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.

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	Fletcher S. Stockdale
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	Rudolph Kleberg
20	William H. Woodward
21	William H. Woodward
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	William N. Adams
33	Robert B. Conner
34	Robert B. Conner
35	W. Scott Woodward
36	W. Scott Woodward Elbridge L. Rector
37	James H. Baugh
38	James H. Baugh
39	Julius Real	Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr.
40	Julius Real
41	W. Albert "Cap" Williamson
42	W. Albert "Cap" Williamson
43	Ernest Fellbaum
44	Ernest Fellbaum
45	J. Franklin Spears
46
47
48
49	J. Franklin Spears Walter Tynan
50	Walter Tynan
51
52
53	Oswald Latimer	Bexar.
54	Oswald Latimer
55	Henry B. Gonzalez
56
57
58	Franklin Spears
59	Franklin Spears
60	Joe J. Bernal	Portion of Bexar.
61
62
63	Nelson Wolff
64	Frank Lombardino
65	Frank Lombardino
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	Gregory Luna
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

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

"District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
"Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
"2016 General Election". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
"Special Runoff Election State Senator, District 26". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
"2015 Special Election, Senate District 26". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
"Office of the Secretary of State: 1992 – Current ELECTION HISTORY". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
"2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
"2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"2000 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"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.
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.
"1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
"1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
"1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"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.
Change from primary election
"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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[pop-3] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-4] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[1] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

[2] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

[5] "2016 General Election". Retrieved 2020-06-18.

[6] "Special Runoff Election State Senator, District 26". Retrieved 2020-06-18.

[7] "2015 Special Election, Senate District 26". Retrieved 2020-06-18.

[8] "Office of the Secretary of State: 1992 – Current ELECTION HISTORY". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2012-12-16.

[9] "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2012-09-12.

[10] "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[11] "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[12] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[13] "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[14] "2000 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[15] "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.

[1999_special-16] 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.

[17] "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[18] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[19] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

[20] "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.

[21] Change from primary election

[22] "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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