| Texas's 26th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 19.8% White 8.2% Black 69.1% Hispanic 3.5% Asian | ||
| Population | 875,275 | ||
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.
The current senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez.
District 26 has a population of 802,046 with 589,522 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. [1]
| Name | County | Pop. [2] [lower-alpha 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 of District 27 from 1992. [lower-alpha 2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jose Menendez (Incumbent) | 199,829 | 79.99 | ||
| Green | Julian Villarreal | 50,004 | 20.01 | ||
| Turnout | 249,833 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jose Menendez (Incumbent) | 155,441 | 79.87 | ||
| Libertarian | Fidel "TwoBears" Castillo | 26,639 | 13.69 | ||
| Green | Scott Pusich | 12,535 | 06.44 | ||
| Turnout | 194,615 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer | 9,635 | 40.95 | ||
| Democratic | Jose Menendez | 13,891 | 59.05 | ||
| Turnout | 23,526 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer | 8,232 | 43.28 | ||
| Republican | Alma Perez Jackson | 3,892 | 20.46 | ||
| Democratic | Jose Menendez | 4,824 | 25.36 | ||
| Republican | Joan Pedrotti | 1,427 | 07.50 | ||
| Democratic | Al Suarez | 644 | 03.39 | ||
| Turnout | 19,019 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Chris Christal | 10,557 | 6.03 | +6.03 | |
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 140,757 | 80.42 | -1.02 | |
| Libertarian | Nazirite R. Flores Perez | 22,904 | 13.08 | -5.47 | |
| Independent | Deborah L. Parrish | 801 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
| Turnout | 175,019 | +4.11 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Rodriguez | 3,685 | 18.06 | ||
| ✓ | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 16,723 | 81.94 | |
| Majority | 13,038 | 63.89 | ||
| Turnout | 20,408 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 74,163 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | 74,163 | 100.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 74,163 | -29.88 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David McQuade Leibowitz | 11,232 | 45.63 | ||
| ✓ | Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent) | 13,381 | 54.37 | |
| Majority | 2,149 | 8.73 | ||
| Turnout | 24,613 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leo Alvarado, Jr. [14] | 12,473 | 21.02 | ||
| Democratic | Lauro Bustamante, Jr. | 4,245 | 7.16 | ||
| Republican | Anne Newman | 6,768 | 11.41 | ||
| Democratic | Leticia Van de Putte [14] | 27,139 | 45.74 | ||
| Republican | Mark Weber | 8,702 | 14.67 | ||
| Turnout | 59,327 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carlos Higgins | 73,303 | 33.40 | ||
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth | 146,159 | 66.60 | ||
| Majority | 72,856 | 33.20 | |||
| Turnout | 219,462 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Schoolcraft | 10,388 | 47.30 | [19] +12.59 | |
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 11,574 | 52.70 | +18.98 |
| Majority | 1,186 | 5.40 | ||
| Turnout | 21,962 | |||
| 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 | |||
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