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State Senator, District 28

Who is on the ballot for State Senator, District 28 in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 2 people running for State Senator, District 28: Charles Perry (Republican, incumbent) and Riley Rodriquez (Democratic).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

This page does not endorse anyone.

Charles Perry

Charles Perry, Republican, is certified for State Senator, District 28. The Texas Senate lists him as the Republican senator for that district, a certified public accountant from Lubbock who was elected to the Senate in 2014 after two terms in the Texas House. That page says he chairs the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs, and that the San Angelo district office serves Tom Green County, Texas.

Ballot certification

Texas Senate member page

Riley Rodriquez

Riley Rodriquez, Democratic, is certified for State Senator, District 28. The Texas Ethics Commission list of candidates with a current treasurer, updated October 1, 2026, lists Riley Boone Rodriquez with a treasurer appointment dated August 26, 2025, for the office of state senator. That list does not give a district number, and it is not the official ballot. No official officeholder biography was found, so this note stops there.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, updated October 1, 2026, filer 89983

What this job is

A state senator is one of 31 members of the Texas Senate and serves a four-year term. Together with the Texas House, the Senate considers proposed laws, proposed constitutional amendments, and the state budget. The Senate tries impeachment charges brought by the House.

This race is for District 28. The Texas Senate says the San Angelo district office for this seat serves Tom Green County, Texas.

Sources: Texas House, frequently asked questions; Texas Senate, District 28

The area

This race is for Texas Senate District 28. The plan in effect is Plan S2168, in use since the 2022 elections. The Texas Legislative Council profile for that plan, using the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey, estimates the district population at 917,743. The 2020 census count for the district is 909,503.

The senator's page lists the counties served by three district offices. The Lubbock office serves Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, and Terry. The San Angelo office serves Coleman, Concho, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor, and Tom Green. The Childress office serves Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Foard, Gray, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Motley, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, and Wilbarger.

In the 2020 census, Lubbock is entirely inside the district, with 257,141 people, and San Angelo is entirely inside, with 99,893. Abilene is split: 96 percent, 119,672 people, is in Taylor County, and 4 percent, 5,510 people, is in Jones County. Wichita Falls is 49 percent inside the district, 50,152 people. Plainview is entirely inside, with 20,187 people.

Sources: Texas Legislative Council, plans in effect; Texas Senate, District 28; Texas Legislative Council, Senate District 28 profile; Texas Legislative Council, Senate District 28 cities; Texas Legislative Council, Plan S2168 boundary file; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

Map of Texas Senate District 28: a white area inside a navy outline, from the South Plains around Lubbock south to Tom Green County, Texas, with everything outside shaded gray. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined in red. Cities, county names, rivers, lakes, and highways are labeled. A small map of Texas shows where the district is.Open the map full size
The district is the white area inside the navy outline, from the Texas Legislative Council Plan S2168 boundary file. Everything outside the district is shaded gray. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties; counties in the district are named in darker type. Dots are cities from the Census Bureau 2024 places and population estimates: dark inside the district, gray outside. San Angelo is the square. Blue lines and shapes are rivers and lakes from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates and U.S. highways, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. The small map shows where this view sits in Texas. This is not a survey map.

Main industries here

In that district profile, the largest group of civilian jobs is educational services and health care and social assistance: 115,947 people, 27.3 percent of 424,500 civilian workers. Retail trade is next, 51,579 people, 12.2 percent. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, and mining are counted as one group, 21,026 people, 5.0 percent. The report does not split ranching out of that group, and it does not split oil and gas out of it.

Source: Texas Legislative Council, Senate District 28 profile

Who holds it now

Charles Perry. The Texas Senate lists him as the Republican senator for District 28.

Source: Texas Senate, District 28

Who held this seat

These terms come from each member's page at the Legislative Reference Library, limited to rows the library numbers as Senate District 28. The district's counties have changed. An earlier District 28 was not the San Angelo seat. Where two people overlap, both rows are shown. This page does not pick which day the seat changed.

Sources: Texas Legislative Reference Library, Senate District 28 search; Texas Senate, District 28

The buttons keep terms that overlap that many years back from 2026. A term that reaches into the window is shown in full. This choice stays on this page.

