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Elections and appointments
Last election

July 31, 2018

Charles Urbina Jones was a 2018 Democratic special election candidate for District 19 of the Texas State Senate. He was defeated in the general election on July 31, 2018.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for the office of Texas State Senate District 19 was held on July 31, 2018. Candidates had until June 25, 2018, to file nomination papers with the secretary of state.[2]

On June 18, 2018, state Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) resigned from the state Senate, four months after he was found guilty of charges related to bribery surrounding a government contract and charges of wrongdoing.[3]

Pete Gallego (D) and Peter Flores (R) defeated Roland Gutierrez (D), Charles Urbina Jones (D), Tomas Uresti (D), Jesse Alaniz (R), Carlos Antonio Raymond (R), and Tony Valdivia (L) in the special election on July 31, 2018, and advanced to a runoff election. Flores then defeated Gallego in the runoff election on September 18, 2018.[4][5][6]

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 19

Peter P. Flores defeated Pete Gallego in the special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 19 on September 18, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter P. Flores
Peter P. Flores (R)
 
56.7
 
25,330
Image of Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego (D)
 
43.3
 
19,367

Total votes: 44,697
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General election

Special general election for Texas State Senate District 19

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas State Senate District 19 on July 31, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter P. Flores
Peter P. Flores (R)
 
34.4
 
9,003
Image of Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego (D)
 
28.9
 
7,580
Image of Roland Gutierrez
Roland Gutierrez (D)
 
24.4
 
6,389
Image of Carlos Antonio Raymond
Carlos Antonio Raymond (R)
 
3.5
 
920
Image of Tomas Uresti
Tomas Uresti (D)
 
3.0
 
799
Charles Urbina Jones (D)
 
3.0
 
789
Image of Jesse Alaniz
Jesse Alaniz (R)
 
1.8
 
461
Image of Tony Valdivia
Tony Valdivia (L)
 
1.0
 
266

Total votes: 26,207
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