Texas Senate, District 23

District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.

Texas's 23rd State Senate district
Senator	Royce West D–Dallas
Demographics	14.5% White 38.8% Black 45.3% Hispanic 1.8% Asian
Population	887,311

In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.^[2]

Biggest cities in the district

District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[3]

	Name	County	Pop.[4][a]
1	Dallas	Dallas	607,734
2	DeSoto		49,047
3	Cedar Hill		44,477
4	Duncanville		38,524
5	Lancaster		36,361

Election history

Election history of District 23 from 1992.^[b]

2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 23^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	253,413	100.00
Majority			253,413	100.00
Turnout			253,413
	Democratic hold

2022

Royce West (Democratic) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and West was declared elected without a vote.^[6]

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 23^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	192,148	100.00	+20.61
Majority			192,148	100.00	+39.45
Turnout			192,148
	Democratic hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 23^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	99,102	79.39	−2.51
	Republican	John Lawson	23,520	18.84	+0.74
	Libertarian	Jonathan F. Erhardt	2,204	1.77	+1.77
Majority			75,582	60.55	−3.25
Turnout			124,826
	Democratic hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 23^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	187,407	81.90	−10.50
	Republican	Bishop John Lawson	41,429	18.10	+18.10
Majority			145,978	63.80	−21.00
Turnout			228,836
	Democratic hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 23^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	176,451	92.40	−7.60
	Libertarian	Jim Renfro	14,503	7.60	+7.60
Majority			161,948	84.80	−15.20
Turnout			190,954
	Democratic hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 23^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	150,244	100.00	0.00
Majority			150,244	100.00	0.00
Turnout			150,244		+47.60
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 23^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	101,793	100.00	0.00
Majority			101,793	100.00	0.00
Turnout			101,793		+65.02
	Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 23^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	61,685	100.00	0.00
Majority			61,685	100.00	0.00
Turnout			61,685		−22.07
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 23^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	79,157	100.00	+10.54
Majority			79,157	100.00	+21.09
Turnout			79,157		−36.12
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 23^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West	110,856	89.46
	Libertarian	Henry Burden	13,066	10.54
Majority			97,790	78.91
Turnout			123,922
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 23^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Jerald Larry	5,963	13.88
	Jesse Oliver	12,240	28.49
✓	Royce West	24,764	57.63
Majority		12,524	29.15
Turnout

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 23	Counties in District
4	Thomas Hinds Duggan	DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca.
5	James H. Armstrong	Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson.
6
7	George Bernard Erath
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9	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Austin, Washington.
10
11	James W. McDade
12	George R. Shannon	Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor.
13	Andrew J. Ball
14		Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
15	Thomas Ball	Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young.
16	William R. Shannon
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18	Andrew Jackson Harris	Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas.
19	Charles Keith Bell
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21	George W. Tyler
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23	Edwin Augustus Atlee	Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
24
25
26
27	D. McNeill Turner
28	John G. Willacy	Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata.
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30
31
32
33
34	Archie Parr
35		Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata.
36
37
38
39	John D. Parnell	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
40	William D. McFarlane
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42	Benjamin G. Oneal
43
44
45
46	George C. Moffett
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48
49
50
51
52
53		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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55
56
57
58		Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
59	Jack Hightower
60	Oscar Mauzy	Portion of Dallas.
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62
63
64
65
66
67
68		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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70	Eddie Bernice Johnson
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72
73	Royce West	Portion of Dallas.
74		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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76
77
78		Portion of Dallas.
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80
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84
85
86
87
88		Portions of Dallas, Tarrant.
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Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.