Alex Dominguez (Texas)

Alex Dominguez

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Texas House of Representatives District 37

Successor: Janie Lopez

Predecessor: Rene Oliveira

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Elections and appointments

Last election

March 5, 2024

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Alex Dominguez (Democratic Party) was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 37. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. He left office on January 10, 2023.

Dominguez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 37. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

Alex Dominguez's career experience includes working as an attorney. He was elected to serve as the Cameron County Commissioner for Precinct 2.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Dominguez was assigned to the following committees:

• Appropriations Committee
• Environmental Regulation Committee, Vice chair
• Local & Consent Calendars Committee, Vice chair

2019-2020

Dominguez was assigned to the following committees:

• County Affairs Committee
• Natural Resources Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Janie Lopez defeated Jonathan Gracia in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janie Lopez (R)	55.0	30,590
	Submit photo	Jonathan Gracia (D)	45.0	25,014

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,604
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Jonathan Gracia defeated Ruben Cortez Jr. in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jonathan Gracia	61.3	2,792
		Ruben Cortez Jr.	38.7	1,760

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,552
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Ruben Cortez Jr. and Jonathan Gracia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alex Dominguez and Carol Lynn Sanchez in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Cortez Jr.	32.5	2,695
✔	Submit photo	Jonathan Gracia	25.4	2,110
	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez	23.8	1,976
	Submit photo	Carol Lynn Sanchez	18.3	1,516

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,297
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Janie Lopez advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janie Lopez	100.0	7,477

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,477
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dominguez in this election.

2022

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 27

Morgan LaMantia defeated Adam Hinojosa in the general election for Texas State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan LaMantia (D)	50.2	88,037
		Adam Hinojosa (R)	49.8	87,378

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 175,415
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Javier Navarro (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27

Morgan LaMantia defeated Sara Stapleton-Barrera in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan LaMantia	56.9	14,288
		Sara Stapleton-Barrera	43.1	10,825

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 25,113
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27

Morgan LaMantia and Sara Stapleton-Barrera advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alex Dominguez and Salomon Torres in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan LaMantia	33.7	13,531
✔		Sara Stapleton-Barrera	32.7	13,101
	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez	25.3	10,163
		Salomon Torres	8.3	3,312

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,107
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27

Adam Hinojosa defeated Raul Torres and Isreal Salinas in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adam Hinojosa	51.0	13,351
		Raul Torres	34.6	9,062
	Submit photo	Isreal Salinas	14.4	3,777

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,190
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Phillip Drake (R)

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Alex Dominguez won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez (D)	100.0	27,650

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,650
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Alex Dominguez defeated Amber Medina in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez	51.5	6,099
	Submit photo	Amber Medina	48.5	5,752

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,851
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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Alex Dominguez won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez (D)	100.0	20,314

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,314
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Alex Dominguez defeated incumbent Rene Oliveira in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez	56.7	3,287
		Rene Oliveira	43.3	2,509

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 5,796
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Rene Oliveira and Alex Dominguez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Arturo Alonzo in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rene Oliveira	48.4	3,096
✔	Submit photo	Alex Dominguez	36.4	2,329
		Arturo Alonzo	15.1	966

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,391
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2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dominguez ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 37. Dominguez was defeated by incumbent Rene Oliveira in the May 29 primary election.

Texas House of Representatives District 37 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rene Oliveira	62.6%	5,892
Alex Dominguez	37.4%	3,517
Total Votes		9,409

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Alex Dominguez campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas House of Representatives District 37	Lost primary	$0	$0
2024*	Texas House of Representatives District 37	Lost primary	$43,307	$83,742
2022	Texas State Senate District 27	Lost primary	$239,310	$381,079
2020	Texas House of Representatives District 37	Won general	$322,070	N/A**
2018	Texas House of Representatives District 37	Won general	$117,976	N/A**
Grand total			$722,663	$464,821
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session.

2021

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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Equality Texas Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues. National Federation of Independent Business in Texas Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues." Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights. Texas Right to Life Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues. Texas Sierra Club Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues. Texas Values Action Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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2019

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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Empower Texans Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues." Environment Texas Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues. Equality Texas Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues. Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights. Texas Eagle Forum: House and Senate Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues. Texas Right to Life Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues. Texas Values Action Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Rene Oliveira (D)	Texas House of Representatives District 37 2019-2023	Succeeded by Janie Lopez (R)

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Current members of the Texas House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Dustin Burrows

Representatives

District 1

Gary VanDeaver (R)

District 2

Brent Money (R)

District 3

Cecil Bell (R)

District 4

Keith Bell (R)

District 5

Cole Hefner (R)

District 6

Daniel Alders (R)

District 7

Jay Dean (R)

District 8

Cody Harris (R)

District 9

Trent Ashby (R)

District 10

Brian Harrison (R)

District 11

Joanne Shofner (R)

District 12

Trey Wharton (R)

District 13

Angelia Orr (R)

District 14

Paul Dyson (R)

District 15

Steve Toth (R)

District 16

Will Metcalf (R)

District 17

Stan Gerdes (R)

District 18

Janis Holt (R)

