# Texas Senate, District 7

District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves portions of Harris and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.

## Election history

Election history of District 7 from 1992.

### 2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 251,489 | 63.41 |
| | Democratic | Michelle Gwinn | 145,100 | 36.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106,389 | 26.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 396,589 | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2022

Paul Bettencourt (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Bettencourt was declared elected without a vote.

### 2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 177,864 | 57.75 | −14.07 |
| | Democratic | David Romero | 124,232 | 40.34 | +14.05 |
| | Libertarian | Tom Glass | 5,878 | 1.91 | +0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,632 | 17.41 | −28.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 307,974 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Paul Bettencourt | 123,551 | 71.82 | +3.42 |
| | Democratic | Jim Davis | 45,230 | 26.29 | −5.31 |
| | Libertarian | Whitney Bilyeu | 3,244 | 1.89 | +1.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78,321 | 45.53 | +8.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,025 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Dan Patrick | 196,526 | 68.40 | −18.01 |
| | Democratic | Sam "Tejas" Texas | 90,793 | 31.60 | +31.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105,733 | 36.80 | −36.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 287,319 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Dan Patrick | 184,704 | 86.41 | +17.22 |
| | Libertarian | Lee Coughran | 29,048 | 13.59 | +13.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155,656 | 72.82 | +34.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 213,752 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Dan Patrick | 118,067 | 69.19 | −22.12 |
| | Democratic | F. Michael Kubosh | 52,586 | 30.81 | +30.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65,481 | 38.37 | −44.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,653 | | +11.44 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Jon Lindsay | 139,827 | 91.31 | −8.69 |
| | Libertarian | Edgar L. Buchanan | 13,305 | 8.69 | +8.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126,522 | 82.62 | −17.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,132 | | −30.34 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Jon Lindsay | 219,835 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219,835 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 219,835 | | +20.69 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Jon Lindsay | 182,144 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182,144 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,144 | | +26.82 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Don Henderson | 143,628 | 100.00 | +10.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143,628 | 100.00 | +21.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,628 | | −28.46 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Don Henderson | 178,850 | 89.09 | |
| | Libertarian | James P. Chudleigh | 21,910 | 10.91 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156,940 | 78.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 200,760 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## District officeholders

| Legislature | Senator, District 7 | Counties in District |
| 1 1846 | George Tyler Wood William C. Abbott | Jefferson, Liberty. |
| 2 1847 | William C. Abbott | Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler. |
| 3 1849 | Alfred M. Triutt | Nacogdoches, Shelby. |
| 4 1851 | Isaac Parker | Anderson, Cherokee. |
| 5 1853 | M. D. K. Taylor | Cass, Titus. |
| 6 1855 | M. D. K. Taylor | Cass, Titus. |
| 7 1857 | M. D. K. Taylor | Cass, Titus. |
| 8 1859 | John Green Chambers | Cass, Titus. |
| 9 1861 | John W. Moore | Bowie, Davis, Marion. |
| 10 1863 | John W. Moore | Bowie, Davis, Marion. |
| 11 1866 | William P. Saufley | Bowie, Davis, Marion. |
| 12 1870 | Henry Rawson | Harrison. |
| 13 1873 | Henry Rawson | Harrison. |
| 14 1874 | David Browning Culberson | Bowie, Cass, Marion. |
| 15 1876 | James Postell Douglas | Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur. |
| 16 1879 | John Martin Duncan | Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur. |
| 17 1881 | John Martin Duncan | Camp, Gregg, Smith, Upshur. |
| 18 1883 | John Young Gooch | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 19 1885 | Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 20 1887 | Alexander White Gregg | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 21 1889 | Robert H. Morris | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 22 1891 | John G. Kearby | Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt. |
| 23 1893 | John G. Kearby | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 24 1895 | Robert N. Stafford | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 25 1897 | Robert N. Stafford | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 26 1899 | Robert N. Stafford | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 27 1901 | Robert N. Stafford | Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 28 1903 | Robert N. Stafford | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 29 1905 | Robert N. Stafford | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 30 1907 | William J. Greer | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 31 1909 | William J. Greer | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 32 1911 | William J. Greer | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 33 1913 | William J. Greer Earl M. Greer | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 34 1915 | William D. Suiter | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 35 1917 | William D. Suiter | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 36 1919 | William D. Suiter | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 37 1921 | William D. Suiter | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 38 1923 | Tomas G. Pollard | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 39 1925 | Tomas G. Pollard | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 40 1927 | Tomas G. Pollard | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 41 1929 | Tomas G. Pollard | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 42 1931 | Tomas G. Pollard | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 43 1933- | Will D. Pace | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 44 1935 | Will D. Pace | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 45 1937 | Will D. Pace | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 46 1939 | Will D. Pace | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 47 1941 | T. C. Chadick | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 48 1943 | T. C. Chadick | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 49 1945 | T. C. Chadick | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 50 1947 | T. C. Chadick | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 51 1949 | Warren McDonald | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 52 1951 | Warren McDonald | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 53 1953 | Warren McDonald | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 54 1955 | Warren McDonald | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 55 1957 | Bill D. Wood | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 56 1959 | Bill D. Wood | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 57 1961 | Galloway Calhoun | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 58 1963 | Galloway Calhoun | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 59 1965 | Galloway Calhoun | Camp, Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood. |
| 60 1967 | Chet Brooks | Portion of Harris. |
| 61 1969 | Chet Brooks | Portion of Harris. |
| 62 1971 | Chet Brooks | Portion of Harris. |
| 63 1973 | R. A. "Bob" Gammage | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 64 1975 | R. A. "Bob" Gammage Gene Jones | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 65 1977 | Gene Jones | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 66 1979 | Gene Jones | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 67 1981 | W. Michael "Mike" Richards | All of Fort Bend. Portion of Harris. |
| 68 1983 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 69 1985 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 70 1987 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 71 1989 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 72 1991 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 73 1993 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 74 1995 | Don Henderson | Portion of Harris. |
| 75 1997 | Jon Lindsay | Portion of Harris. |
| 76 1999 | Jon Lindsay | Portion of Harris. |
| 77 2001 | Jon Lindsay | Portion of Harris. |
| 78 2003 | Jon Lindsay | Portion of Harris. |
| 79 2005 | Jon Lindsay | Portion of Harris. |
| 80 2007 | Dan Patrick | Portion of Harris. |
| 81 2009 | Dan Patrick | Portion of Harris. |
| 82 2011 | Dan Patrick | Portion of Harris. |
| 83 2013 | Dan Patrick | Portion of Harris. |
| 84 2015 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. |
| 85 2017 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. |
| 86 2019 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. |
| 87 2021 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. |
| 88 2023 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. Portion of Montgomery. |
| 89 2025 | Paul Bettencourt | Portion of Harris. Portion of Montgomery. |