Texas Senate, District 31 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	2.4
Population:	861,211
Percent Hispanic:	42.7
District:	31
Percent Black:	6.1
Percent White:	48.8
Residence:	Midland
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Kevin Sparks
Chamber:	Senate

District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Roberts, Schleicher, Scurry, Sherman, Sterling, Swisher, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 31 is Kevin Sparks.

Biggest cities in the district

District 31 has a population of 793,600 with 573,847 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Amarillo	Potter/Randall	190,695
2	Midland	Martin/Midland	111,147
3	Odessa	Ector/Midland	99,940
4	Big Spring	Howard	27,282
5	Pampa	Gray	17,994

Election history

Election history of District 31 from 1992.

2022

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

1992

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 31	width=70%	Counties in District
5	Isaiah Addison Paschal	Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde.
6	Samuel A. Maverick
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8	Gustav Schleicher
9	Erastus Reed	Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
10	A. O. Cooley	Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
11		Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Dawson (defunct), Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
12	District Inactive
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14
15	Leonidas Jefferson Storey	Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba.
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17	William Henry Burges
18	William A. Evans	Fannin, Lamar, Red River.
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20	Henry D. McDonald
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22	James Clark
23	Emory C. Smith	Denton, Montague, Wise.
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25	Charles Vernon Terrell
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27	George W. Savage
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29	Emory C. Smith
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31	John P. Hayter Charles Vernon Terrell
32	Charles Vernon Terrell
33	James R. Wiley
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35	George M. Hopkins
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37	Guinn Williams
38	William H. Rice
39	J. W. Reid	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
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41	Clint C. Small
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43
44
45
46
47	Grady Hazlewood
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49
50
51
52
53		Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
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55
56
57
58
59
60		Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler.
61
62	Max Sherman
63		Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
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65	Max Sherman Bob Price
66	Bob Price
67	Bill Sarpalius
68		Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
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70
71	Teel Bivins
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73		Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
74		All of Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Winkler, Yoakum. Portion of Ector.
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76
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78	Teel Bivins Kel Seliger	Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Yoakum.
79	Kel Seliger
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83		Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Winkler, Yoakum
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88	Kevin Sparks	Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Lipscomb, Loving, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Roberts, Schleicher, Scurry, Sherman, Sterling, Swisher, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum

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.