2006 Texas Senate election
The 2006 Texas Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. The winners of this election served in the 80th Texas Legislature. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican primary and was unopposed in the fall election. Five Senators chose to not run or were defeated in the primaries. Senate race statewide summary Senate race summary by district Senate race details District 1 District 2 District 3 Race uncontested after Nichols’ win in the Republican primary. District 5 District 7 District 8 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15 District 17 District 18 Incumbent Democratic Senator Ken Armbrister did not run for re-election. No other Democrat ran to replace him, allowing Republican Glen Hegar to easily win the race, flipping the seat. District 19 Incumbent Frank Madla was ousted by Uresti in contentious Democratic primary race. Madla was the only incumbent senator to lose a primary race in 2006. District 22 District 25 District 29 This was considered by some to be an extremely important Texas Senate election race. Thought to potentially add to the competitiveness of this Senate race was