1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Texas State Senate election results, district by district
Every Texas State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 31 seats
After the electionD 26 · R 5
Races31
Changed party0
Unopposed10%3 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 26 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Ed Howard (D) | 93.1 | |
| SD-2 | Ted Lyon (D) | 19.0 | |
| SD-3 | Roy Blake (D) | 90.2 | |
| SD-4 | Carl Parker (D) | 84.3 | |
| SD-5 | Kent A. Caperton (D) | 89.3 | |
| SD-6 | Lindon Williams (D) | 78.1 | |
| SD-7 | Don Henderson (R) | 88.0 | |
| SD-8 | O. H. Harris (R) | 73.8 | |
| SD-9 | Chet Edwards (D) | 91.4 | |
| SD-10 | Bob McFarland (R) | 79.9 | |
| SD-11 | Chet Brooks (D) | 36.4 | |
| SD-12 | Hugh Parmer (D) | 10.6 | |
| SD-13 | Craig Washington (D) | 83.9 | |
| SD-14 | Lloyd Doggett (D) | 43.7 | |
| SD-15 | John Whitmire (D) | 26.9 | |
| SD-16 | John Leedom (R) | 21.2 | |
| SD-17 | J. E. Brown (R) | 73.8 | |
| SD-18 | John Wilson (D) | 34.8 | |
| SD-19 | Glenn H. Kothmann (D) | 30.6 | |
| SD-20 | Carlos Truan (D) | 71.8 | |
| SD-21 | John Traeger (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Bob Glasgow (D) | 37.8 | |
| SD-23 | Oscar Mauzy (D) | 59.9 | |
| SD-24 | Grant Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Bill Sims (D) | 4.2 | |
| SD-26 | R. L. Vale (D) | 77.5 | |
| SD-27 | Hector Uribe (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | John Montford (D) | 26.0 | |
| SD-29 | Tati Santiesteban (D) | 60.8 | |
| SD-30 | Ray Farabee (D) | 90.7 | |
| SD-31 | William Sarpalius (D) | 47.7 |
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