Texas State Senate District 23
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Royce West Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- West (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
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History (18 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 253,413
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWestWon Democratic 253,413100.0% - Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 192,148
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 192,148100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 124,826
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 99,10279.4% RepublicanJohn Lawson Republican 23,52018.8% LibertarianJonathan F. Erhardt Libertarian 2,2041.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 228,836
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 187,40781.9% RepublicanBishop John Lawson Republican 41,42918.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 190,954
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 176,45192.4% LibertarianJim Renfro Libertarian 14,5037.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 150,244
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 150,244100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,793
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 101,793100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,685
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 61,685100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,157
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon(incumbent) Democratic 79,157100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 123,922
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 1993)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoyce WestWon Democratic 110,85689.5% LibertarianHenry Burden Libertarian 13,06610.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,147
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEddie B. JohnsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 66,147100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 80,370
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEddie Bernice JohnsonWon Democratic 61,53876.6% RepublicanDarrell Castillo Republican 18,83223.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 80,491
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar MauzyWon(incumbent) Democratic 63,75779.2% RepublicanSam Macaluso Republican 15,57919.4% LibertarianLouise Murray Libertarian 1,1551.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,088
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar MauzyWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,25070.2% RepublicanTed E. Martin Republican 12,83829.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,076
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar MauzyWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,076100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 62,338
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar MauzyWon(incumbent) Democratic 62,338100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,193
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Texas Senate District 23, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar MauzyWon(incumbent) Democratic 40,93761.8% RepublicanRay Zauber Republican 25,25638.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Texas State Senate District 23, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/senate/23. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tx/sldu:23
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026