Texas Senate, District 21 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	1.2
Population:	888,624
Percent Hispanic:	72.3
District:	21
Percent Black:	4.1
Percent White:	22.6
Residence:	Laredo
Party:	Democratic
Representative:	Judith Zaffirini
Chamber:	Senate

District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Caldwell, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata counties and portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 21 is Judith Zaffirini.

Biggest cities in the district

District 21 has a population of 807,460 with 567,099 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Laredo	Webb	236,091
2	Austin	Travis	129,085
3	San Marcos	Caldwell/Hays/Guadalupe	24,197
4	Seguin	Guadalupe	23,620
5	Portland	San Patricio	15,099

Election history

Election history of District 21 from 1992.

1992

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 21	width=70%	Counties in District
3	H. Clay Davis	Cameron, Starr, Webb.
4	Edward Burleson John Salmon "Rip" Ford	Gillespie, Hays, Travis.
5	Elliot McNeil Millican	Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson.
6
7	Elliot McNeil Millican David M. Whaley
8	David M. Whaley
9	Robert H. Graham	Archer, Baylor, Buchanan, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
10	Daniel Montague	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Knox, Montague, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young.
11	J. M. Blount
12	Samuel Evans	Collin, Dallas, Tarrant.
13
14	Robert D. Allison	Collin, Denton, Wise.
15	William M. Brown	Bell, Falls, Milam.
16
17	Andrew Jackson Harris
18	William H. Getzendaner	Ellis, Hill, Johnson.
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20	Samuel C. Upshaw
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22	Martin McNulty Crane
23	William Oscar Hutchison	Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
24	Joseph Burton Dibrell, Jr.
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26
27
28	Joseph Faust
29
30
31	Ferdinand C. Weinert
32
33	Ferdinand C. Weinert James A. Harley
34	James A. Harley
35	James A. Harley Martin Faust
36	Martin Faust
37	Cyrus Richards Alvin J. Wirtz
38	Alvin J. Wirtz
39	Carl C. Hardin	Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton.
40
41
42
43	Roy Sanderford
44
45	James Manley Head
46
47	Karl Lovelady
48
49	Buster Brown
50
51	William A. Shofner
52
53	Abraham "Chick" Kazen	Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Maverick, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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55
56
57
58
59
60	Wayne Connally	All of Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Refugio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
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63	John Traeger	All of Atascosa, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
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68		All of Atascosa, Bee, Comal, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
69
70	Judith Zaffirini	All of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portions of Bexar, Comal.
71
72
73		All of Bee, Brewster, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Starr, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portions of Bexar, Comal, El Paso.
74		All of Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Uvalde.
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78		All of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
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83		Bee, Caldwell, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata. Portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis.
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88		Caldwell, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata. Portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis.

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
2. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals . 2020-06-19 . The Texas State Senate.
3. Web site: Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District . 2020-06-19 . The Texas State Senate.