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1994 Senate elections · Texas history

Texas U.S. Senate election 1994

Kay Bailey Hutchison REP +22.5 · Class I seat · held 11/8/94

Votes counted
4,279,940
Margin
22.5 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld

General election 11/8/94

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Kay Bailey Hutchison WonREP2,604,21860.85%
Richard FisherDEM1,639,61538.31%
J. Pierre BlondeauLIB36,1070.84%
Total4,279,940

Official source: data

Other Texas Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class ITed Cruz8.5
2020Class IIJohn Cornyn9.6
2018Class ITed Cruz2.6
2014Class IIJohn Cornyn27.2
2012Class ITed Cruz15.8
2008Class IIJohn Cornyn12.0
2006Class IKay Bailey Hutchison25.7
2002Class IIJohn Cornyn12.0
2000Class IKay Bailey Hutchison32.8
1996Class IIPhil Gramm10.8
1994Class IKay Bailey Hutchison22.5
1990Class IIPhil Gramm22.8

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1994 Texas Senate race?

Kay Bailey Hutchison (REP) won with 60.8% of the vote, ahead of Richard Fisher (38.3%), a margin of 22.5 points.

Did the Texas Senate seat change party in 1994?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1994 Texas Senate race?

4,279,940 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.