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1994Final results

1994 election for Texas Senate District 24

Texas State Senate · Texas

Bill Sims (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Hugh D. Shine (R) by 6.7 points.

Bill SimsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.4%67,536
Hugh D. ShineRepublican
46.6%59,048
126,584 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1994

Races before and after

EvenD+6.71994R+3.71996R+44.82016R+39.12020R+28.62022R+13.32026

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET