Texas Senate, District 26
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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.
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[edit] Election history
Election history of District 26 from 1992.[1]
[edit] Most recent election
[edit] 2004
| Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 26[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
[edit] Previous elections
[edit] 2002
| Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 26[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
[edit] 2000
| Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 26[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
[edit] 1999
| Special election: Senate District 26, Unexpired term[7] 2 November 1999 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Leo Alvarado, Jr.[8] | 12,473 | 21.02 | ||
| Democratic | Lauro Bustamante, Jr. | 4,245 | 7.16 | ||
| Republican | Anne Newman | 6,768 | 11.41 | ||
| Democratic | Leticia Van de Putte[8] | 27,139 | 45.74 | ||
| Republican | Mark Weber | 8,702 | 14.67 | ||
| Turnout | 59,327 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
[edit] 1996
| Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 26[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
[edit] 1994
| Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 26[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
[edit] 1992
| Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 26[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Allen Schoolcraft | 10,388 | 47.30 | [13]+12.59 | |
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 11,574 | 52.70 | +18.98 |
| Majority | 1,186 | 5.40 | ||
| Turnout | 21,962 | |||
| Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
[edit] 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 77 | Leticia R. Van de Putte | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | ||
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[edit] References
- ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ^ 2004 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 2004 Democratic Party Primary Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 2002 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 2000 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 2000 Democratic Party Primary Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 1999 Special Election for State Senate. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ a b Houston Chronicle News Services. "New senator takes oath", Houston Chronicle, 1999-11-12, p. A39. Retrieved on 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 on 2006-11-27.
- ^ 1994 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ 1992 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ 1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ Change from primary election
- ^ 1992 Republican Party Primary Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
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