Texas Senate, District 17 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	16.4
Population:	913,271
Percent Hispanic:	24
District:	17
Percent Black:	15.2
Percent White:	44.6
Residence:	Houston
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Joan Huffman
Chamber:	Senate

District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties, and portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 17 is Joan Huffman.

Biggest cities in the district

District 17 has a population of 804,162 with 605,764 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Houston	Fort Bend/Harris	322,519
2	Sugar Land	Fort Bend	68,795
3	Missouri City	Fort Bend	31,204
4	Lake Jackson	Brazoria	26,849
5	Bellaire	Harris	16,855

Election history

Election history of District 22 from 1992.

2002

Special

1992

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 17	Counties in District
1	Alexander H. Phillips	Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria.
2
3	David Y. Portis	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Lavaca, Wharton.
4	Peter W. Gray	Harris.
5	Mark M. Potter	Galveston.
6
7
8
9	Anthony Martin Branch David Catchings Dickson	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker.
10	David Catchings Dickson
11	Benton Randolph
12	William A. Saylor	Brazos, Burleson, Milam.
13
14	Jewett H. Davenport	Bell, Falls, Milam.
15	Walter Moses Burton	Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton.
16
17
18	John Johnson	Collin, Denton.
19
20	William Allen
21
22	Henry A. Finch
23	Miles Crowley	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton.
24	Miles Crowley Morris Lasker
25	John E. Linn
26
27	Robert V. Davidson
28
29	Robert V. Davidson William M. Holland
30	Thomas W. Masterson
31	Thomas W. Masterson John E. Kauffman
32	John E. Kauffman
33	John E. Kauffman William L. Hall
34	William L. Hall
35
36
37	William L. Hall Thomas J. Holbrook
38	Thomas J. Holbrook
39		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton.
40
41
42
43
44
45
46	William E. Stone
47
48
49
50	Jimmy Phillips
51
52
53		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda.
54
55
56	Jimmy Phillips A. R. "Babe" Schwartz
57	A. R. "Babe" Schwartz
58		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston.
59
60		All of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston. Portion of Harris.
61
62
63		All of Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Galveston, Matagorda. Portion of Harris.
64
65
66
67	J. E. "Buster" Brown
68		Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris.
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78	Kyle Janek	Portions of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson.
79
80	Kyle Janek Joan Huffman
81	Joan Huffman
82
83		Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris.
84
85
86
87
88		All of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton. Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller.

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
2. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals . 2020-06-24 . The Texas State Senate.
3. Web site: Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District . 2020-06-24 . The Texas State Senate.