Texas Senate, District 16

District 16 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 16 is Nathan M. Johnson.

Top 5 biggest cities in district

District 17 has a population of 816,670 with 614,614 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[1]

	Name	County	Pop.[2][lower-alpha 1]
1	Dallas	Dallas	350,201
2	Garland		134,462
3	Irving		121,029
4	Carrollton		49,352
5	Rowlett		49,188

Election history

Election history of District 25 from 1992.[lower-alpha 2]

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 16[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nathan Johnson	159,288	54.1
	Republican	Don Huffines (Incumbent)	134,933	45.9
Turnout			294,161

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 16[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Don Huffines	106,546	100.00
Turnout			106,546
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 16[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carona (Incumbent)	181,746	100.00
Turnout			181,746

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carona (Incumbent)	121,928	56.25	-43.75
	Democratic	Rain Levy Minns	89,000	41.06	+41.06
	Libertarian	Paul E. Osborn	5,806	2.67	+2.67
Turnout			216,734
	Republican hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 16[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carona (Incumbent)	142,542	100.00	+35.93
Majority			142,542	100.00	+69.95
Turnout			142,542		-4.72
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 16[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carona (Incumbent)	95,853	67.07	-35.93
	Democratic	Jan Erik Frederiksen	50,895	34.02	+34.02
	Libertarian	Jack Thompson	2,857	1.91	+1.91
Majority			44,958	30.05	-69.95
Turnout			149,605		+85.15
	Republican hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 16[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carona (Incumbent)[10]	80,802	100.00
Majority			80,802	100.00
Turnout			80,802
	Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 16[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John N. Leedom (Incumbent)	108,229	87.10	+6.25
	Libertarian	Randal Morgan	15,959	12.84	-6.31
	Write-In	Henry Gail Norrid	67	0.05
Majority			92,270	74.26	+12.56
Turnout			124,255		-30.67
	Republican hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 16[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John N. Leedom (Incumbent)	144,908	80.85
	Libertarian	Randal Morgan	34,325	19.15
Majority			110,583	61.70
Turnout			179,233
	Republican hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 16	Counties in District
1	Robert McAlpin Williamson	Milam, Washington.
2
3	Edward Burleson	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Travis.
4	William S. Day	Austin, Fort Bend, Washington.
5	Henry C. Pedigo	Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Polk, Trinity, Tyler.
6
7
8	Enoch S. Pitts
9	A. N. Jordan	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris.
10
11	Abram Morris Gentry
12	Matthew Gaines	Washington.
13
14	Seth Shepard T. G. Davidson	Burleson, Washington.
15	Tillman Smith James R. Burnett	Grimes, Madison, Trinity, Walker.
16	James R. Burnett John T. Buchanan
17	John T. Buchanan James G. McDonald
18	Barnett Gibbs	Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall.
19	J. O. Terrell
20
21	Robert S. Kimbrough
22
23	James H. Shelburne	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller.
24
25	Waller T. Burns
26
27	Abner G. Lipscomb
28		Fort Bend, Harris, Waller.
29	George B. Griggs
30
31	Francis Charles Hume, Jr.
32
33	Louis H. Bailey
34
35	Rienzi Melville Johnston
36	Rienzi Melville Johnston Lynch Davidson
37	Charles A. Murphy
38
39		Harris.
40	James W. Hall Walter Frank Woodul
41	Walter Frank Woodul
42
43
44	Weaver Moore
45
46
47
48
49
50	W. Lacy Stewart Maribelle Stewart
51	J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr.
52
53	Carlos C. Ashley, Sr.	Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala.
54
55
56	Louis Crump
57
58
59
60	Jim Wade	Portion of Dallas.
61	Mike McKool
62
63	Bill Braecklein
64
65
66
67	John N. Leedom
68
69
70
71
72
73
74	John N. Leedom John J. Carona	Portions of Dallas, Rockwall.
75	John J. Carona
76
77
78		Portion of Dallas.
79
80
81
82
83
84	Don Huffines
85
86	Nathan M. Johnson
87

Notes

1. Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

1. "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-24.}}
2. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
3. "2014 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
4. "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2020-06-24.
5. "2012 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
6. "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
7. "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
8. "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
9. "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
10. Carona was elected to fill the unexpired term of Leedom. The election was probably held in 1996, but the information is not online at the Secretary of State website Archived 2006-11-08 at the Wayback Machine.
11. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
12. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-04.