American legislative district
Texas's 26th State Senate district |
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Senator | | Jose Menendez D–San Antonio |
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Demographics | 19.8% White 8.2% Black 69.1% Hispanic 3.5% Asian |
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Population | 875,275 |
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District 26 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Bexar county in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]
The current senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez.
Biggest cities in the district
District 26 has a population of 802,046 with 589,522 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.[2]
| Name | County | Pop.[3][a] |
1 | San Antonio | Bexar | 710,302 |
2 | Converse | 10,667 |
3 | Leon Valley | 10,151 |
4 | Windcrest | 5,364 |
5 | Live Oak | 4,847 |
Election history
Election history of District 27 from 1992.[b]
2022
2020
2016
2015 (special)
Texas special election runoff, 2015: Senate District 26[7] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Jose Menendez | 13,891 | 59.05 | +33.69 |
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer | 9,635 | 40.95 | −2.33 |
Turnout | 23,526 | | |
| Democratic hold |
Texas special election, 2015: Senate District 26[8] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer | 8,232 | 43.28 |
| Democratic | Jose Menendez | 4,824 | 25.36 |
| Republican | Alma Perez Jackson | 3,892 | 20.46 |
| Republican | Joan Pedrotti | 1,427 | 7.50 |
| Democratic | Al Suarez | 644 | 3.39 |
Turnout | 19,019 | | |
2012
Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 26[9] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 140,757 | 80.42 | −1.02 |
| Libertarian | Nazirite R. Flores Perez | 22,904 | 13.08 | −5.47 |
| Green | Chris Christal | 10,557 | 6.03 | +6.03 |
| Independent | Deborah L. Parrish | 801 | 0.45 | +0.45 |
Turnout | 175,019 | | +4.11 |
| Democratic hold |
2008
Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 26[10] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 136,913 | 81.44 | +24.34 |
| Libertarian | Steve Lopez | 31,194 | 18.55 | +15.69 |
Majority | 105,719 | 62.89 | +45.83 |
Turnout | 168,107 | | −9.13 |
| Democratic hold |
2004
Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 26[11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Republican | Jim Valdez | 74,070 | 40.04 | +40.04 |
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 105,625 | 57.10 | −42.90 |
| Libertarian | Raymundo Alemán | 5,295 | 2.86 | +2.86 |
Majority | 31,555 | 17.06 | −82.94 |
Turnout | 184,990 | | +149.44 |
| Democratic hold |
2002
2000
Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 26[14] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 105,771 | 100.00 | +32.46 |
Majority | 105,771 | 100.00 | +64.92 |
Turnout | 105,771 | | −16.86 |
| Democratic hold |
1999 (special)
Alvarado withdrew after the election, meaning, meaning Van de Putte was elected without a runoff election.[16]
Texas Senate District 26 special election - 2 November 1999[17] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Leticia Van de Putte | 27,139 | 45.74 | |
| Democratic | Leo Alvarado, Jr. | 12,473 | 21.02 | |
| Republican | Mark Weber | 8,702 | 14.67 | |
| Republican | Anne Newman | 6,768 | 11.41 | |
| Democratic | Lauro Bustamante, Jr. | 4,245 | 7.16 | |
Turnout | 59,327 | | |
| Democratic hold |
1996
Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 26[18] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Republican | Andrew Longaker | 41,298 | 32.46 | −4.26 |
| Democratic | Gregory Luna | 85,922 | 67.54 | +4.26 |
Majority | 44,624 | 35.07 | +8.51 |
Turnout | 127,220 | | +44.28 |
| Democratic hold |
1994
Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 26[19] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Gregory Luna | 55,799 | 63.28 | +29.88 |
| Republican | Andrew Longaker | 32,375 | 36.71 | −29.88 |
Majority | 23,424 | 26.56 | −6.63 |
Turnout | 88,174 | | −59.82 |
| Democratic gain from Republican |
1992
Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 26[21] Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Allen Schoolcraft | 10,388 | 47.30 | [22]+12.59 |
✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 11,574 | 52.70 | +18.98 |
Majority | 1,186 | 5.40 | |
Turnout | 21,962 | | |
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26[23] Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Jim Canady | 1,547 | 3.71 | |
| John Fisher | 7,222 | 17.30 | |
| George Pierce | 4,407 | 10.56 | |
✓ | Allen Schoolcraft | 14,490 | 34.71 | |
✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 14,076 | 33.72 | |
Turnout | 41,742 | | |
District officeholders
Legislature | Senator, District 26 | Counties in District |
4 | Rufus Doane | El Paso, Presidio, Santa Fé, Worth. |
5 | James T. Lytle | Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria. |
6 | Samuel Addison White |
7 | Fletcher S. Stockdale |
8 |
9 | Nathan George Shelley | Bastrop, Hays, Travis. |
10 | A. W. Moore |
11 | Nathan George Shelley |
12 | E. L. Alford Reinhard Hillebrand | Bastrop, Fayette. |
13 | Joseph D. Sayers |
14 | William Hamilton Ledbetter |
15 | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee. |
16 |
17 | A. W. Moore |
18 | Rudolph Kleberg | Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, McMullen, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson. |
19 |
20 | William H. Woodward |
21 |
22 | Reed N. Weisiger |
23 | James M. Presler | Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Erath, McCulloch, Mills, Runnels, San Saba. |
24 |
25 |
26 | Archibald Grinnan |
27 |
28 | Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Erath, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Runnels, San Saba. |
29 |
30 |
31 | William N. Adams |
32 |
33 | Robert B. Conner |
34 |
35 | W. Scott Woodward |
36 | W. Scott Woodward Elbridge L. Rector |
37 | James H. Baugh |
38 |
39 | Julius Real | Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr. |
40 |
41 | W. Albert "Cap" Williamson |
42 |
43 | Ernest Fellbaum |
44 |
45 | J. Franklin Spears |
46 |
47 |
48 |
49 | J. Franklin Spears Walter Tynan |
50 | Walter Tynan |
51 |
52 |
53 | Oswald Latimer | Bexar. |
54 |
55 | Henry B. Gonzalez |
56 |
57 |
58 | Franklin Spears |
59 |
60 | Joe J. Bernal | Portion of Bexar. |
61 |
62 |
63 | Nelson Wolff |
64 | Frank Lombardino |
65 |
66 | R. L. "Bob" Vale |
67 |
68 |
69 | Cyndi Taylor Krier |
70 |
71 |
72 |
73 | Jeff Wentworth | All of Guadalupe. Portion of Bexar. |
74 | Gregory Luna | Portion of Bexar. |
75 |
76 | Gregory Luna Leticia R. Van de Putte |
77 | Leticia R. Van de Putte |
78 |
79 |
80 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
84 | Leticia R. Van de Putte Jose Menendez |
85 | Jose Menendez |
86 |
87 |
88 |
Notes
- ^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
- ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
References
- ^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Official Canvass Report 2020 NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2016 General Election". Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Special Runoff Election State Senator, District 26". Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "2015 Special Election, Senate District 26". Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
- ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2000 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
- ^ Houston Chronicle News Services (November 12, 1999). "New senator takes oath". Houston Chronicle. p. A39. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
Van de Putte, a Democrat, assumed the Senate seat after receiving the most votes in a special election Nov. 2. She was to be in a runoff with state Rep. Leo Alvarado, but he withdrew.
- ^ "1999 Special Election for State Senate". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
- ^ Change from primary election
- ^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.