Texas Senate, District 17

Texas's 17th
State Senate district
Texas's 17th; State Senate district
Senator
	Joan Huffman; R–Houston
Demographics	44.6% White; 15.2% Black; 24% Hispanic; 16.4% Asian
Population	913,271

District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties, and portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 17 is Joan Huffman.

Biggest cities in the district

District 17 has a population of 804,162 with 605,764 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]^[a]
1	Houston	Fort Bend/Harris	322,519
2	Sugar Land	Fort Bend	68,795
3	Missouri City	Fort Bend	31,204
4	Lake Jackson	Brazoria	26,849
5	Bellaire	Harris	16,855

Election history

Election history of District 22 from 1992.^[b]

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 17^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (Incumbent)	179,653	65.33	+13.89
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	95,320	34.67	−12.13
Turnout			274,973
	Republican hold

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 17^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (Incumbent)	158,263	51.44	−11.90
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	143,978	46.80	+12.89
	Libertarian	Lauren LaCount	5,396	1.75	−0.28
Turnout			307,637
	Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (Incumbent)	113,817	63.34	−14.34
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	60,934	33.91	+33.91
	Libertarian	George Hardy	3,642	02.03	−11.39
	Green	David Courtney	1,303	00.73	−8.17
Turnout			179,696
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 17^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (Incumbent)	185,429	77.68	+5.48
	Libertarian	Austin Page	32,026	13.42	−3.42
	Green	David Courtney	21,252	08.90	+8.90
Turnout			238,707
	Republican hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 17^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman (Incumbent)	112,595	83.16	+27.07
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	22,802	16.84	+16.84
Turnout			135,397
	Republican hold

2008 (special)

Texas Special Runoff Election State Senate: Senate District 17^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joan Huffman	24,497	56.09	+29.95
	Democratic	Chris Bell	19,176	43.91	+5.52
Turnout			43,673
	Republican hold

Texas Special Election, 2008: Senate District 17^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Bell	85,725	38.39
	Republican	Joan Huffman	58,359	26.14
	Democratic	Stephanie E. Simmons	30,839	13.81
	Republican	Austen Furse	22,588	10.12
	Republican	Ken Sherman	16,728	7.49
	Republican	Grant Harpold	9,056	4.06
Turnout			223,295

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 17^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kyle Janek	88,483	77.82	+16.40
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	25,212	22.81	+22.81
Majority			63,271	55.65%	+32.79
Turnout			113,695		−20.99
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 17^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kyle Janek	88,393	61.43	−5.99
	Democratic	Ronnie Ellen Harrison	55,502	38.57	+5.99
Majority			32,891	22.86	−11.98
Turnout			153,132		−30.34
	Republican hold

Special

Special election, 5 November 2002: Senate District 17 (Unexpired term)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kyle Janek	97,588	67.42	−3.18
	Democratic	Ronnie Ellen Harrison	47,164	32.58	+3.18
Majority			50,424	34.83	−6.36
Turnout			144,752		+5.52
	Republican hold

Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 17^[14]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Kyle Janek	16,250	65.81
	Gary M. Polland	8,444	34.19
Turnout		24,694

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 17^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. E. "Buster" Brown	96,846	70.60	−1.99
	Democratic	Ronnie Ellen Harrison	40,331	29.40	+1.99
Majority			56,515	41.20	−3.97
Turnout			137,177		−15.77
	Republican hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 17^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. E. "Buster" Brown	117,727	72.58	+12.98
	Democratic	Ronnie Ellen Harrison	44,465	27.42	−12.98
Majority			73,262	45.17	+25.96
Turnout			162,192		−20.55
	Republican hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 17^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. E. "Buster" Brown	121,676	59.60
	Democratic	Ronnie Harrison	82,468	40.40
Majority			39,208	19.21
Turnout			204,144
	Republican hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 17	Counties in District
1	Alexander H. Phillips	Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria.
2	Alexander H. Phillips	Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria.
3	David Y. Portis	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Lavaca, Wharton.
4	Peter W. Gray	Harris.
5	Mark M. Potter	Galveston.
6
7
8
9	Anthony Martin Branch David Catchings Dickson	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker.
10	David Catchings Dickson
11	Benton Randolph
12	William A. Saylor	Brazos, Burleson, Milam.
13	William A. Saylor	Brazos, Burleson, Milam.
14	Jewett H. Davenport	Bell, Falls, Milam.
15	Walter Moses Burton	Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton.
16
17
18	John Johnson	Collin, Denton.
19	John Johnson
20	William Allen
21	William Allen
22	Henry A. Finch
23	Miles Crowley	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton.
24	Miles Crowley Morris Lasker
25	John E. Linn
26	John E. Linn
27	Robert V. Davidson
28	Robert V. Davidson
29	Robert V. Davidson William M. Holland
30	Thomas W. Masterson
31	Thomas W. Masterson John E. Kauffman
32	John E. Kauffman
33	John E. Kauffman William L. Hall
34	William L. Hall
35
36
37	William L. Hall Thomas J. Holbrook
38	Thomas J. Holbrook
39		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton.
40
41
42
43
44
45
46	William E. Stone
47
48
49
50	Jimmy Phillips
51
52
53		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda.
54
55
56	Jimmy Phillips A. R. "Babe" Schwartz
57	A. R. "Babe" Schwartz
58		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston.
59		Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston.
60		All of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston. Portion of Harris.
61
62
63		All of Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Galveston, Matagorda. Portion of Harris.
64
65
66
67	J. E. "Buster" Brown
68		Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris.
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78	Kyle Janek	Portions of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson.
79	Kyle Janek
80	Kyle Janek Joan Huffman
81	Joan Huffman
82
83		Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris.
84
85
86
87
88		All of Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton. Portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller.

Notes

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

References

^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "2008 Special Runoff Election State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "Special Election State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "Special Election, State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2006.
^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[pop-4] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-5] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[1] "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[2] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[3] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[6] "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[7] "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[8] "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[9] "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[10] "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[11] "2008 Special Runoff Election State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[12] "Special Election State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[13] "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[14] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[15] "Special Election, State Senate District 17". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[16] "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2006.

[17] "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[18] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[19] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

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