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2022 Texas Senate election

The 2022 Texas Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022.

Retirements
As of April 2022, six state senators, including four Republicans and two Democrats, decided to retire, one of whom sought another office. RepublicansDistrict 11: Larry Taylor retired. • District 12: Jane Nelson retired. • District 24: Dawn Buckingham retired to run for Texas Land Commissioner. • District 31: Kel Seliger retired. DemocratsDistrict 10: Beverly Powell retired. • District 27: Eddie Lucio Jr. retired. ==Predictions==
Predictions
Redistricting greatly reduced the number of competitive seats in the state, making it almost certain that the chamber would remain in Republican hands. Statewide Competitive districts == Results summary ==
Detailed results
District 1 Incumbent Republican Bryan Hughes won re-election unopposed. District 2 Incumbent Republican Bob Hall won re-election. District 3 Incumbent Republican Robert Nichols won re-election. District 4 Incumbent Republican Brandon Creighton won re-election. District 5 Incumbent Republican Charles Schwertner won re-election. District 6 Incumbent Democrat Carol Alvarado won re-election unopposed. District 7 Incumbent Republican Paul Bettencourt won re-election unopposed. District 8 Incumbent Republican Angela Paxton won re-election. District 9 Incumbent Republican Kelly Hancock won re-election. District 10 Incumbent Democrat Beverly Powell retired after her district was considerably changed during the 2021 redistricting to make it more Republican-leaning, calling the new district "unwinnable." State Representative Phil King ran for the newly-drawn seat, and because Powell withdrew after the primary, King entered the general election unopposed, guaranteeing Republicans would flip the seat. District 11 Incumbent Republican Larry Taylor retired. State Representative Mayes Middleton ran to replace him unopposed in the general election. District 13 Incumbent Democrat Borris Miles won re-election unopposed. District 14 Incumbent Democrat Sarah Eckhardt won re-election. District 15 Incumbent Democrat John Whitmire won re-election but had also announced his bid for mayor of Houston in the 2023 election. District 16 Incumbent Democrat Nathan Johnson won re-election. District 17 Incumbent Republican Joan Huffman won re-election. District 18 Incumbent Republican Lois Kolkhorst won re-election. District 19 Incumbent Democrat Roland Gutierrez won re-election. District 20 Incumbent Democrat Juan Hinojosa won re-election. District 21 Incumbent Democrat Judith Zaffirini won re-election. District 22 Incumbent Republican Brian Birdwell won re-election. District 23 Incumbent Democrat Royce West won re-election unopposed. District 24 Incumbent Republican Dawn Buckingham retired to run for Texas Land Commissioner. District 25 Incumbent Republican Donna Campbell won re-election. District 26 Incumbent Democrat Jose Menendez won re-election. District 27 Incumbent Democrat Eddie Lucio Jr., often considered the most conservative Democrat in the Texas Senate, announced he would not run for re-election in November 2021. Lucio was the only Democrat to vote in favor of Texas' abortion laws and school voucher legislation, but all three Democrats running to replace him were pro-choice. He endorsed Morgan LaMantia despite her views on abortion, considering her to be the most moderate of the three, and she won the primary in a runoff. She faced Republican Adam Hinojosa in the general election, who campaigned as part of a Republican effort to capitalize on Donald Trump's strong performance in the Rio Grande Valley in the 2020 election to flip multiple legislative and congressional seats in the region. Polling Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican LaMantia won the election by an extremely narrow margin, a result which was not confirmed until after a December recount. District 28 Incumbent Republican Charles Perry won re-election unopposed. District 29 Incumbent Democrat Cesar Blanco won re-election. District 30 Incumbent Republican Drew Springer won re-election unopposed District 31 Incumbent Republican Kel Seliger, who often bucked party leadership on hardline issues such as school vouchers, putting him at odds with lieutenant governor Dan Patrick, drew several primary challengers. Foremost among them was Kevin Sparks, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, U.S. senator Ted Cruz, as well as Dan Patrick. He quickly became the seat's frontrunner after Seliger announced he would not run for re-election. Sparks won the Republican primary outright, avoiding a runoff, and faced no Democratic opponent in the general election. ==See also==
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