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1876–2024
State Senate District 27·Texas

Texas 27th State Senate District delivered R+10 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A sprawling exurban district where Republican margins have held firm

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+10
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
1,061,084
2024 ACS

Texas 27th State Senate District, Texas: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+10%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
1,061,0842024 5-year
Median household income
$57,6122024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
37.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
80.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+71 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+16 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
8 counties · 0 D · 8 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−10.4%
136,089167,857306,782
D
+4.4%
160,783147,036311,511
D
+17.7%
144,65799,645254,619
D
+16.5%
127,21190,733220,498
D
+14.3%
126,37694,475222,492
R
−6.7%
99,521113,893214,572
D
+3.7%
99,30992,109194,784
D
+21.8%
104,78665,448180,702
D
+13.8%
94,58667,894192,990
D
+10.3%
101,21682,278184,727
R
−5.0%
89,48998,883188,863
D
+4.3%
81,35774,526160,087
D
+22.8%
91,12357,071149,404
R
−15.6%
52,96472,700126,340
D
+20.9%
62,82839,253113,035
D
+39.4%
65,52328,43094,149
D
+17.8%
50,27735,05585,501
R
−6.1%
33,70938,12172,330
R
−11.3%
32,50140,76573,374
D
+32.3%
26,59613,20741,439
D
+27.2%
21,51011,88035,454
D
+37.9%
21,9619,87131,922
D
+53.1%
18,3095,44924,208
D
+63.8%
21,4034,66226,231
R
−5.2%
9,10010,09119,212
D
+26.5%
8,5204,78614,075
D
+27.8%
4,0832,2456,620
D
+56.6%
4,5341,1505,983
D
+70.7%
4,2014295,337
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
3.9%
English
3.1%
Irish
2.6%
American
2.4%
Italian
0.7%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 33.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.0%
1.9%
75–84
2.5%
3.8%
65–74
4.3%
4.8%
55–64
5.2%
5.7%
45–54
5.8%
6.4%
35–44
6.1%
7.1%
25–34
6.4%
5.7%
18–24
5.2%
10.6%
5–17
10.1%
3.5%
<5
3.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$57,612
State Senate District 27 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 27$57,612
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
22.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.2%
Working age (18–64)18.9%
Seniors (65+)23.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
39.5%
speak English only
Spanish59.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
39.5%
Other Christian
10.2%
Baptist
4.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas Senate District 27 stretches across a high-population corridor where exurban growth and a predominantly Hispanic electorate have shaped competitive dynamics, yet the district returned an R+16.2 margin in 2024.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-one points in 1912; the Republican margin reached sixteen points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 1,061,084, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,612 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 27, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 27, Texas voted Republican by 10.4 points (R+10), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 306,782 votes cast, 136,089 went Democratic and 167,857 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 27, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 27, Texas as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 7 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 27, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 27, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in State Senate District 27, Texas?
State Senate District 27, Texas has a population of 1,061,084 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 27, Texas?
Median household income in State Senate District 27, Texas is $57,612 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State Senate District 27, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 27, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.