Tom Haywood
votes = 77,626
percentage = 51.21
change = +1.94Election box majority
votes = 3,662
percentage = 2.42
change = +0.95Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1994 Republican Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Tom Haywood
votes = 9,284
percentage = 65.60
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Doyle High
votes = 4,868
percentage = 34.40
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 4,416
percentage = 31.20
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 14,152
percentage =
change =

1992

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title=Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 30 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-05 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Steven A. Carriker (Incumbent)
votes = 100,079
percentage = 50.73
change = Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Tom Haywood
votes = 97,180
percentage = 49.27
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,899
percentage = 1.47
change = Election box turnout
votes = 197,259
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)

District officeholders

References