District 19

Ellen Troxclair (R)

District 20

Terry Wilson (R)

District 21

Dade Phelan (R)

District 22

Christian Manuel (D)

District 23

Terri Leo-Wilson (R)

District 24

Greg Bonnen (R)

District 25

Cody Vasut (R)

District 26

Matt Morgan (R)

District 27

Ron Reynolds (D)

District 28

Gary Gates (R)

District 29

Jeffrey Barry (R)

District 30

A.J. Louderback (R)

District 31

Ryan Guillen (R)

District 32

Todd Hunter (R)

District 33

Katrina Pierson (R)

District 34

Denise Villalobos (R)

District 35

Oscar Longoria (D)

District 36

Sergio Munoz (D)

District 37

Janie Lopez (R)

District 38

Erin Gamez (D)

District 39

Armando Martinez (D)

District 40

Terry Canales (D)

District 41

Robert Guerra (D)

District 42

Richard Raymond (D)

District 43

J.M. Lozano (R)

District 44

Alan Schoolcraft (R)

District 45

Erin Zwiener (D)

District 46

Sheryl Cole (D)

District 47

Vikki Goodwin (D)

District 48

Donna Howard (D)

District 49

Gina Hinojosa (D)

District 50

James Talarico (D)

District 51

Maria Luisa Flores (D)

District 52

Caroline Harris (R)

District 53

Wesley Virdell (R)

District 54

Brad Buckley (R)

District 55

Hillary Hickland (R)

District 56

Pat Curry (R)

District 57

Richard Hayes (R)

District 58

Helen Kerwin (R)

District 59

Shelby Slawson (R)

District 60

Mike Olcott (R)

District 61

Keresa Richardson (R)

District 62

Shelley Luther (R)

District 63

Ben Bumgarner (R)

District 64

Andy Hopper (R)

District 65

Mitch Little (R)

District 66

Matt Shaheen (R)

District 67

Jeff Leach (R)

District 68

David Spiller (R)

District 69

James Frank (R)

District 70

Mihaela Plesa (D)

District 71

Stan Lambert (R)

District 72

Drew Darby (R)

District 73

Carrie Isaac (R)

District 74

Eddie Morales (D)

District 75

Mary Gonzalez (D)

District 76

Suleman Lalani (D)

District 77

Vincent Perez (D)

District 78

Joseph Moody (D)

District 79

Claudia Ordaz (D)

District 80

Don McLaughlin (R)

District 81

Brooks Landgraf (R)

District 82

Tom Craddick (R)

District 83

Dustin Burrows (R)

District 84

Carl Tepper (R)

District 85

Stan Kitzman (R)

District 86

John Smithee (R)

District 87

Caroline Fairly (R)

District 88

Ken King (R)

District 89

Candy Noble (R)

District 90

Ramon Romero (D)

District 91

David Lowe (R)

District 92

Salman Bhojani (D)

District 93

Nate Schatzline (R)

District 94

Tony Tinderholt (R)

District 95

Nicole Collier (D)

District 96

David Cook (R)

District 97

John McQueeney (R)

District 98

Giovanni Capriglione (R)

District 99

Charlie Geren (R)

District 100

Venton Jones (D)

District 101

Chris Turner (D)

District 102

Ana-Maria Ramos (D)

District 103

Rafael Anchia (D)

District 104

Jessica Gonzalez (D)

District 105

Terry Meza (D)

District 106

Jared Patterson (R)

District 107

Linda Garcia (D)

District 108

Morgan Meyer (R)

District 109

Aicha Davis (D)

District 110

Toni Rose (D)

District 111

Yvonne Davis (D)

District 112

Angie Button (R)

District 113

Rhetta Bowers (D)

District 114

John Bryant (D)

District 115

Cassandra Garcia Hernandez (D)

District 116

Trey Fischer (D)

District 117

Philip Cortez (D)

District 118

John Lujan (R)

District 119

Elizabeth Campos (D)

District 120

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D)

District 121

Marc LaHood (R)

District 122

Mark Dorazio (R)

District 123

Diego Bernal (D)

District 124

Josey Garcia (D)

District 125

Ray Lopez (D)

District 126

Sam Harless (R)

District 127

Charles Cunningham (R)

District 128

Briscoe Cain (R)

District 129

Dennis Paul (R)

District 130

Tom Oliverson (R)

District 131

Alma Allen (D)

District 132

Mike Schofield (R)

District 133

Mano Deayala (R)

District 134

Ann Johnson (D)

District 135

Jon Rosenthal (D)

District 136

John Bucy (D)

District 137

Gene Wu (D)

District 138

Lacey Hull (R)

District 139

Charlene Ward Johnson (D)

District 140

Armando Walle (D)

District 141

Senfronia Thompson (D)

District 142

Harold Dutton (D)

District 143

Ana Hernandez (D)

District 144

Mary Perez (D)

District 145

Christina Morales (D)

District 146

Lauren Simmons (D)

District 147

Jolanda Jones (D)

District 148

Penny Shaw (D)

District 149

Hubert Vo (D)

District 150

Valoree Swanson (R)

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