Texas Senate, District 30 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	2.4
Population:	914,739
Percent Hispanic:	17.2
District:	30
Percent Black:	6.7
Percent White:	72.8
Residence:	Muenster
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Drew Springer
Chamber:	Senate

District 30 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, and Young counties, and portions of Collin, Denton, Parker, and Wichita counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Drew Springer who took office in early January, 2021, replacing Pat Fallon.

Biggest cities in the district

District 30 has a population of 829,574 with 623,474 that are at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Wichita Falls	Wichita	104,553
2	Denton	Denton	73,602
3	Sherman	Grayson	38,521
4	Wylie	Collin	28,082
5	Weatherford	Parker	25,250

Election history

Election history of District 30 from 1992.

2022

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

2018

Pat Fallon defeated incumbent Craig Estes in the 2018 Republican primary.

1992

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 30	width=70%	Counties in District
5	Antoine Supervièle	Bexar.
6
7	Isaiah Addison Paschal
8
9	N. A. Mitchell
10	N. A. Mitchell William B. Knox
11	William B. Knox
12	Albert Jennings Fountain	Atascosa, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Karnes, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala.
13
14	William J. Russell, Jr.	All of Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala. Portion of Bexar.
15	James Harvey McLeary	Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green.
16	Augustus W. Houston
17
18	John Henry Traylor	Bosque, Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Somervell.
19
20	Louis N. Frank
21
22
23	James W. Swayne	Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant.
24	William J. Bailey
25
26	William A. Hanger
27
28
29
30	David M. Alexander
31
32	Offa S. Lattimore
33
34
35
36	Robert Carlock
37
38	Robert A. Stuart
39	William H. Bledsoe	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum.
40
41	Pink L. Parrish
42
43	Arthur Pope Duggan
44	Arthur Pope Duggan G. Hobert Nelson
45	G. Hobert Nelson
46
47	Marshall Formby
48
49	Sterling J. Parrish
50
51	Kilmer Blane Corbin, Sr.
52
53	Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Hale, Hall, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher.
54
55
56
57
58
59
60	Jack Hightower	Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, King, Knox, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher, Wichita, Wilbarger.
61
62
63		Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger.
64	Ray Farabee
65
66
67
68		All of Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Mitchell, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. Portion of Denton.
69
70
71	Steve Carriker
72
73		All of Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Stephens, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. Portion of Denton.
74	Tom Haywood	All of Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Grayson, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Scurry, Stonewall, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger. Portions of Collin, Denton, Taylor.
75
76
77	Tom Haywood Craig Estes
78	Craig Estes	All of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton.
79
80
81
82
83		All of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wichita, Wise, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton.
84
85
86	Pat Fallon
87	Drew Springer
88		All of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Young. Portions of Collin, Denton, Parker, 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.