Texas Senate, District 28

District 28 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, and Wilbarger counties and a portion of Taylor county in the U.S. state of Texas.

Texas's 28th State Senate district
Senator	Charles Perry R–Lubbock
Demographics	53.3% White 6.8% Black 38.1% Hispanic 1.7% Asian
Population	799,687

The current Senator from District 28 is Charles Perry.

Top 5 biggest cities in district

District 28 has a population of 778,341 with 586,992 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[1]

	Name	County	Pop.^[2]^[a]
1	Lubbock	Lubbock	229,573
2	San Angelo	Tom Green	93,200
3	Abilene	Jones/Taylor	38,346
4	Plainview	Hale	22,194
5	Levelland	Hockley	13,542

Election history

Election history of District 28 from 1992.^[b]

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles Perry	247,160	100.00
Turnout			247,160	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 28^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles Perry	205,512	100.00
Turnout			205,512
	Republican hold

2014

Texas special general election, 2014: Senate District 28^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jodey Arrington	12,958	30.26
	Republican	E.M. Garza	347	00.81
	Republican	Delwin Jones	677	01.58
	Libertarian	Kerry Douglas McKennon	358	00.84
	Republican	Charles Perry	22,860	53.39
	Democratic	Greg Wortham	5,616	13.12
Turnout			42,816
	Republican hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 28^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert L. Duncan (Incumbent)	183,619	86.39
	Libertarian	M.J. Smith	28,932	13.61
Turnout			212,551
	Republican hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 28^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert L. Duncan (Incumbent)	179,059	88.17
	Libertarian	M.J. Smith	24,022	11.83
Turnout			203,081
	Republican hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 28^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert L. Duncan (Incumbent)	176,588	100.00	+8.68
Majority			176,588	100.00	+17.37
Turnout			176,588		+34.85
	Republican hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 28^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Duncan (Incumbent)	119,580	91.32	-8.68
	Libertarian	Jon Ensor	11,372	8.8	+8.68
Majority			108,208	82.63	-17.37
Turnout			130,952		+58.98
	Republican hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 28^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Duncan (Incumbent)	82,368	100.00	+64.21
Majority			82,368	100.00	+71.58
Turnout			82,368		-32.78
	Republican hold

1996

Special Election Runoff: Senate District 28, Unexpired term^[10]
10 December 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert L. Duncan	32,489	56.82	^[11]+26.42
	Democratic	David R. Langston	24,686	43.18	+18.89
Majority			7,803	13.65
Turnout			57,175
	Republican gain from Democratic

Special Election: Senate District 28, Unexpired term^[10]
2 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	3,938	2.65
	Republican	Robert L. Duncan	45,106	30.41
	Republican	Monte Hasie	13,303	8.97
	Republican	Tim Lambert	18,885	12.73
	Democratic	David R. Langston	36,032	24.29
	Democratic	Lorenzo "Bubba" Sedeno	12,419	8.37
	Democratic	Gary Watkins	18,652	12.57
Turnout			148,335

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 28^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John T. Montford (Incumbent)	78,676	64.21	-0.15
	Republican	Val Varley	43,854	35.79	+2.79
Majority			34,822	28.42	-2.93
Turnout			122,530		-29.20
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 28^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John T. Montford (Incumbent)	111,384	64.36
	Republican	Geo. Gray	57,119	33.00
	Libertarian	E. A. Addington	4,572	2.64
Majority			54,265	31.35
Turnout			173,075
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 28	Counties in District
5	Edwin B. Scarborough	Cameron, Hidalgo.
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9	George Bernard Erath George E. Burney	All of Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan, Runnels, Taylor. Portion of Ellis.
10	George E. Burney
11		Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan, Runnels, Taylor.
12	Marmion Henry Bowers	Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba, Travis, Williamson.
13	Nathan George Shelley
14	William H. Westfall	Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson.
15	William Henry Crain Ellsberry R. Lane	Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson.
16	Ellsberry R. Lane
17	Ellsberry R. Lane Lucas H. Brown
18	Augustus W. Houston	Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green.
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20	Robert Hance Burney
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23	John C. Baldwin	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
24	R. D. Gage	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
25	Henry A. Tillett	Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
26	William P. Sebastian
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28		Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
29	Albert S. Hawkins William J. Cunningham
30	William J. Cunningham
31	W. John Bryan
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33	Homer P. Brelsford
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35	Charles R. Buchanan
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37	John A. Russell Joe Burkett
38	Joe Burkett
39	Robert A. Stuart	Tarrant.
40	Robert A. Stuart Julian C. Hyer
41	Julian C. Hyer
42	Frank H. Rawlings
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46	Jesse Martin
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50	Keith F. Kelly
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53	Kilmer B. Corbin	Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
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55	Preston Smith
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58	H. J. "Doc" Blanchard
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60		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
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63		Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
64	Kent Hance
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66	E. L. Short
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68	John T. Montford	Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Howard, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum.
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73		Borden, Castro, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Reagan, Swisher, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler.
74	John T. Montford Robert L. Duncan	All of Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Reagan, Reeves, Sterling, Terry, Upton, Ward. Portions of Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Tom Green.
75	Robert L. Duncan
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78		Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Sterling, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Tom Green, Upton, Wheeler.
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83	Robert L. Duncan Charles Perry	All of Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger. Portions of Taylor.
84	Charles Perry
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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 June 18, 2020.
2. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
4. "2014 Special Election, Senate District 28". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
5. "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
6. "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
7. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
8. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
9. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
10. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
11. Change from special election
12. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
13. . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.