Texas Senate, District 3

District 3 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties, and a portion of Jefferson county in the U.S. state of Texas.^[2] The current senator from District 3 is Robert Nichols.

Texas's 3rd State Senate district
Senator	Robert Nichols R–Jacksonville
Demographics	72.5% White 12.8% Black 12.9% Hispanic 1.8% Other
Population	843,567
Notes	[1]

Election history

Election history of District 3 from 1992.^[3]

2022

2022 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Nichols (incumbent)	213,288	77.41	−0.86
	Democratic	Steve Russell	58,285	21.16	+0.63
	Libertarian	Desarae Lindsey	3,941	1.43	+0.23
Total votes			275,514
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Nichols (incumbent)	215,058	78.27	−12.29
	Democratic	Shirley Layton	56,398	20.53	+20.53
	Libertarian	Bruce Quarles	3,301	1.20	−8.24
Total votes			274,757
	Republican hold

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Layton	12,452	100.0
Total votes			12,452	100.0

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Nichols (incumbent)	78,434	100.0
Total votes			78,434	100.0

2014

2014 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Nichols	140,069	90.56	−9.44
	Libertarian	J. Tyler Lindsey	14,605	9.44	+9.44
Majority			154,674	100.00
Turnout			226,978
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Texas State Senate election: Senate District 3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Nichols	226,978	100.00
Majority			226,978	100.00
Turnout			226,978
	Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 3^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Nichols	119,629	100.00	+11.77
Majority			119,629	100.00	+23.53
Turnout			119,629		−12.03
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 3^[9]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Frank Denton	5,635	15.15
	Dave Kleimann	6,716	18.05
✓	Robert Nichols	20,176	54.24
	Bob Reeves	4,674	12.56
Majority		13,460	36.18
Turnout		37,201

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Todd Staples	119,993	88.23	+27.59
	Libertarian	Michael Carter	16,001	11.76	+11.76
Majority			103,992	76.47	+55.18
Turnout			135,994		−45.92
	Republican hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Todd Staples	152,514	60.64	+10.55
	Democratic	David Fisher	98,976	39.36	−10.55
Majority			53,538	21.29	+21.10
Turnout			251,490		+20.88
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2000: Senate District 3^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Van Brookshire	4,875	11.08
	Les Tarrance	8,816	18.05
✓	Todd Staples	20,367	70.15
Majority		21,522	52.10
Turnout		29,183

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Drew Nixon	104,222	50.09	−2.26
	Democratic	Jerry K. Johnson	103,835	49.91	+2.26
Majority			387	0.19	−4.52
Turnout			208,057		+30.02
	Republican hold

Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 3^[14]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Jerry K. Johnson	38,913	57.10
	Dick Swift	18,043	26.48
	Ralph Wallace	11,191	16.42
Majority		20,870	30.62
Turnout		68,147

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 3^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Drew Nixon	83,779	52.35	+6.21
	Democratic	Curtis Soileau[16][17]	76,245	47.65	−6.21
Majority			7,534	4.71	−3.02
Turnout			160,024		−26.77
	Republican gain from Democratic

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 3^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Haley	117,709	53.86
	Republican	Gene Shull	100,826	46.14
Majority			16,883	7.73
Turnout			218,535
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 3^[19]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	John Blair	29,216	35.15
✓	Bill Haley	53,894	64.85
Majority		24,678	29.69
Turnout		83,110

Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 3^[20]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Vernon Krueger	7,968	33.74
✓	Gene Shull	12,228	51.78
	Tom Sisk	3,421	14.49
Majority		4,260	18.04
Turnout		23,617

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 3	Counties in District
1	William Thomas Scott Edward Clark	Harrison
2	Edward Clark
3	Hardin Hart	Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt
4	Sam Bogart	Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson
5	Hardin Hart	Fannin, Hunt
6	Robert H. Taylor
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8	Martin D. Hart Turner L. Greene
9	M. W. Wheeler	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine
10	Henry M. Kinsey
11	Frederick Voight James W. Guinn
12	James Eldrage Dillard Mijamin Priest	Cherokee, Houston
13	James Eldrage Dillard
14		Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
15	James W. Motley	Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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17	Richard M. Wynne
18	William Henry Pope	Harrison
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23	Edwin L. Agnew	Fannin, Lamar
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25	Robert L. Ross
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27	Charles A. Wheeler
28	Travis C. Henderson
29	A. P. Barrett
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31	B. B. Sturgeon
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33	Flavious M. Gibson
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35
36
37	Henry Lewis Darwin
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39	I. D. Fairchild	Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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41	William E. Thomason
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43	John S. Redditt
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45
46
47	Ben Ramsey
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49
50
51	Ottis Elmer Lock
52
53		Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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55
56	Martin Dies Jr.
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58
59
60	Charles Wilson	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
61
62		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
63	Don Adams	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Kaufman, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler
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65
66	Roy Blake, Sr.
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68		All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler Portion of Montgomery
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70
71	Bill Haley
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73		All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler Portion of Montgomery
74	Drew Nixon	All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler Portions of Montgomery, Smith
75
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77	Todd Staples
78		All of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler Portions of Montgomery, Smith
79
80	Robert Nichols
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83		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler
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88		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson (part), Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler
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