1996Final results
1996 election for Texas Senate District 15
Texas State Senate · Texas
John Whitmire (D) won with 62.1% of the vote, defeating Thomas V. Kelly (R) by 24.1 points.
John WhitmireDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.1%81,134
Thomas V. KellyRepublican
37.9%49,619
130,753 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET