Texas Senate, District 26

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Texas's 26th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Jose Menendez
D – San Antonio
Demographics19.8%  White
8.2%  Black
69.1%  Hispanic
3.5%  Asian
Population875,275

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. [1]

Contents

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]

NameCountyPop. [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

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 26 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jose Menendez (Incumbent)140,79966.55−13.44
Republican Ashton Murray70,77333.45+33.45
Turnout 211,572
Democratic hold

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 26 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jose Menendez (Incumbent)199,82979.99+0.12
Green Julian Villarreal50,00420.01+13.57
Turnout 249,833100.00
Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 26 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jose Menendez (Incumbent)155,44179.87−0.55
Libertarian Fidel "TwoBears" Castillo26,63913.69+0.61
Green Scott Pusich12,5356.44+0.41
Turnout 194,615
Democratic hold

2015 (special)

Texas special election runoff, 2015: Senate District 26 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jose Menendez 13,89159.05+33.69
Democratic Trey Martinez Fischer 9,63540.95−2.33
Turnout 23,526
Democratic hold
Texas special election, 2015: Senate District 26 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Trey Martinez Fischer 8,232 43.28
Democratic Jose Menendez 4,824 25.36
Republican Alma Perez Jackson3,89220.46
Republican Joan Pedrotti1,4277.50
Democratic Al Suarez6443.39
Turnout 19,019

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 26 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)140,75780.42−1.02
Libertarian Nazirite R. Flores Perez 22,90413.08−5.47
Green Chris Christal 10,5576.03+6.03
Independent Deborah L. Parrish 8010.45+0.45
Turnout 175,019+4.11
Democratic hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 26 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)136,91381.44+24.34
Libertarian Steve Lopez31,19418.55+15.69
Majority105,71962.89+45.83
Turnout 168,107−9.13
Democratic hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 26 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jim Valdez 74,07040.04+40.04
Democratic Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)105,62557.10−42.90
Libertarian Raymundo Alemán 5,2952.86+2.86
Majority31,55517.06−82.94
Turnout 184,990+149.44
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 26 [12]
CandidateVotes %±
Johnny Rodriguez 3,68518.06
✓ Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)16,72381.94
Majority13,03863.89
Turnout 20,408

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 26 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)74,163100.000.00
Majority74,163100.000.00
Turnout 74,163−29.88
Democratic hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 26 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)105,771100.00+32.46
Majority105,771100.00+64.92
Turnout 105,771−16.86
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2000: Senate District 26 [15]
CandidateVotes %±
David McQuade Leibowitz 11,23245.63
✓ Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)13,38154.37
Majority2,1498.73
Turnout 24,613

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Leticia Van de Putte 27,13945.74
Democratic Leo Alvarado, Jr. 12,47321.02
Republican Mark Weber 8,70214.67
Republican Anne Newman 6,76811.41
Democratic Lauro Bustamante, Jr. 4,2457.16
Turnout 59,327
Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 26 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Andrew Longaker 41,29832.46−4.26
Democratic Gregory Luna 85,92267.54+4.26
Majority44,62435.07+8.51
Turnout 127,220+44.28
Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 26 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gregory Luna 55,79963.28+29.88
Republican Andrew Longaker 32,37536.71−29.88
Majority23,42426.56−6.63
Turnout 88,174−59.82
Democratic gain from Republican

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 26 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carlos Higgins 73,30333.40
Republican Jeff Wentworth 146,15966.60
Majority72,85633.20
Turnout 219,462
Republican hold
Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 26 [21]
CandidateVotes %±
Allen Schoolcraft 10,38847.30 [22] +12.59
✓ Jeff Wentworth 11,57452.70+18.98
Majority1,1865.40
Turnout 21,962
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26 [23]
CandidateVotes %±
Jim Canady 1,5473.71
John Fisher 7,22217.30
George Pierce 4,40710.56
✓ Allen Schoolcraft 14,49034.71
✓ Jeff Wentworth 14,07633.72
Turnout 41,742

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 26Counties 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
89

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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