Texas Senate, District 24

District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba and Taylor counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 24 is Republican Troy Fraser who has held the office since 1997. In 2015, he announced his intention to retire from the office in January 2017.

Election history

Election history of District 24 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent election

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 24[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	189,778	100.00	+9.53
Majority			189,778	100.00	+19.06
Turnout			189,778		+40.32
	Republican hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 24[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	122,355	90.47	-9.53
	Libertarian	Steve Kirby	12,887	9.53	+9.53
Majority			109,468	80.94	-19.06
Turnout			135,242		+3.31
	Republican hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 24[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser (Incumbent)	130,913	100.00	+48.15
Majority			130,913	100.00	+96.30
Turnout			130,913		-21.82
	Republican hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 24[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Troy Fraser	86,828	51.85	+5.20
	Democratic	Rick Rhodes	80,632	48.15	-5.20
Majority			6,196	3.70	-3.01
Turnout			167,460		+32.29
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 24[6]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Bob Barina	4,204	18.91
✓	Troy Fraser	18,028	81.09
Majority		13,824	62.18
Turnout

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 24[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Sims (Incumbent)	67,536	53.35	-46.65
	Republican	Hugh Shine	59,048	46.65	+46.65
Majority			8,848	6.71	-93.29
Turnout			126,584		+14.52
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 24[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Madla	110,534	100.00
Majority			110,534	100.00
Turnout			110,534
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 24	Counties in District
4	Israel B. Bigelow	Cameron, Starr.
5	Guy Morrison Bryan	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton.
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7	George E. Quinan
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9	George Preston Finlay Samuel Addison White	Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria.
10	Samuel Addison White
11	Jacob B. Reid
12	Bolivar Jackson Pridgen	Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
13	George Preston Finlay	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
14	William R. Friend	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria.
15	John D. Stephens	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Jones, Palo Pinto, Runnels, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Taylor.
16	Jewett H. Davenport
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18	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Burnet, Travis, Williamson.
19	George Washington Glasscock, Jr.
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23	Perry J. Lewis	Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina.
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25
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27	Theodore Harris
28	Marshall Hicks	Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr.
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30	Robert B. Green
31	Robert B. Green Julius Real
32	Julius Real
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34	Carlos Bee
35		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real.
36	Harry Hertzberg
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38	Thomas H. Ridgeway
39	Jesse R. Smith	Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton.
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41	Oliver C. Cunningham
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43	Wilbourne B. Collie
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46
47	John Lee Smith Pat M. Bullock
48	Pat M. Bullock
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53	Harley Sadler	Borden, Dickens, Fisher, Garza, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
54	David Ratliff
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58		Borden, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor.
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60		Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Fisher, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Sterling, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young.
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62	David Ratliff Bill Tippen
63	Grant Jones	Brown, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, McCulloch, McLennan, Menard, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
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68		Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor.
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70
71	Temple Dickson
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73	Frank L. Madla	Atascosa, Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba.
74	Bill Sims	All of Bell, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, Young. Portions of Llano, Taylor.
75	Troy Fraser
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78		Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba, Taylor.
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References

1. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
2. "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
3. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
4. "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
5. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
6. "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
7. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
8. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-04.