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State Senate District 24·Texas

For sixteen years, Texas 24th State Senate District voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

One of Texas's most reliably Republican legislative districts by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
812,853
2024 ACS

Texas 24th State Senate District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
812,8532024 5-year
Median household income
$74,7212024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
58.9%2024 5-year
Black
13.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
27.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+75 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab
13 counties · 0 D · 13 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−33.8%
107,259218,627329,937
R
−28.3%
110,115199,357315,040
R
−34.5%
73,334157,170242,789
R
−35.8%
68,662147,169219,245
R
−27.8%
79,851142,280224,306
R
−41.8%
58,963144,606204,980
R
−41.3%
48,222118,915171,082
R
−21.1%
52,08683,220147,830
R
−15.5%
44,24766,727145,135
R
−27.5%
45,55480,466127,075
R
−43.8%
33,48386,031120,044
R
−21.0%
39,31860,948103,200
D
+1.5%
44,21942,92588,045
R
−50.2%
16,06949,03465,641
D
+8.2%
27,04522,19358,942
D
+45.0%
37,29014,14451,482
D
+10.9%
24,80619,92444,864
R
−2.8%
20,25521,41041,773
R
−7.0%
21,37224,57245,988
D
+37.9%
21,4189,23132,185
D
+34.3%
20,0588,99532,255
D
+44.4%
23,7359,12532,892
D
+58.8%
19,9725,11325,253
D
+75.0%
26,5623,76830,407
R
−13.3%
10,17513,31123,524
D
+42.4%
17,1165,97826,269
D
+26.7%
9,9374,71419,549
D
+49.7%
10,9903,51715,031
D
+59.0%
8,3501,16212,188
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.6%
English
9.9%
Irish
8.3%
American
5.8%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.9%
speak English only
Spanish14.9%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
17.5%
Other Christian
12.9%
Baptist
12.1%
Methodist
3.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Non-Christian
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+35.2 across nearly a million residents, District 24 anchors the deep-red belt of Texas where statewide Republican candidates routinely post some of their largest vote-share advantages.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 24th State Senate District peaked at seventy-five points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-one points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $74,721 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 24, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 24, Texas voted Republican by 33.8 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 329,937 votes cast, 107,259 went Democratic and 218,627 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 24, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 24, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 24, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 24, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State Senate District 24, Texas?
State Senate District 24, Texas has a population of 812,853 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 24, Texas?
Median household income in State Senate District 24, Texas is $74,721 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State Senate District 24, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 24, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.