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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas Senate District 22

Texas State Senate · Texas

Brian Birdwell (R) won with 85.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Kilbride (Lib) by 71.1 points.

Brian BirdwellRepublican · winner · incumbent
85.6%188,544
Tom KilbrideLibertarian
14.4%31,786
220,330 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+11.31988R+20.61992R+17.31994R+34.82002R+40.82016R+36.92020

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