A picture is shown when a public page publishes a portrait of that person. An empty box means no portrait was found. The picture is not part of the office list.

  1. Charles Perry

    Charles Perry Republican

    September 30, 2014 – present

    The library lists this term through January 12, 2027.

  2. Robert Duncan

    Robert Duncan Republican

    December 22, 1996 – July 3, 2014

  3. John T. Montford

    John T. Montford Democrat

    January 11, 1983 – August 22, 1996

  4. E.L. Short

    E.L. Short Democrat

    January 9, 1979 – January 11, 1983

  5. Kent Hance

    Kent Hance Democrat

    January 14, 1975 – January 9, 1979

  6. H.J. 'Doc' Blanchard

    H.J. 'Doc' Blanchard Democrat

    January 8, 1963 – January 14, 1975

  7. Preston Smith

    Preston Smith Democrat

    January 8, 1957 – January 8, 1963

  8. Kilmer Blaine Corbin

    Kilmer Blaine Corbin Democrat

    January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1957

  9. Keith Franklin Kelly

    Keith Franklin Kelly Democrat

    January 14, 1947 – January 13, 1953

  10. Jesse Eugene Martin

    Jesse Eugene Martin Democrat

    January 10, 1939 – January 14, 1947

  11. Frank Hill Rawlings

    Frank Hill Rawlings Democrat

    January 13, 1931 – January 10, 1939

  12. Julien Capers Hyer

    Julien Capers Hyer Democrat

    January 8, 1929 – January 13, 1931

  13. Robert Alda Stuart

    Robert Alda Stuart Democrat

    January 13, 1925 – October 25, 1928

  14. Joseph Washington Burkett, Sr

    Joseph Washington Burkett, Sr Democrat

    July 18, 1921 – January 13, 1925

  15. John A. Russell Democrat

    January 11, 1921 – May 5, 1921

  16. Charles Russell Buchanan

    Charles Russell Buchanan Democrat

    January 9, 1917 – January 11, 1921

  17. Homer Platte Brelsford

    Homer Platte Brelsford Democrat

    January 14, 1913 – January 9, 1917

  18. William John Bryan

    William John Bryan Democrat

    January 12, 1909 – January 14, 1913

  19. William Jackson Cunningham Democrat

    January 29, 1907 – January 12, 1909

  20. Albert Scales Hawkins

    Albert Scales Hawkins Democrat

    January 10, 1905 – December 22, 1906

  21. William Petit Sebastian

    William Petit Sebastian Democrat

    January 10, 1899 – January 10, 1905

  22. Henry Augustus Tillett

    Henry Augustus Tillett Democrat

    January 12, 1897 – January 10, 1899

  23. Robert Douglass Gage

    Robert Douglass Gage Democrat

    January 8, 1895 – January 12, 1897

  24. Jacob Chesterfield Baldwin

    Jacob Chesterfield Baldwin Democrat

    January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895

  25. Robert Henry Burney

    Robert Henry Burney Democrat

    January 11, 1887 – January 10, 1893

  26. Augustus Weyman Houston

    Augustus Weyman Houston Democrat

    January 9, 1883 – January 11, 1887

  27. Lucius Henry Browne Democrat

    April 6, 1882 – January 9, 1883

  28. Ellsberry Richard Lane

    Ellsberry Richard Lane Democrat

    January 14, 1879 – February 1, 1882

  29. William Henry Crain

    William Henry Crain Democrat

    April 18, 1876 – August 20, 1877

  30. William Harrison Westfall

    William Harrison Westfall Democrat

    January 14, 1873 – April 18, 1876

  31. Nathan George Shelley

    Nathan George Shelley Democrat

    January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874

  32. Marmion Henry Bowers Democrat

    February 8, 1870 – March 3, 1872

  33. George Ewing Burney

    George Ewing Burney

    February 2, 1863 – February 7, 1870

  34. George Bernard Erath

    George Bernard Erath

    November 4, 1861 – January 14, 1862

  35. Edwin B. Scarborough

    November 7, 1853 – November 4, 1861

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