Editing Dickens County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Following redistricting after the 2020 census, effective January 1, 2023, Dickens County is in [[Texas House of Representatives]] District 83, represented by Republican [[Dustin Burrows]], an attorney from [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]].  Dickens County was previously in House District 68.  In the [[Texas Senate]], Dickens County is presently in [[Texas Senate District 28|District 28]], represented by Republican [[Charles Perry (Texas politician)|Charles Perry]].

Like much of West Texas, Dickens now leans heavily Republican, giving less than 15% of the vote to Hillary Clinton in 2016, though it did support her husband, Bill Clinton, in both 1992 and 1996, in [[1992 United States presidential election in Texas|the former election]] supporting him by double digits over Texas resident George H.W. Bush. However, the county historically leaned heavily Democratic, having previously even voted against [[Ronald Reagan]] in both his 1980 and 1984 landslides, and against native son [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956.
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|853|130|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|755|128|26|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|793|216|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|730|234|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|815|245|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|589|284|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|421|509|123|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|373|536|251|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|435|696|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|594|692|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|554|912|15|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|343|1,222|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|708|534|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|428|811|295|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|339|1,324|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|521|1,075|11|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|565|1,243|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|782|1,249|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|115|1,492|93|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|141|1,617|121|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|246|1,728|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|115|1,445|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|63|1,491|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|741|415|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|161|849|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|109|433|37|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|15|389|39|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|11|277|41|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Dickens County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|817|148|18|Texas}}
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