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Cesar Blanco
2021 - Present
2029
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César Blanco (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 29. He assumed office on January 12, 2021. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Blanco (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 29. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
César Blanco lives in El Paso, Texas. Blanco served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso. Blanco's career experience includes working as a consultant.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Blanco was assigned to the following committees:
- Veteran Affairs & Border Security Committee
- Committee of the Whole Senate
- Health & Human Services Committee
- Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee
- Veteran Affairs & Border Security Committee
- Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Blanco was assigned to the following committees:
- Health & Human Services Committee
- Senate Higher Education Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
- Veteran Affairs & Border Security Committee
2019-2020
Blanco was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Defense & Veterans' Affairs, Vice chair |
| • Land & Resource Management |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Blanco served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
| • Public Health |
| • Rules & Resolutions |
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 State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 29
Incumbent César Blanco won election in the general election for Texas State Senate District 29 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | César Blanco (D) | 100.0 | 174,731 |
| Total votes: 174,731 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29
Incumbent César Blanco advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco | 100.0 | 33,079 |
| Total votes: 33,079 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Blanco received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 29
Incumbent César Blanco defeated Derek Zubeldia in the general election for Texas State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco (D) | 64.1 | 111,638 |
 | Derek Zubeldia (R) | 35.9 | 62,544 | |
| Total votes: 174,182 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29
Incumbent César Blanco advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco | 100.0 | 35,195 |
| Total votes: 35,195 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 29
Derek Zubeldia advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Derek Zubeldia | 100.0 | 16,206 |
| Total votes: 16,206 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 29
César Blanco defeated Bethany Hatch in the general election for Texas State Senate District 29 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco (D) | 67.3 | 176,360 |
 | Bethany Hatch (R) | 32.7 | 85,619 | |
| Total votes: 261,979 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Marino (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29
César Blanco advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco | 100.0 | 59,620 |
| Total votes: 59,620 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 29
Bethany Hatch advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bethany Hatch | 100.0 | 15,817 |
| Total votes: 15,817 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 29
David Marino advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 29 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | David Marino (L) |
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent César Blanco won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco (D) | 100.0 | 29,445 |
| Total votes: 29,445 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent César Blanco advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | César Blanco | 100.0 | 9,140 |
| Total votes: 9,140 | |||
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2016
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| During the 2016 election cycle Blanco was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama |
Full list of Obama's 2016 endorsements |
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[2]
Incumbent Cesar Blanco ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 76 general election.[3]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 76 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cesar Blanco Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 32,956 | |
| Total Votes | 32,956 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Cesar Blanco ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 76 Democratic Primary.[4][5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 76 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Cesar Blanco Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Naomi Gonzalez was defeated by Norma Chavez and Cesar Blanco in the Democratic primary. Blanco defeated Chavez in the May 27 Democratic runoff. Blanco defeated J. Alexandro Lozano (L) in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Cesar Blanco |
87.1% | 11,923 | |
| Libertarian | J. Alexandro Lozano | 12.9% | 1,767 | |
| Total Votes | 13,690 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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César Blanco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
César Blanco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
César Blanco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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2022
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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.
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2020
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In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2018
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In 2018, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2015
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In 2015, the Texas State Legislature was in its 84th legislative session from January 13 through June 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas State Senate District 29 |
Officeholder Texas State Senate District 29 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Texas State Senate, "Senator César Blanco: District 29," accessed March 30, 2021
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "The 2014 Election Brackets," accessed December 12, 2013
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jose R. Rodriguez (D) |
Texas State Senate District 29 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Texas House of Representatives District 76 2015-2021 |
Succeeded by Claudia Ordaz (D) |
