Texas Senate, District 29

District 29 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of El Paso county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 29 is José R. Rodríguez.

Election history

Election history of District 29 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent election

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 29^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Donald R. “Dee” Margo	36,127	41.21	+41.21
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)	51,531	58.79	-41.21
Majority			15,404	17.57	-82.43
Turnout			87,658		+19.74
	Democratic hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 29^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)	73,205	100.00	0.00
Majority			73,205	100.00	0.00
Turnout			73,205		-27.55
	Democratic hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 29^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)	101,045	100.00	+26.28
Majority			101,045	100.00	+52.55
Turnout			101,045		-17.11
	Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 29^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Randy Berry	32,029	26.28	+26.28
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh	89,868	73.72	-26.28
Majority			57,839	47.45	-52.55
Turnout			121,897		+89.85
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary runoff, 1996: Senate District 29^[6]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Eliot Shapleigh	24,666	61.82	[7]+26.30
	Hector Villa	15,235	38.18	+18.70
Majority		9,431	23.64
Turnout		39,901

Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 29^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Ray Mancera	8,672	17.38
	Rene Nunez	5,758	11.54
✓	Eliot Shapleigh	17,723	35.52
	Marie Tarvin-Garland	8,017	16.07
✓	Hector Villa	9,722	19.49
Turnout		49,892

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 29^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Peggy Rosson (Incumbent)	64,207	100.00	0.00
Majority			64,207	100.00	0.00
Turnout			64,207		-34.79
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 29^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Peggy Rosson (Incumbent)	98,461	100.00
Majority			98,461	100.00
Turnout			98,461
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 29^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Bonnie Rangel Guaderrama	13,114	31.22
	Malcolm McGregor	5,018	11.95
✓	Peggy Rosson (Incumbent)	23,870	56.83
Majority		10,756	25.61
Turnout		42,002

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 29	Counties in District
5	James H. Durst	Kinney, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb.
6	Edward R. Hord
7	Forbes Britton
8	Benjamin Franklin Neal Forbes Britton
9	Pryor Lea	Bee, Dimmit, Goliad, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio.
10
11	John T. Littleton
12	Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard.
13	Henry C. King
14	Joseph E. Dwyer	All of Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Wilson. Portion of Bexar.
15	John Salmon “Rip” Ford	Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala.
16
17	Charles A. McLane Stephen Powers
18	James Richard Fleming	Andrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Fisher, Gaines, Howard, Jones, Martin, McCulloch, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor.
19	James Henry Calhoun
20
21	Henry T. Sims
22
23	Demosthenes F. Goss	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
24		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Shackelford, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
25		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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27
28	Davis E. Decker	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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30	John W. Veale
31
32	Willard A. Johnson
33
34
35
36	William S. Bell William H. Bledsoe
37	William H. Bledsoe
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39	Benjamin F. Berkeley	Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler.
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41
42
43	Kenneth M. Regan
44
45	Henry L. Winfield
46
47
48
49
50
51	Hill D. Hudson
52
53	James T. Rutherford	Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler.
54	Frank Owen, III
55
56
57
58
59	Wallace E. "Pete" Snelson
60	Joe Christie	Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth.
61
62
63	H. Tati Santiesteban	El Paso, Hudspeth.
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65
66
67
68		Portion of El Paso.
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70
71
72	Peggy Rosson
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74
75	Eliot Shapleigh
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References

1. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
2. "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
3. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
4. "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
5. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
6. "1996 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
7. Change from Primary Election
8. "1996 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
9. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
10. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
11. "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.