Texas Senate District 7
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Paul Bettencourt Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Bettencort (Republican) won by 26.8 points, 2024
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History (19 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 396,589
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBettencortWon Republican 251,48963.4% DemocraticGwinn Democratic 145,10036.6% - Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul BettencourtWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 307,974
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul BettencourtWon(incumbent) Republican 177,86457.8% DemocraticDavid Romero Democratic 124,23240.3% LibertarianTom Glass Libertarian 5,8781.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 172,025
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul BettencourtWon Republican 123,55171.8% DemocraticJim Davis Democratic 45,23026.3% LibertarianWhitney Bilyeu Libertarian 3,2441.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 287,319
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan PatrickWon(incumbent) Republican 196,52668.4% DemocraticSam Texas Democratic 90,79331.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 213,752
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan PatrickWon(incumbent) Republican 184,70486.4% LibertarianLee Coughran Libertarian 29,04813.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 170,653
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan PatrickWon Republican 118,06769.2% DemocraticF. Michael Kubosh Democratic 52,58630.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 153,132
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon LindsayWon(incumbent) Republican 139,82791.3% LibertarianEdgar L. Buchanan Libertarian 13,3058.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 219,835
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon LindsayWon(incumbent) Republican 219,835100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 182,144
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon LindsayWon Republican 182,144100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 143,628
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon HendersonWon(incumbent) Republican 143,628100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 200,760
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1993)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon HendersonWon(incumbent) Republican 178,85089.1% LibertarianJames P. Chudleigh Libertarian 21,91010.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 128,865
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon HendersonWon(incumbent) Republican 128,865100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 105,643
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon HendersonWon(incumbent) Republican 105,643100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 89,266
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon HendersonWon Republican 83,92094.0% LibertarianDavid M. Odegard Libertarian 5,3466.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 144,046
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike RichardsWon Republican 74,36851.6% DemocraticGene Jones(incumbent) Democratic 67,69147.0% LibertarianJames H. Landers Libertarian 1,9871.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 129,825
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene JonesWon Democratic 72,90256.1% RepublicanWalter Keith Republican 56,92343.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 118,268
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GammageWon Democratic 69,03258.4% RepublicanPat Elliott Republican 49,23641.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,202
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Texas Senate District 7, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChet BrooksWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,202100.0%
- 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 Senate District 7, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/senate/7. 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:7
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026