American legislative district
District 8 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas . The current senator from District 8 is Angela Paxton .
Election history [ edit ] Election history of District 8 from 1992.[1]
Most recent election [ edit ] Previous elections [ edit ] District officeholders [ edit ] Legislature Senator, District 8 Counties in District 1 Henry J. Jewett Brazos , Robertson . 2 3 John H. McRae All of Jasper , Newton , Sabine , San Augustine . Portion of Angelina . 4 Stephen Reaves Rusk , Smith . 5 William Thomas Scott Harrison . 6 7 Louis T. Wigfall 8 Louis T. Wigfall E. A. Blanch 9 William C. Batte Red River , Titus . 10 Gilbert H. Wootten 11 Samuel N. Braswell 12 Donald Campbell Bowie , Davis , Marion . 13 Hamilton J. Avinger Bowie , Cass , Marion . 14 Cader A. Parker Red River , Titus . 15 Christopher C. Francis Anderson , Cherokee , Henderson . 16 John Young Gooch 17 18 Mansel Y. Randolph Angelina , Grimes , Houston , Leon , Madison . 19 20 William W. Davis 21 22 William Page 23 Thomas E. Boren Harrison , Panola , Rusk , Shelby . 24 25 26 M. P. McGee 27 28 Charles L. Brachfield Gregg , Harrison , Panola , Rusk , Shelby . 29 30 31 32 Edgar H. Carter 33 34 Lon A. Smith 35 36 37 Thomas Whitfield Davidson 38 James G. Strong 39 Charles R. Floyd Delta , Franklin , Hopkins , Lamar , Red River . 40 41 Tom A. DeBerry 42 43 44 45 A. M. Aikin, Jr. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 George Parkhouse Dallas . 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 George Parkhouse O.H. "Ike" Harris Portion of Dallas . 61 O.H. "Ike" Harris 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Florence Shapiro Portions of Collin , Dallas . 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 Ken Paxton Portions of Collin , Dallas . 84 Van Taylor Portions of Collin , Dallas . 85
References [ edit ]
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown. ^ "2018 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018 . ^ "2014 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2018 . ^ "2012 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2018 . ^ "2010 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2011 . ^ "2006 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 . ^ "2002 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 . ^ "2000 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 . ^ "1996 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 . ^ "1994 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 . ^ Shapiro was the District 2 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate district redistricting. ^ "1992 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007 .