Texas Senate, District 2

District 2 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties, and portions of Dallas and Smith counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 2 is Bob Hall.

Election History

Election history of District 2 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent elections

2014

Texas General Elections 2014: Senate District 2[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Hall	99,868	83.6
	Libertarian	Don Bates	19,609	16.4
Majority
Turnout			119,477
	Republican hold

Republican Primary Runoff, 2014: Senate District 2[3]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Bob Hall	18,230	50.4
	Bob Deuell	17,930	49.6
Majority
Turnout		36,160

Republican Primary, 2014: Senate District 2[4]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Bob Hall	19,085	38.8
✓	Bob Deuell	23,847	48.5
	Mark Thompson	6,240	12.7
Majority
Turnout		49,172

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 2[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Deuell	92,431	78.68	+24.74
	Libertarian	Dennis Kaptain	25,403	21.31	+19.82
Majority			67,388	57.36	+47.98
Turnout			117,474		-20.86
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 2[6]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Bob Deuell	17,026	67.34
	Tim McCallum	8,259	32.66
Majority		8,767	34.67
Turnout		25,285

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 2[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Deuell	80,075	53.94	+7.12
	Democratic	David H. Cain	66,151	44.56	-8.61
	Libertarian	Robert Parker	2,217	1.49	+1.49
Majority			13,924	9.38	+3.03
Turnout			148,443		-21.21
	Republican gain from Democratic

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 2[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Deuell	88,212	46.82	-1.00
	Democratic	David H. Cain	100,181	53.18	+1.00
Majority			11,969	6.35	+2.01
Turnout			188,393		+19.02
	Democratic hold

Republican primary runoff, 2000: Senate District 2[9]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Bob Deuell	4,633	62.79
	Richard Harvey	2,746	37.21
Majority		1,887	25.57
Turnout		7,379

Republican primary, 2000: Senate District 2[10]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Bob Deuell	9,916	36.60
✓	Richard Harvey	10,263	37.88
	Keith Wheeler	6,912	25.51
Turnout		27,091

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 2[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Reese	75,704	47.83	-1.58
	Democratic	David H. Cain	82,580	52.17	-1.58
Majority			6,876	4.34	+4.34
Turnout			158,284	29.66	+19.02
	Democratic hold

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 2[12]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Richard Harvey	9,566	41.35
✓	Bob Reese	13,568	58.65
Turnout		23,134

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 2[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David H. Cain	61,757	50.59	+10.51
	Republican	Richard Harvey	60,317	49.41	-4.13
Majority			1,440	1.18	-12.28
Turnout			122,074		-49.42
	Democratic gain from Republican

Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 2[14]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Roland Cordobes	3,312	29.37
✓	Richard Harvey	7,962	70.62
Turnout		11,274

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 2[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ted Lyon	96,746	40.08
	Republican	Florence Shapiro	129,229	53.54
	Libertarian	Richard C. Donaldson	15,384	6.37
Majority			32,482	13.46
Turnout			241,358
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 2[16]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Don Kent	7,609	49.40
✓	Florence Shapiro	7,793	50.59
Majority		184	1.19
Turnout		15,402

Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 2[17]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Don Kent	12,742	34.74
	Jack Harvard	6,189	16.87
✓	Florence Shapiro	17,737	48.37
Turnout		36,668

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 2	Counties in District
1	Ballard C. Bagby	Bowie, Red River.
2	James B. Wootten	Bowie, Cass, Red River, Titus.
3	Albert Hamilton Latimer	Lamar, Red River.
4	William M. "Buckskin" Williams	Fannin, Lamar.
5	Johnson Wren	Hopkins, Lamar.
6
7
8	Lewis G. Harmon
9	Anderson F. Crawford James W. Andres	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler.
10	Napolean B. Charlton
11	William M. Neyland
12	Amos Clark William H. Swift	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity.
13	William H. Swift
14		Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby.
15	Peyton Forbes Edwards	Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine.
16
17	William Wallace Weatherred
18	Frank L. Johnson	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby.
19	Caleb Jackson Garrison
20
21	James M. Ingram
22
23	John Walter Cranford	Camp, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus.
24	James L. Darwin
25
26	Charles O. James
27
28	James T. Patteson	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus.
29	Charles M. Chambers
30
31	H. Bascom Thomas John L. Ratliff
32	John L. Ratliff
33	Henry L. Darwin
34
35	Charles R. Floyd
36
37
38
39	James G. Strong	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby.
40	Margie E. Neal
41
42
43
44	Joe L. Hill, Jr.
45
46
47
48	Wardlow Lane
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58	Jack Strong
59
60		Gregg, Panola, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
61
62	Lindley Garrison Beckworth
63	Peyton McKnight	Collin, Gregg, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
64
65
66
67
68	Ted Lyon	All of Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood. Portion of Dallas.
69
70
71
72
73	Florence Shapiro	Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood.
74	David H. Cain	All of Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt, Wood. Portions of Dallas, Ellis, Rockwall, Smith.
75
76
77
78	Robert F. Deuell	All of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt. Portions of Dallas, Smith.
79
80
81
82	Bob Hall	Dallas (part), Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt.

References

1. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
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