List of United States Senators from Texas

This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Texas.

Current members

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Texas are:

Election history

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

Class I

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2018 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019, to the end of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2025.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Colin Allred, Ted Brown, Analisa Roche, and Tracy Andrus in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Cruz (R)	53.8	5,580,601
		Colin Allred (D)	44.0	4,562,874
		Ted Brown (L)	2.2	231,013
		Analisa Roche (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Tracy Andrus (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 10,374,488
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan McQueen (Independent)
• Mason Cysewski (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Colin Allred	58.9	569,585
		Roland Gutierrez	16.6	160,978
		Mark A. Gonzalez	8.8	85,228
		Meri Gomez	4.6	44,166
		Carl Sherman Sr.	3.3	31,694
		Ahmad Hassan	2.3	21,855
		Steve Keough	2.3	21,801
		Heli Rodriguez Prilliman	1.9	18,801
		Thierry Tchenko	1.4	13,395

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 967,503
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachariah Manning (D)
• Aaron Arguijo (D)
• Soren Pendragon (D)
• John Love III (D)
• Sherri Taylor (D)
• Victor D. Dunn (D)
• Tracy Andrus (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Holland Gibson and Rufus Lopez in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Cruz	88.3	1,977,961
		Holland Gibson	6.0	134,011
		Rufus Lopez	5.7	127,986

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,239,958
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cody Andrews (R)
• Carlos Garza (R)
• Josiah Ingalls (R)
• Montgomery Markland (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas

Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 14, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Ted Brown (L)

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2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke and Neal Dikeman in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ted Cruz (R)	50.9	4,260,553
		Beto O'Rourke (D)	48.3	4,045,632
		Neal Dikeman (L)	0.8	65,470

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,371,655
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bob McNeil (Independent)

2012

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ted Cruz	56.5%	4,440,137
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	40.6%	3,194,927
	Libertarian	John Jay Myers	2.1%	162,354
	Green	David B. Collins	0.9%	67,404
Total Votes				7,864,822
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2006

On November 7, 2006, Kay Bailey Hutchinson won re-election to the United States Senate. She defeated Barbara Ann Radnofsky (D) and Scott Lanier Jameson (L) in the general election.^[1]

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchinson incumbent	61.7%	2,661,789
	Democratic	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	36%	1,555,202
	Libertarian	Scott Lanier Jameson	2.3%	97,672
Total Votes				4,314,663

2000

On November 7, 2000, Kay Bailey Hutchinson won re-election to the United States Senate. She defeated Gene Kelly (D), Douglas Sandage (G) and Mary Ruwart (L) in the general election.^[2]

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchinson incumbent	65.1%	4,078,954
	Democratic	Gene Kelly	32.3%	2,025,024
	Green	Douglas Sandage	1.5%	91,329
	Libertarian	Mary Ruwart	1.2%	72,657
Total Votes				6,267,964

Class II

Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class II terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Mary Jennings Hegar, Kerry McKennon, David B. Collins, and Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Cornyn (R)	53.5	5,962,983
		Mary Jennings Hegar (D)	43.9	4,888,764
		Kerry McKennon (L)	1.9	209,722
		David B. Collins (G)	0.7	81,893
		Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	678

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,144,040
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arjun Srinivasan (Independent)
• Cedric Jefferson (People Over Politics Party)
• James Brumley (The Human Rights Party)
• Tim Smith (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas

Mary Jennings Hegar defeated Royce West in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Jennings Hegar	52.2	502,516
		Royce West	47.8	459,457

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 961,973 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Jennings Hegar	22.3	417,160
✔		Royce West	14.7	274,074
		Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez	13.2	246,659
		Annie Garcia	10.3	191,900
		Amanda Edwards	10.1	189,624
		Chris Bell	8.5	159,751
		Sema Hernandez	7.4	137,892
		Michael Cooper	4.9	92,463
		Victor Harris	3.2	59,710
		Adrian Ocegueda	2.2	41,566
		Jack Daniel Foster Jr.	1.7	31,718
		D.R. Hunter	1.4	26,902

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,869,419
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Love III (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Dwayne Stovall, Mark Yancey, John Castro, and Virgil Bierschwale in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Cornyn	76.0	1,470,669
		Dwayne Stovall	11.9	231,104
		Mark Yancey	6.5	124,864
		John Castro	4.5	86,916
		Virgil Bierschwale	1.1	20,494

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,934,047
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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas

David B. Collins advanced from the Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		David B. Collins (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas

Kerry McKennon defeated Wes Benedict in the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on August 3, 2020.

		Candidate
		Wes Benedict (L)
✔		Kerry McKennon (L)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rhett Rosenquest Smith (L)

2014

On November 4, 2014, John Cornyn won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated David Alameel (D), Rebecca Paddock (L) and Emily Marie Sanchez (G) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Cornyn Incumbent	61.6%	2,861,531
	Democratic	David Alameel	34.4%	1,597,387
	Libertarian	Rebecca Paddock	2.9%	133,751
	Green	Emily Marie Sanchez	1.2%	54,701
	Write-in	Mohammed Tahiro	0%	988
Total Votes				4,648,358
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

2008

On November 4, 2008, John Cornyn won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Richard Noriega (D) and Yvonne Adams Schick (L) in the general election.^[3]

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Cornyn incumbent	54.8%	4,337,469
	Democratic	Richard Noriega	42.8%	3,389,365
	Libertarian	Yvonne Adams Schick	2.3%	185,241
Total Votes				7,912,075

2002

On November 5, 2002, John Cornyn won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Ron Kirk (D), Scott Lanier Jameson (L), Roy Williams (G) and James Wright (Write-in) in the general election.^[4]

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Cornyn	55.3%	2,496,243
	Democratic	Ron Kirk	43.3%	1,955,758
	Libertarian	Scott Lanier Jameson	0.8%	35,538
	Green	Roy Williams	0.6%	25,051
	Write-in	James Wright	0%	1,422
Total Votes				4,514,012

Historical members

See also

• United States Senate
• United States congressional delegations from Texas
• Classes of United States Senators

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