Texas Senate, District 26

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.

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

The current Senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez.

Top 5 biggest cities in district

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

Election history of District 27 from 1992.[lower-alpha 2]

2020
Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 26
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jose Menendez (Incumbent) 197,116 80.03
Green Julian Villarreal 49,202 19.97
Turnout 246,318 100.00
Democratic hold

2016
Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 26[3]
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

2015
Texas special election runoff, 2015: Senate District 26[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Trey Martinez Fischer 9,635 40.95
Democratic Jose Menendez 13,891 59.05
Turnout 23,526
Democratic hold
Texas special election, 2015: Senate District 26[5]
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

2012
Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 26[6]
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

2008
Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 26[7]
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[8]
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
Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 26[9]
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

2002
Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 26[10]
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

2000
Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 26[11]
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
Democratic primary, 2000: Senate District 26[12]
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

1999
Special election: Senate District 26, Unexpired term[13]
2 November 1999
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

1996
Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 26[15]
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[16]
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
Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 26[17]
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
Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 26[18]
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
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26[20]
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

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.

References
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  2. "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. "2016 General Election". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. "Special Runoff Election State Senator, District 26". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
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  13. "1999 Special Election for State Senate". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  14. Houston Chronicle News Services (1999-11-12). "New senator takes oath". Houston Chronicle. p. A39. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 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.
  15. "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
  16. "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
  17. "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  18. "1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  19. Change from primary election
  20. "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
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