To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to net four Senate seats.

The Democratic Party gained one seat (District 19), leaving the Republicans with an 18 to 13 majority in the chamber.

[4] One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020: Despite the state's competitive elections for President and House of Representatives, analysts considered the Texas Senate extremely unlikely to flip control due to the small number of competitive seats up for election in 2020.

[10] The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson.

A special election for Texas State Senate District 30 has been called for September 29, 2020.