1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Texas State Senate election results, district by district
Every Texas State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 31 seats
After the electionD 16 · R 15
Races15
Changed party1
Unopposed40%6 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 8 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | David Cain (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-3 | Drew Nixon (R) | 0.2 | |
| SD-7 | Jon Lindsay (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Florence Shapiro (R) | 79.5 | |
| SD-9 | Jane Nelson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Chris Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Mike Moncrief (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Gonzalo Barrientos (D) | 69.7 | |
| SD-15 | John Whitmire (D) | 24.1 | |
| SD-21 | Judith Zaffirini (D) | 32.6 | |
| SD-24 | Troy Fraser (R) | 3.7 | Flipped |
| SD-25 | Jeffrey Wentworth (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Gregory Luna (D) | 35.1 | |
| SD-27 | Eddie Lucio Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Eliot Shapleigh (D) | 47.4 |
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