Texas Senate, District 13

District 13 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

Texas's 13th State Senate district
Senator	Borris Miles D–Houston
Demographics	10.5% White 41% Black 40.3% Hispanic 8.9% Asian
Population	886,226

The current senator from District 13 is Borris Miles.

Biggest cities in the district

District 13 has a population of 946,273 with 713,052 that is at voting age from the 2020 census.

	Name	County	Pop.
1	Houston	Fort Bend/Harris	763,700
2	Missouri City	Fort Bend/Harris	74,151
3	Stafford	Fort Bend/Harris	17,121
4	Arcola	Fort Bend	1,747
5	Pearland	Fort Bend/Harris	6,005

District officeholders

Name		Party	Years	Legislature	Counties served
1	Philip Minor Cuney		February 16, 1846 – November 5, 1849	1st 2nd	Austin, Fort Bend
2	Jesse Grimes		November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851	3rd	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker
3	James Davis		November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853	4th	Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler
4	Madison G. Whitaker		November 7, 1853 – November 2, 1857	5th 6th	Angelina, Nacogdoches
5	John N. Fall		November 2, 1857 – November 4, 1861	7th 8th
6	Jefferson Weatherford		November 4, 1861 – October 17, 1864	9th 10th	Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman
7	J. K. P. Record		August 6, 1866 – February 7, 1870	11th
8	John G. Bell	Republican	February 18, 1870 – January 14, 1873	12th	Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton
9	Francis J. Franks	Republican	January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874	13th
10	Walter Moses Burton	Republican	February 20, 1874 – April 18, 1876	14th
11	Robert S. Guy	Democratic	April 18, 1876 – January 11, 1881	15th 16th	Dallas, Ellis
12	Anson Rainey	Democratic	January 11, 1881 – January 9, 1883	17th
13	John P. Fowler	Democratic	January 9, 1883 – January 11, 1887	18th 19th	Bastrop, Fayette, Lee
14	Jonathan Lane	Democratic	January 11, 1887 – January 13, 1891	20th 21st
15	Hiram Garwood	Democratic	January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893	22nd
16	Wiley M. Imboden	Democratic	January 10, 1893 – November 11, 1893	23rd	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
17	Benjamin F. Rogers	Democratic	January 8, 1895 – January 10, 1899	24th 25th
18	Levi Lloyd	Democratic	January 10, 1899 – January 13, 1903	26th 27th
19	James I. Perkins	Democratic	January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905	28th	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
20	Charles C. Stokes	Democratic	January 10, 1905 – August 11, 1910	29th 30th 31st
21	William J. Townsend, Jr.	Democratic	January 10, 1911 – January 9, 1917	32nd 33rd 34th
22	Jeff J. Strickland	Democratic	January 9, 1917 – October 2, 1920	35th 36th
23	I. D. Fairchild	Democratic	January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925	37th 38th
24	Edgar E. Witt	Democratic	January 13, 1925 – March 20, 1930	39th 40th 41st	Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
25	William Robert Poage	Democratic	January 13, 1931 – January 12, 1937	42nd 43rd 44th
26	William R. Newton, Sr.	Democratic	January 12, 1937 – May 21, 1938	45th
27	Doss Hardin	Democratic	July 23, 1938 – September 13, 1940	45th 46th
28	Kyle Vick	Democratic	January 14, 1941 – January 13, 1953	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
29	Jarrard Secrest	Democratic	January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1963	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Bell, McLennan, Milam
30	Murray Watson, Jr.	Democratic	January 8, 1963 – January 10, 1967	58th 59th
		Democratic	January 10, 1967 – January 9, 1973	60th 61st 62nd	Bell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
31	Walter Mengden	Republican	January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Harris
32	Craig A. Washington	Democratic	January 11, 1983 – January 23, 1990	68th 69th 70th 71st	Fort Bend, Harris
33	Rodney Ellis	Democratic	February 27, 1990 – January 10, 2017	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th
34	Borris Miles	Democratic	January 10, 2017 – Present	85th 86th 87th 88th

Election history

Election history of District 21 from 1992.

2022

Borris Miles (Democratic) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Miles was declared elected without a vote.

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Borris Miles (Incumbent)	200,195	80.47	−12.03
	Republican	Milinda Morris	48,581	19.53	+19.53
Turnout			247,968		+28.66
	Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Borris Miles	178,277	92.50	−7.50
	Libertarian	Joshua Rohn	14,447	7.50	+7.50
Turnout			192,724		+5.97
	Democratic hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	181,866	100.00	+21.83
Turnout			181,866		+25.64
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Mauldin	31,596	21.83	+21.83
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	113,155	78.17	−21.83
Turnout			144,751		+60.57
	Democratic hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	90,148	100.00	0.00
Majority			90,148	100.00	0.00
Turnout			90,148		−16.45
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	107,897	100.00	0.00
Majority			107,897	100.00	0.00
Turnout			107,897		+24.55
	Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	86,631	100.00	0.00
Majority			86,631	100.00	0.00
Turnout			86,631		−3.56
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	89,832	100.00	+8.59
Majority			89,832	100.00	+17.18
Turnout			89,832		−39.29
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodney Ellis (Incumbent)	135,262	91.41
	Libertarian	John Persakis	12,713	8.59
Majority			122,549	82.82
Turnout			147,975
	Democratic hold