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 Leticia R. Van de Putte.
Election history
Election history of District 26 from 1992.[1]
Most recent election
Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 26[2] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||||
Previous elections
2008
Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 26[3] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[5] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[8] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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[9] 2 November 1999 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Leo Alvarado, Jr.[10] | 12,473 | 21.02 | ||
Democratic | Lauro Bustamante, Jr. | 4,245 | 7.16 | ||
Republican | Anne Newman | 6,768 | 11.41 | ||
Democratic | Leticia Van de Putte[10] | 27,139 | 45.74 | ||
Republican | Mark Weber | 8,702 | 14.67 | ||
Turnout | 59,327 | ||||
Democratic hold | |||||
1996
Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 26[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[14] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Allen Schoolcraft | 10,388 | 47.30 | [15]+12.59 | |
✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 11,574 | 52.70 | +18.98 |
Majority | 1,186 | 5.40 | ||
Turnout | 21,962 | |||
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26[16] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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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 |
References
- ↑ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ↑ "Office of the Secretary of State: 1992 – Current ELECTION HISTORY". Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ↑ "2008 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- ↑ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "2000 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "1999 Special Election for State Senate". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- 1 2 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). Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ↑ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ↑ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ "1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ↑ Change from primary election
- ↑ "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2007-01-05.
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