# Texas Senate, District 23

District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 23 is Royce West.
In 1914, it was made up eleven counties in South Texas, including Duval County. Archie Parr represented it from 1915–1934.

## Biggest cities in the district

District 23 has a population of 813,699 with 576,192 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
| | Name | County | Pop. |
| 1 | Dallas | Dallas | 607,734 |
| 2 | DeSoto | Dallas | 49,047 |
| 3 | Cedar Hill | Dallas | 44,477 |
| 4 | Duncanville | Dallas | 38,524 |
| 5 | Lancaster | Dallas | 36,361 |

## Election history

Election history of District 23 from 1992.

### 2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 253,413 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253,413 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 253,413 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

Royce West (Democratic) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and West was declared elected without a vote.

### 2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 192,148 | 100.00 | +20.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192,148 | 100.00 | +39.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192,148 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 99,102 | 79.39 | −2.51 |
| | Republican | John Lawson | 23,520 | 18.84 | +0.74 |
| | Libertarian | Jonathan F. Erhardt | 2,204 | 1.77 | +1.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75,582 | 60.55 | −3.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 124,826 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 187,407 | 81.90 | −10.50 |
| | Republican | Bishop John Lawson | 41,429 | 18.10 | +18.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145,978 | 63.80 | −21.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 228,836 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 176,451 | 92.40 | −7.60 |
| | Libertarian | Jim Renfro | 14,503 | 7.60 | +7.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161,948 | 84.80 | −15.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 190,954 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150,244 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,244 | | +47.60 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101,793 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 101,793 | | +65.02 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61,685 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,685 | | −22.07 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West (Incumbent) | 79,157 | 100.00 | +10.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79,157 | 100.00 | +21.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,157 | | −36.12 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Royce West | 110,856 | 89.46 | |
| | Libertarian | Henry Burden | 13,066 | 10.54 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97,790 | 78.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,922 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 23 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Jerald Larry | 5,963 | 13.88 |
| | Jesse Oliver | 12,240 | 28.49 |
| ✓ | Royce West | 24,764 | 57.63 |
| Majority | Majority | 12,524 | 29.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | | |

## District officeholders

| Legislature | Senator, District 23 | Counties in District |
| 4 | Thomas Hinds Duggan | DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca. |
| 5 | James H. Armstrong | Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson. |
| 6 | James H. Armstrong | Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson. |
| 7 | George Bernard Erath | Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson. |
| 8 | George Bernard Erath | Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam, Williamson. |
| 9 | Chauncey Berkeley Shepard | Austin, Washington. |
| 10 | Chauncey Berkeley Shepard | Austin, Washington. |
| 11 | James W. McDade | Austin, Washington. |
| 12 | George R. Shannon | Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor. |
| 13 | Andrew J. Ball | Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Taylor. |
| 14 | Andrew J. Ball | Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young. |
| 15 | Thomas Ball | Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young. |
| 16 | William R. Shannon | Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young. |
| 17 | William R. Shannon | Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young. |
| 18 | Andrew Jackson Harris | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. |
| 19 | Charles Keith Bell | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. |
| 20 | Charles Keith Bell | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. |
| 21 | George W. Tyler | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. |
| 22 | George W. Tyler | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas. |
| 23 | Edwin Augustus Atlee | Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 24 | Edwin Augustus Atlee | Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 25 | Edwin Augustus Atlee | Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 26 | Edwin Augustus Atlee | Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 27 | D. McNeill Turner | Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Encinal, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 28 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 29 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 30 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 31 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 32 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 33 | John G. Willacy | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 34 | Archie Parr | Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata. |
| 35 | Archie Parr | Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata. |
| 36 | Archie Parr | Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata. |
| 37 | Archie Parr | Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata. |
| 38 | Archie Parr | Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata. |
| 39 | John D. Parnell | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 40 | William D. McFarlane | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 41 | William D. McFarlane | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 42 | Benjamin G. Oneal | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 43 | Benjamin G. Oneal | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 44 | Benjamin G. Oneal | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 45 | Benjamin G. Oneal | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 46 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 47 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 48 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 49 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 50 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 51 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 52 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 53 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 54 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 55 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 56 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 57 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 58 | George C. Moffett | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 59 | Jack Hightower | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young. |
| 60 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 61 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 62 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 63 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 64 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 65 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 66 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 67 | Oscar Mauzy | Portion of Dallas. |
| 68 | Oscar Mauzy | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 69 | Oscar Mauzy | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 70 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 71 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 72 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 73 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 74 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 75 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 76 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 77 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 78 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 79 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 80 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 81 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 82 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 83 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 84 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 85 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 86 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 87 | Royce West | Portion of Dallas. |
| 88 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |
| 89 | Royce West | Portions of Dallas, Tarrant. |