Royce West

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Royce West (born 26 September 1952)^[1] is a Democratic African American member of the Texas Senate representing the Dallas-based 23rd District.

Contents 1 Election history 1.1 Most recent election 1.1.1 2004 1.2 Previous elections 1.2.1 2002 1.2.2 1998 1.2.3 1994 1.2.4 1992 2 References 3 External link

[edit] Election history

Election history of West.^[2]

[edit] Most recent election

[edit] 2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 23[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	150,244	100.00	0.00
Majority			150,244	100.00	0.00
Turnout			150,244		+47.60
	Democratic hold

[edit] Previous elections

[edit] 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 23[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	101,793	100.00	0.00
Majority			101,793	100.00	0.00
Turnout			101,793		+65.02
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 23[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	61,685	100.00	0.00
Majority			61,685	100.00	0.00
Turnout			61,685		-22.07
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 23[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West (Incumbent)	79,157	100.00	+10.54
Majority			79,157	100.00	+21.09
Turnout			79,157		-36.12
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 23[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royce West	110,856	89.46
	Libertarian	Henry Burden	13,066	10.54
Majority			97,790	78.91
Turnout			123,922
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 23[8]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Jerald Larry	5,963	13.88
	Jesse Oliver	12,240	28.49
✓	Royce West	24,764	57.63
Majority		12,524	29.15
Turnout

[edit] References

[edit] External link

• Official Biography on the Texas Senate website.

Preceded by Eddie Bernice Johnson	Texas State Senator from District 23 (Dallas) 1993 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Frank L. Madla	President pro tempore of the Texas Senate 17 April 2006–9 January 2007	Succeeded by Mario Gallegos, Jr.

Current Texas State Senators

1: Eltife (R) • 2: Deuell (R) • 3: Nichols (R) • 4: Williams (R) • 5: Ogden (R) • 6: Gallegos (D) • 7: Patrick (R) • 8: Shapiro (R) • 9: Harris (R) • 10: Brimer (R) • 11: Jackson (R) • 12: Nelson (R) • 13: Ellis (D) • 14: Watson (D) • 15: Whitmire (D) • 16: Carona (R) • 17: Janek (R) • 18: Hegar (R) • 19: Uresti (D) • 20: Hinojosa (D) • 21: Zaffirini (D) • 22: Averitt (R) • 23: West (D) • 24: Fraser (R) • 25: Wentworth (R) • 26: Van de Putte (D) • 27: Lucio (D) • 28: Duncan (R) • 29: Shapleigh (D) • 30: Estes (R) • 31: Seliger (R)

Persondata
NAME	Royce West
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH	26 September 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH