The 2006 Texas Legislature election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted as a part of the 2006 Texas general election, which also included the 2006 United States Senate election in Texas, the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, and the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election. Successful candidates served in the Eightieth Texas Legislature, which convened on January 9, 2007, at the capitol in Austin. Texas Senate Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. 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 District 29's historically low-voter turnout and Republican "Dee" Margo's close connections to President George W. Bush via First Lady Laura Bush's close friendship to "Dee" Margo's spouse, El Pasoan Adair Margo. As it turned out, Shapleigh won reelection in a race that was not that close. House of Representatives In the Texas House of Representatives, 117 of the 150 seats were contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty-two races were uncontested after the primary elections on March 7, 2006, while the remaining two were determined in the primary runoffs on April 11. One previously uncontested race came back into play with the withdrawal of the incumbent, thus allowing a new nomination process by both major parties. 21 new members were elected to the House of Representatives. Seven incumbents were defeated in the primaries, six ran for higher office, seven either retired or