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The2016 Texas Senate elections took place as part of thebiennialUnited States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state senate districts. The winners of this election served in the85th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Councilhere, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Censushere.
Following the 2014 State Senate elections, theRepublicans maintained effective control of the Senate with twenty members to theDemocrats' eleven.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain five Senate seats. While the statewide popular vote for this class of Senators swung 8.6 percentage points toward the Democrats when compared to the vote they earned in the2012 elections,[note 1] both parties retained the eight seats each was defending.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Governing[3] | Safe R | October 12, 2016 |
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||||||
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| No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | ||||||||
| Republican | 10 | 1,985,241 | 56.31 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 20 |  | ||||||
| Democratic | 10 | 1,355,412 | 38.45 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | | ||||||
| Libertarian | 6 | 172,255 | 4.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ||||||
| Green | 1 | 12,535 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ||||||
| Total | 3,525,443 | 100.00 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 31 | | |||||||
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| Republican | 56.31% | |||
| Democratic | 38.45% | |||
| Other | 5.24% | |||
| Republican | 50.00% | |||
| Democratic | 50.00% | |||
| District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | - | - | 245,648 | 100.00% | - | - | 245,648 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | - | - | 239,869 | 87.33% | 34,791 | 12.67% | 274,660 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 6 | 119,891 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 119,891 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 11 | - | - | 218,201 | 100.00% | - | - | 218,201 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 12 | - | - | 241,232 | 82.98% | 49,465 | 17.02% | 290,697 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 13 | 178,277 | 92.50% | - | - | 14,447 | 7.50% | 192,724 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 18 | - | - | 229,051 | 85.78% | 37,965 | 14.22% | 267,016 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 19 | 134,997 | 55.87% | 97,682 | 40.43% | 8,948 | 3.70% | 241,627 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 20 | 132,128 | 61.68% | 82,098 | 38.32% | - | - | 214,226 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 21 | 160,959 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 160,959 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 22 | 88,769 | 29.57% | 211,380 | 70.43% | - | - | 300,149 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 24 | 81,836 | 27.61% | 214,568 | 72.39% | - | - | 296,404 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 26 | 155,441 | 79.87% | - | - | 39,174 | 20.13% | 194,615 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 27 | 135,945 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 135,945 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 28 | - | - | 205,512 | 100.00% | - | - | 205,512 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 29 | 167,169 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 167,169 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| Total | 1,355,412 | 38.45% | 1,985,241 | 56.31% | 184,790 | 5.24% | 3,525,443 | 100.00% | Source:[4] |
