Texas Senate, District 28 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	1.7
Population:	799,687
Percent Hispanic:	38.1
District:	28
Percent Black:	6.8
Percent White:	53.3
Residence:	Lubbock
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Charles Perry
Chamber:	Senate

District 28 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Baylor, Childress, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Motley, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Wheeler, Wilbarger counties and a portion of Wichita county in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 28 is Charles Perry.

Biggest cities in the district

District 28 has a population of 778,341 with 586,992 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Lubbock	Lubbock	229,573
2	San Angelo	Tom Green	93,200
3	Abilene	Jones/Taylor	38,346
4	Plainview	Hale	22,194
5	Levelland	Hockley	13,542

Election history

Election history of District 28 from 1992.

2022

Charles Perry (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Perry was declared elected without a vote.^[4]

1992

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 28	width=70%	Counties in District
5	Edwin B. Scarborough	Cameron, Hidalgo.
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9	George Bernard Erath George E. Burney	All of Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan, Runnels, Taylor. Portion of Ellis.
10	George E. Burney
11		Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan, Runnels, Taylor.
12	Marmion Henry Bowers	Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba, Travis, Williamson.
13	Nathan George Shelley
14	William H. Westfall	Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson.
15	William Henry Crain Ellsberry R. Lane	Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson.
16	Ellsberry R. Lane
17	Ellsberry R. Lane Lucas H. Brown
18	Augustus W. Houston	Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green.
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20	Robert Hance Burney
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23	John C. Baldwin	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
24	R. D. Gage	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
25	Henry A. Tillett	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
26	William P. Sebastian
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28		Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
29	Albert S. Hawkins William J. Cunningham
30	William J. Cunningham
31	W. John Bryan
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33	Homer P. Brelsford
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35	Charles R. Buchanan
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37	John A. Russell Joe Burkett
38	Joe Burkett
39	Robert A. Stuart	Tarrant.
40	Robert A. Stuart Julian C. Hyer
41	Julian C. Hyer
42	Frank H. Rawlings
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46	Jesse Martin
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48
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50	Keith F. Kelly
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53	Kilmer B. Corbin	Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
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55	Preston Smith
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58	H. J. "Doc" Blanchard
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60		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
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63		Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
64	Kent Hance
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66	E. L. Short
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68	John T. Montford	Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Howard, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
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73		Borden, Castro, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Reagan, Swisher, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler.
74	John T. Montford Robert L. Duncan	All of Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Reagan, Reeves, Sterling, Terry, Upton, Ward. Portions of Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Tom Green.
75	Robert L. Duncan
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78		Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Sterling, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Tom Green, Upton, Wheeler.
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83	Robert L. Duncan Charles Perry	All of Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger. Portions of Taylor.
84	Charles Perry
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88	All of Baylor, Childress, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Motley, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Wheeler, Wilbarger. Portions of Wichita.

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
2. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals . 2020-06-18 . The Texas State Senate.
3. Web site: Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District . 2020-06-18 . The Texas State Senate.
4. News: 2022 Texas State Senate Election Results . 24 July 2024 . The Ledger . 12 January 2023 . en.