| Texas's 23rd State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 14.5% White 38.8% Black 45.3% Hispanic 1.8% Asian | ||
| Population | 887,311 | ||
District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.
In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.[1]
District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[2]
| Name | County | Pop.[3][a] | |
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| 1 | Dallas | Dallas | 607,734 |
| 2 | DeSoto | 49,047 | |
| 3 | Cedar Hill | 44,477 | |
| 4 | Duncanville | 38,524 | |
| 5 | Lancaster | 36,361 |
Election history of District 23 from 1992.[b]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 192,148 | 100.00 | +20.61 | |
| Turnout | 192,148 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| 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 | |
| Turnout | 124,826 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 187,407 | 81.90 | -10.50 | |
| Republican | Bishop John Lawson | 41,429 | 18.10 | +18.10 | |
| Turnout | 228,836 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 176,451 | 92.40 | -7.60 | |
| Libertarian | Jim Renfro | 14,503 | 7.60 | +7.60 | |
| Turnout | 190,954 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 150,244 | +47.60 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 101,793 | +65.02 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 61,685 | -22.07 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 79,157 | 100.00 | +10.54 | |
| Majority | 79,157 | 100.00 | +21.09 | ||
| Turnout | 79,157 | -36.12 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Royce West | 110,856 | 89.46 | ||
| Libertarian | Henry Burden | 13,066 | 10.54 | ||
| Majority | 97,790 | 78.91 | |||
| Turnout | 123,922 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Jerald Larry | 5,963 | 13.88 | ||
| Jesse Oliver | 12,240 | 28.49 | ||
| ✓ | Royce West | 24,764 | 57.63 | |
| Majority | 12,524 | 29.15 | ||
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