Texas Senate, District 4

District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Liberty and Orange counties, and portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. The current Senator from District 4 is Brandon Creighton, the winner of a special election held on August 5, 2014, to succeed the resigning Tommy Williams.

Election history

Election history of District 4 from 1992.^[1]

Most recent election

2014 (special election on August 5)

Brandon Creighton (Republican) 15,232 (67.38%)
Steve Toth (Republican) 7,373 (32.61%)^[2]

Previous elections

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 4[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tommy Williams (Incumbent)	176,464	100.00	+36.47
Majority			176,464	100.00	+72.93
Turnout			176,464		+15.30
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 4[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tommy Williams	97,237	63.53	+18.69
	Democratic	Mike Smith	55,808	36.47	-18.69
Majority			41,429	27.07	+16.76
Turnout			153,045		+10.28
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary runoff, 2002: Senate District 4[5]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Michael Galloway	5,320	46.11	+11.32
✓	Tommy Williams	6,218	53.89	+8.69
Majority		898	0.92
Turnout		11,538

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 4[6]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Martin Basaldua	4,571	20.01
✓	Michael Galloway	7,947	34.79
✓	Tommy Williams	10,327	45.20
Turnout		22,845

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 4[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Galloway (Incumbent)	62,237	44.85	-7.90
	Democratic	David Bernsen	76,540	55.15	+7.90
Majority			14,303	10.31	+4.82
Turnout			138,777		-7.64
	Democratic gain from Republican

Republican primary, 1998: Senate District 4[8]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
✓	Michael Galloway (Incumbent)	9,834	53.93
	Bill Leigh	8,400	46.07
Majority		1,434	1.87
Turnout

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 4[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carl A. Parker (Incumbent)	71,102	47.26	-7.31
	Republican	Michael Galloway	79,252	52.74	+7.31
Majority			8,240	5.48	-3.65
Turnout			150,264		-28.70
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 4[10]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Jim Alexander	6,862	49.75
✓	Michael Galloway	6,932	50.25
Majority		70	0.09
Turnout		13,794

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 4[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carl A. Parker (Incumbent)	114,999	54.57
	Republican	Michael Galloway	95,741	45.43
Majority			19,258	9.14
Turnout			210,740
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 4	Counties in District
1	Joseph Lewis Hogg[12] Isaac Parker	Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk
2	Isaac Parker David Gage	Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk.
3	Albert G. Walker[13] Samuel R. Campbell	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, Henderson
4	Hart Hardin	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt
5	Malachi W. Allen	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Kaufman
6
7	James W. Throckmorton
8
9	Lewis F. Casey	Panola, Sabine, Shelby
10	Spearman Holland
11	James A. Truitt
12	E. Pettit	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt
13	Thomas J. Word
14	Winfield B. Stirman	Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt
15	Walter Riptoe	Harrison
16
17	Robert L. Hightower
18	John A. Peacock	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
19
20	William Thomas Armistead
21
22	Lucius Whatley[14] Henry F. O'Neal
23	James D. Woods	Cooke, Grayson
24
25
26	Calhoun L. Potter
27
28	James L. Harbison
29
30
31	Robert E. Cofer
32
33	Silas B. Cowell
34
35	George W. Dayton
36
37	Dan S. McMillin
38
39	Henry F. Triplett	Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
40	Henry F. Triplett[15] Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.
41	Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.
42
43
44	Allan Shivers
45
46
47
48
49
50	Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr.
51
52	Jep Fuller
53		Jefferson, Orange
54
55
56
57
58	D. Roy Harrington
59
60
61
62
63		Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
64
65	Carl A. Parker
66
67
68		All of Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange. Portions of Galveston, Harris, Montgomery.
69
70
71
72
73
74	Michael L. Galloway
75
76	David Bernsen
77
78	Tommy Williams	All of Liberty, Orange. Portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson, Montgomery.
79
80	Tommy Williams Brandon Creighton

References

1. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
2. "2014 Special Runoff Election, Senate District 4". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
3. "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
4. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
5. "2002 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
6. "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
7. "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
8. "1998 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
9. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
10. "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
11. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-02.
12. Senator Hogg granted leave of absence 4 May 1846
13. Senator Walker resigned 30 March 1850, and replaced by Campbell
14. Senator Whatley resigned 29 April 1891
15. Senator Triplett died 14 December 1928