Texas Senate, District 8 Explained
| State: | Texas |
| Percent Asian: | 17 |
| Population: | 945,219 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 16.4 |
| District: | 8 |
| Percent Black: | 12.5 |
| Percent White: | 53.6 |
| Residence: | McKinney |
| Party: | Republican |
| Representative: | Angela Paxton |
| Chamber: | Senate |
District 8 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Rains and Hunt counties and portions of Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] The current senator from District 8 is Angela Paxton.
Election history
Election history of District 8 from 1992.[2]
1992
District officeholders
| Legislature | Senator, District 8 | Counties in District |
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| 1 | Henry J. Jewett | Brazos, Robertson. |
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| 2 |
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| 3 | John H. McRae | All of Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine.
Portion of Angelina. |
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| 4 | Stephen Reaves | Rusk, Smith. |
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| 5 | William Thomas Scott | Harrison. |
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| 6 |
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| 7 | Louis T. Wigfall |
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| 8 | Louis T. Wigfall
E. A. Blanch |
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| 9 | William C. Batte | Red River, Titus. |
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| 10 | Gilbert H. Wootten |
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| 11 | Samuel N. Braswell |
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| 12 | Donald Campbell | Bowie, Davis, Marion. |
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| 13 | Hamilton J. Avinger | Bowie, Cass, Marion. |
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| 14 | Cader A. Parker | Red River, Titus. |
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| 15 | Christopher C. Francis | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson. |
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| 16 | John Young Gooch |
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| 18 | Mansel Y. Randolph | Angelina, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison. |
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| 20 | William W. Davis |
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| 22 | William Page |
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| 23 | Thomas E. Boren | Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby. |
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| 26 | M. P. McGee |
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| 28 | Charles L. Brachfield | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby. |
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| 32 | Edgar H. Carter |
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| 34 | Lon A. Smith |
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| 37 | Thomas Whitfield Davidson |
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| 38 | James G. Strong |
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| 39 | Charles R. Floyd | Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River. |
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| 41 | Tom A. DeBerry |
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| 45 | A. M. Aikin, Jr. |
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| 53 | George Parkhouse | Dallas. |
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| 60 | George Parkhouse
O.H. "Ike" Harris | Portion of Dallas. |
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| 61 | O.H. "Ike" Harris |
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| 74 | Florence Shapiro | Portions of Collin, Dallas. |
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| 83 | Ken Paxton | Portions of Collin, Dallas. |
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| 84 | Van Taylor | Portions of Collin, Dallas. |
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| 86 | Angela Paxton |
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| 88 | All of Hunt, Rains.
Portion of Collin. | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
- Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
