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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas Senate District 15

Texas State Senate · Texas

John Whitmire (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Walker (R) by 24.7 points.

John WhitmireDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%135,822
Bill WalkerRepublican
37.7%82,038
217,860 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+20.72002D+26.02006D+18.62010D+24.72012D+20.72014D+33.02018

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