1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Texas State Senate election results, district by district
Every Texas State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 31 seats
After the electionD 28 · R 3
Races31
Changed party0
Unopposed58%18 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 28 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | A. M. Aikin Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Peyton McKnight (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Don Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | D. Roy Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | William T. Moore (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Jim Wallace (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Bob Gammage (D) | 16.7 | |
| SD-8 | O. H. Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Ron Clower (D) | 14.3 | |
| SD-10 | Bill Meier (D) | 27.2 | |
| SD-11 | Chet Brooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Betty Andujar (R) | 3.9 | |
| SD-13 | Walter H. Mengden Jr. (R) | 27.8 | |
| SD-14 | Charles Herring (D) | 82.8 | |
| SD-15 | Jack Ogg (D) | 11.1 | |
| SD-16 | Bill Braecklein (D) | 4.0 | |
| SD-17 | A. R. Schwartz (D) | 9.1 | |
| SD-18 | William Patman (D) | 42.7 | |
| SD-19 | Glenn H. Kothmann (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Mike McKinnon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | John Traeger (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Tom Creighton (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Oscar Mauzy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Grant Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | W. E. Snelson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Nelson Wolff (D) | 38.3 | |
| SD-27 | Raul Longoria (D) | 33.9 | |
| SD-28 | H. J. Blanchard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Tati Santiesteban (D) | 40.6 | |
| SD-30 | Jack Hightower (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Max Sherman (D) | Unopposed |
Texas State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner