- Lead
- 206,091
- Total
- 391,449
- vs nation
- R+51.2
Texas 3rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 184,555
- Total
- 393,317
- vs nation
- R+51.4
- Lead
- 157,307
- Total
- 340,806
- vs nation
- R+48.2
- Lead
- 133,746
- Total
- 329,285
- vs nation
- R+44.5
- Lead
- 111,811
- Total
- 332,355
- vs nation
- R+40.9
- Lead
- 93,846
- Total
- 334,243
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 63,573
- Total
- 308,657
- vs nation
- R+21.1
- Lead
- 4,224
- Total
- 284,966
- vs nation
- R+7.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 962,2222024 5-year
- Population density
- 65 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14,871 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,1002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.6 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 1, TX · twin score 95.5
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 3rd State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
91.4%
60,021 votes · D+83.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 89.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
76.0%
297,499 votes · R+52.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 73.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
149,065votes
52.0% of the vote · D+4.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 132,988 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
297,499votes
76.0% of the vote · R+52.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 286,958 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+86.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.5 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +76.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+51.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +51.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Anchored in the rural Trans-Pecos and Panhandle fringe, this sprawling West Texas district recorded a 52.6-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most lopsided state senate territories in the country.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 52.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.6 points.
A population of 962,222, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,100 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 1 and State Senate District 28.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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