Cesar Blanco

César Blanco

Democratic Party

Texas State Senate District 29

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

5

Predecessor: Jose R. Rodriguez (D)

Prior offices:

Texas House of Representatives District 76

Years in office: 2015 - 2021

Successor: Claudia Ordaz (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, El Paso

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy

Personal

Profession

Consultant

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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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.

Committee assignments

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:

• Environmental Regulation Committee
• International Relations & Economic Development Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• 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
• 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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,079
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Endorsements

Blanco received the following endorsements.

• Texas AFL-CIO

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,206
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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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,140
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2016

Obama endorsement
During the 2016 election cycle Blanco was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama
Full list of Obama's 2016 endorsements

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

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.

Incumbent Cesar Blanco ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 76 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 76 General Election, 2016
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.

Texas House of Representatives, District 76 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Cesar Blanco Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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.

Texas House of Representatives, District 76 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	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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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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César Blanco campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Texas State Senate District 29	Won general	$609,599	$327,653
2022	Texas State Senate District 29	Won general	$537,733	$435,489
2020	Texas State Senate District 29	Won general	$636,501	N/A**
2018	Texas House of Representatives District 76	Won general	$190,251	N/A**
2014	Texas House of Representatives, District 76	Won	$511,585	N/A**
Grand total			$2,485,668	$763,142
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Texas

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• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2025.

• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental 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 Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

In 2024, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2023.

• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental 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 Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2021.

• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental 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 Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2019.

• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health 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 Eagle Forum — 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.

In 2018, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2017.

• Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
• Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental 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 for Vaccine Choice — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Alliance For Life — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to social issues.
• Texas Association of Business — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
• 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.
• Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

In 2016, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2015.

• Americans for Prosperity - Texas — Legislators are scored on how they voted on tax and fiscal legislation.
• Concerned Women for America of Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes on bills relating to abortion, common core, and sex trafficking.
• Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
• Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
• Heritage Alliance — Legislators are scored based on votes on social issues, economic issues, and other issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — 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 Association of Business — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
• Texas Eagle Forum — 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 Tribune — Legislators are scored on their liberal or conservative voting records by Mark P. Jones, chairman of Rice University’s political science department.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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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)

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Current members of the Texas State Senate

Senators

District 1

Bryan Hughes (R)

District 2

Bob Hall (R)

District 3

Robert Nichols (R)

District 4

Vacant

District 5

Charles Schwertner (R)

District 6

Carol Alvarado (D)

District 7

Paul Bettencourt (R)

District 8

Angela Paxton (R)

District 9

Taylor Rehmet (D)

District 10

Phil King (R)

District 11

Mayes Middleton (R)

District 12

Tan Parker (R)

District 13

Borris Miles (D)

District 14

Sarah Eckhardt (D)

District 15

Molly Cook (D)

District 16

Nathan Johnson (D)

District 17

Joan Huffman (R)

District 18

Lois Kolkhorst (R)

District 19

Roland Gutierrez (D)

District 20

Juan Hinojosa (D)

District 21

Judith Zaffirini (D)

District 22

Brian Birdwell (R)

District 23

Royce West (D)

District 24

Peter Flores (R)

District 25

Donna Campbell (R)

District 26

José Menéndez (D)

District 27

Adam Hinojosa (R)

District 28

Charles Perry (R)

District 29

César Blanco (D)

District 30

Brent Hagenbuch (R)

District 31

Kevin Sparks (R)

Republican Party (18)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)