District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas.
Texas's 17th State Senate district | |||
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Senator |
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Demographics | 44.6% White 15.2% Black 24% Hispanic 16.4% Asian | ||
Population | 913,271 |
The current senator from District 17 is Joan Huffman.
Biggest cities in the district
District 17 has a population of 804,162 with 605,764 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[1]
Name | County | Pop.[2][a] | |
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1 | Houston | Fort Bend/Harris | 322,519 |
2 | Sugar Land | Fort Bend | 68,795 |
3 | Missouri City | Fort Bend | 31,204 |
4 | Lake Jackson | Brazoria | 26,849 |
5 | Bellaire | Harris | 16,855 |
Election history
Election history of District 22 from 1992.[b]
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joan Huffman (Incumbent) | 158,263 | 51.44 | -11.90 | |
Democratic | Rita Lucido | 143,978 | 46.80 | +12.89 | |
Libertarian | Lauren LaCount | 5,396 | 01.75 | -0.28 | |
Turnout | 307,637 | ||||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joan Huffman (Incumbent) | 113,817 | 63.34 | -14.34 | |
Democratic | Rita Lucido | 60,934 | 33.91 | +33.91 | |
Libertarian | George Hardy | 3,642 | 02.03 | -11.39 | |
Green | David Courtney | 1,303 | 00.73 | -8.17 | |
Turnout | 179,696 | ||||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joan Huffman (Incumbent) | 185,429 | 77.68 | +5.48 | |
Libertarian | Austin Page | 32,026 | 13.42 | -3.42 | |
Green | David Courtney | 21,252 | 08.90 | +8.90 | |
Turnout | 238,707 | ||||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joan Huffman (Incumbent) | 112,595 | 83.16 | +27.07 | |
Libertarian | Phil Kurtz | 22,802 | 16.84 | +16.84 | |
Turnout | 135,397 | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joan Huffman | 24,497 | 56.09 | ||
Democratic | Chris Bell | 19,176 | 43.91 | ||
Turnout | 43,673 | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chris Bell | 85,725 | 38.39 | ||
Republican | Austen Furse | 22,588 | 10.12 | ||
Republican | Grant Harpold | 9,056 | 04.06 | ||
Republican | Joan Huffman | 58,359 | 26.14 | ||
Republican | Ken Sherman | 16,728 | 07.49 | ||
Democratic | Stephanie E. Simmons | 30,839 | 13.81 | ||
Turnout | 223,295 |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kyle Janek | 88,483 | 77.82 | +16.40 | |
Libertarian | Phil Kurtz | 25,212 | 22.81 | +22.81 | |
Majority | 63,271 | 55.65% | +32.79 | ||
Turnout | 113,695 | -20.99 | |||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kyle Janek | 88,393 | 61.43 | -5.99 | |
Democratic | Ronnie Ellen Harrison | 55,502 | 38.57 | +5.99 | |
Majority | 32,891 | 22.86 | -11.98 | ||
Turnout | 153,132 | -30.34 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronnie Ellen Harrison | 47,164 | 32.58 | +3.18 | |
Republican | Kyle Janek | 97,588 | 67.42 | -3.18 | |
Majority | 50,424 | 34.83 | -6.36 | ||
Turnout | 144,752 | +5.52 | |||
Republican hold |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary M. Polland | 8,444 | 34.19 | ||
✓ | Kyle Janek | 16,250 | 65.81 | |
Turnout | 24,694 |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | J. E. "Buster" Brown | 96,846 | 70.60 | -1.99 | |
Democratic | Ronnie Ellen Harrison | 40,331 | 29.40 | +1.99 | |
Majority | 56,515 | 41.20 | -3.97 | ||
Turnout | 137,177 | -15.77 | |||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. E. "Buster" Brown | 117,727 | 72.58 | +12.98 | |
Democratic | Ronnie Ellen Harrison | 44,465 | 27.42 | -12.98 | |
Majority | 73,262 | 45.17 | +25.96 | ||
Turnout | 162,192 | -20.55 | |||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | J. E. "Buster" Brown | 121,676 | 59.60 | ||
Democratic | Ronnie Harrison | 82,468 | 40.40 | ||
Majority | 39,208 | 19.21 | |||
Turnout | 204,144 | ||||
Republican hold |
District officeholders
Notes
References
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