Texas's 26th Senate district

Texas's 26th
State Senate district
Texas's 26th; State Senate district
Senator
	Jose Menendez; D–San Antonio
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.^[1]

Senator

Jose Menendez
D–San Antonio

Demographics19.8% White
8.2% Black
69.1% Hispanic
3.5% Asian

Population875,275

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The current senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez.

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	Name	County	Pop.^[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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jose Menendez (Incumbent)	140,799	66.55	−13.44
	Republican	Ashton Murray	70,773	33.45	+33.45
Turnout			211,572
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jose Menendez (Incumbent)	199,829	79.99	+0.12
	Green	Julian Villarreal	50,004	20.01	+13.57
Turnout			249,833	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jose Menendez (Incumbent)	155,441	79.87	−0.55
	Libertarian	Fidel "TwoBears" Castillo	26,639	13.69	+0.61
	Green	Scott Pusich	12,535	6.44	+0.41
Turnout			194,615
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jose Menendez	13,891	59.05	+33.69
	Democratic	Trey Martinez Fischer	9,635	40.95	−2.33
Turnout			23,526
	Democratic hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Trey Martinez Fischer	8,232	43.28
	Democratic	Jose Menendez	4,824	25.36
	Republican	Alma Perez Jackson	3,892	20.46
	Republican	Joan Pedrotti	1,427	7.50
	Democratic	Al Suarez	644	3.39
Turnout			19,019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leticia R. Van de Putte (Incumbent)	140,757	80.42	−1.02
	Libertarian	Nazirite R. Flores Perez	22,904	13.08	−5.47
	Green	Chris Christal	10,557	6.03	+6.03
	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	Leticia Van de Putte	27,139	45.74
	Democratic	Leo Alvarado, Jr.	12,473	21.02
	Republican	Mark Weber	8,702	14.67
	Republican	Anne Newman	6,768	11.41
	Democratic	Lauro Bustamante, Jr.	4,245	7.16
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

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 26^[20]
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^[21]
Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Allen Schoolcraft	10,388	47.30	^[22]+12.59
✓	Jeff Wentworth	11,574	52.70	+18.98
Majority		1,186	5.40
Turnout		21,962

Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26^[23]
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

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.
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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.
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26	Archibald Grinnan
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28		Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Erath, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Runnels, San Saba.
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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

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