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Al Suarez
Al Suarez was a 2015 special election Democratic candidate for District 26 of the Texas State Senate.[1]
Elections
2015
Trey Martinez Fischer (D), José Menéndez (D), Al Suarez (D), Alma Perez Jackson (R) and Joan Pedrotti (R) faced off in the special election on January 6, 2015.[2] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Fischer and Menéndez, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Menéndez won.[1][3]
The seat was vacant following Leticia Van de Putte's (D) resignation to run for Mayor of San Antonio.[4]
A special election for the position of Texas State Senate District 26 was called for January 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 22, 2014.[4]
| Texas State Senate, District 26, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  José Menéndez |
59% | 13,891 | |
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer | 41% | 9,635 | |
| Total Votes | 23,526 | |||
| Texas State Senate, District 26, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Trey Martinez Fischer |
43.3% | 8,232 | |
| Democratic | José Menéndez |
25.4% | 4,824 | |
| Republican | Alma Perez Jackson | 20.5% | 3,892 | |
| Republican | Joan Pedrotti | 7.5% | 1,427 | |
| Democratic | Al Suarez | 3.4% | 644 | |
| Total Votes | 19,019 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Texas State Senate
- Texas State Senate District 26
- Texas State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Tribune, "Three Elections, No Winners Yet," January 6, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 25, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets 3 special elections for Jan. 6," December 15, 2014
