Texas State Senate District 8
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Angela Paxton Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Paxton (Republican) won by 18.8 points, 2024
More about this seat
All State Senate districts
- Democratic
- Republican
- Independent
- Nonpartisan
- More than one party
- No member listed
Map settings
Vote in Texas
- Register
- Registration, polling place, sample ballot lookup, election office
- Mail ballot status
- ID rules
Trouble voting? Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE. A nonpartisan coalition of civil-rights and voting-rights groups, not a government service. 866ourvote.org
History (19 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 454,385
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaxtonWon Republican 269,74359.4% DemocraticMello Democratic 184,64240.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 325,446
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela PaxtonWon(incumbent) Republican 187,75457.7% DemocraticJonathan Cocks Democratic 128,39939.5% LibertarianEdward Kless Libertarian 9,2932.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 332,152
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela PaxtonWon Republican 169,99551.2% DemocraticMark Phariss Democratic 162,15748.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 144,810
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVan TaylorWon Republican 114,49879.1% LibertarianScott Jameson Libertarian 30,31220.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 286,147
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon Republican 178,23862.3% DemocraticJack G. Ternan Jr. Democratic 99,01034.6% LibertarianEd Kless Libertarian 8,8993.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 162,304
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 136,36984.0% LibertarianEd Kless Libertarian 25,93516.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 127,590
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 127,590100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 151,452
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 135,92789.8% LibertarianDavid Spaller Libertarian 15,52510.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 225,369
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 225,369100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 211,659
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 189,98589.8% LibertarianRandal Morgan Libertarian 21,67410.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 172,903
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFlorence ShapiroWon(incumbent) Republican 156,01490.2% IndependentPaul Bertanzetti Independent 9,2475.3% LibertarianJohn Wawro Libertarian 7,6424.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 204,656
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1993)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 169,17382.7% LibertarianPhillip J. Hubbell Libertarian 35,48317.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 167,822
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 167,822100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 172,442
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 172,442100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 104,597
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 90,91186.9% LibertarianDoris E. Smith Libertarian 13,68613.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 131,640
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 91,45769.5% DemocraticJames McNees Democratic 36,09027.4% LibertarianDavid K. Kelley Libertarian 4,0933.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 121,268
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 81,91167.5% DemocraticJames McNees Democratic 39,35232.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 50.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 88,708
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon(incumbent) Republican 88,708100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 126,298
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Texas Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. H. HarrisWon Republican 81,01564.2% DemocraticJoe Moody Democratic 45,28335.9%
- 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
- 1968 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.
Download and cite
Cite this page
Election Wrld. (2026). Texas State Senate District 8, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/senate/8. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
Embed this seat
<iframe src="https://www.electionwrld.com/embed/tx/senate/8" title="Texas Senate District 8" width="100%" height="400" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:13px">Data: <a href="https://www.electionwrld.com">Election Wrld</a>, CC BY 4.0</p>Sources
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:8
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026