Texas Senate, District 19

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Texas's 19th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Roland Gutierrez
D – San Antonio
Demographics22.3%  White
8%  Black
67.8%  Hispanic
2.2%  Asian
Population901,953

District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brewster, Crockett, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala counties, and portions of Bexar and Atascosa counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is currently served by Democrat Roland Gutierrez.

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District 19 is one of the largest legislative districts in the United States, containing all or part of 17 counties and covering more than 35,000 square miles and about 400 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. The district contains 55 public school districts, more than 23,000 oil and gas wells, 10 state parks, three national parks, and more than 2,700 miles of highways and interstate transportation infrastructure. [1] Redistricting in 2010 led to District 19 losing several western counties and gaining several eastern ones. The district is 66% Hispanic. [2]

Biggest cities in the district

District 19 has a population of 800,501 with 566,604 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. [3]

NameCountyPop. [4] [lower-alpha 1]
1 San Antonio Bexar/Medina 315,479
2 Del Rio Val Verde 35,591
3 Eagle Pass Maverick 26,248
4 Uvalde Uvalde 15,751
5 Universal City Bexar 9,896

Election history

Election history of District 20 from 1992. [lower-alpha 2]

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Roland Gutierrez 156,741 49.86% +6.53
Republican Pete Flores (Incumbent)146,39546.57%-10.1
Libertarian Jo-Anne Valvdivia11,2183.57%N/A
Turnout 314,354100%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

2018

2018 Special Runoff Election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Flores 25,330 56.67
Democratic Pete Gallego 19,36743.33
Total votes44,697 100
Republican gain from Democratic
2018 Special Election results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Flores 9,003 32.35
Democratic Pete Gallego 7,580 28.38
Democratic Roland Gutierrez 6,38924.38
Republican Carlos Antonio Raymond9203.51
Democratic Tomas Uresti 7993.05
Democratic Charlie Urbina Jones7893.01
Republican Jesse (Jay) Alaniz4611.76
Libertarian Tony Valdivia2661.01
Total votes26,207 100

2016

Texas elections, 2016: Senate District 19 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Uresti 134,997 55.87 -3.53
Republican Pete Flores 97,68240.43-0.16
Libertarian Maximilian Martin8,9483.70N/A
Turnout 241,627
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2016: Senate District 19 [8]
CandidateVotes %±
Helen Madla13,62725.44
✓ Carlos Uresti (Incumbent)39,93174.56

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 19 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Uresti 122,214 59.40 +7.27
Republican Michael Berlanga83,52240.59-4.49
Turnout 205,736
Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 19 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Uresti 61,327 52.13 -7.05
Republican Dick Bowen53,02445.08+4.26
Libertarian Mette A. Baker3,2692.77N/A
Turnout 117,620
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2010: Senate District 19 [11]
CandidateVotes %±
✓ Carlos Uresti (Incumbent)25,96976.16
Luis Juarez Jr.8,12523.83
Turnout 34,094100.00

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 19 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Uresti 58,79359.18-0.18
Republican Dick Bowen40,55640.82+0.18
Majority18,23718.36-0.37
Turnout 99,349+2.70
Democratic hold
Special election, 7 November 2006: Senate District 19, Unexpired term [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Uresti 57,42659.36-40.64
Republican Dick Bowen39,31240.64+40.64
Majority18,23718.72-81.28
Turnout 96,738+26.31
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2006: Senate District 19 [14]
CandidateVotes %±
Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)18,93643.48
✓ Carlos Uresti 24,61056.51
Turnout 12,025
Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 19 [15]
CandidateVotes %±
✓Dick Bowen3,51351.32
Darrel Brown3,33248.67
Turnout 6,845

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 19 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)76,590100.000.00
Majority76,590100.00+37.89
Turnout 76,590+37.89
Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 19 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)55,544100.000.00
Majority55,544100.00-8.07
Turnout 55,544-8.07
Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 19 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frank L. Madla 60,422100.00
Majority60,422100.00
Turnout 60,422-45.34
Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 19 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gregory Luna (Incumbent)86,74250.94
Republican Ernesto Ancira76,96745.20
Libertarian James "Ted" Bonnet6,5513.84
Majority9,7755.54
Turnout 176,260
Democratic hold

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 19Counties in District
1 Henry Lawrence Kinney Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio.
2 Edward Fitzgerald
Henry Lawrence Kinney 		Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio.
3 Henry Lawrence Kinney
4 James Charles Wilson Calhoun, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton.
5 Charles G. Keenan Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker.
6 Jesse Grimes
7
8
9 John Boyd All of Freestone, Limestone, Navarro.
Portion of Ellis.
10 Thomas C. Neal
William C. Wilson
William Mynatt Peck
11 John C. Yarbro Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro.
12 Andrew J. Evans
S. W. Ford 		Falls, Limestone, McLennan.
13 S. W. Ford
14 George Bernard Erath Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan, Runnels.
15 Andrew Phelps McCormick Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda.
16 Andrew Phelps McCormick
Robert Gould Street
17 James B. Stubbs
18 Avery L. Matlock Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Montague, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young.
19 Temple Lea Houston
20
21 John Hall Stephens
22
23 James W. Dickson Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington.
24
25 Heber Stone
26
27 Sidney L. Staples
28 James M. Hale
29 James M. Hale
O. P. Storm
30 Quintus et Ultimos Watson
31
32
33
34 Paul D. Page
35
36
37
38 Richard S. Bowers
39 Alvin J. Wirtz Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
40
41
42 Welly K. Hopkins
43
44 Welly K. Hopkins
Rudolph A. Weinert
45 Rudolph A. Weinert
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53 Atascosa, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Medina, Wilson.
54
55
56
57
58 Walter Richter
59
60 V. E. "Red" Berry Portion of Bexar.
61
62 Glenn Kothmann
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70 Frank Tejeda
71
72
73 Gregory Luna
74 Frank L. Madla All of Brewster, Crockett, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Terrell, Val Verde.
Portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Culberson, Sutton, Uvalde.
75
76
77
78 All of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler.
Portions of Bexar, El Paso.
79 Frank L. Madla
Carlos I. Uresti
80 Carlos I. Uresti
81
82
83 All of Brewster, Crockett, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties.
Portions of Bexar and Atascosa counties
84
85 Carlos I. Uresti
Pete Flores
86 Pete Flores
87 Roland Gutierrez

Notes

  1. ↑ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
  2. ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

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  4. ↑ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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