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Charles Urbina Jones
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter P. Flores (R) | 56.7 | 25,330 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Peter P. Flores (R) | 34.4 | 9,003 |
| ✔ | | Pete Gallego (D) | 28.9 | 7,580 |
 | Roland Gutierrez (D) | 24.4 | 6,389 | |
 | Carlos Antonio Raymond (R) | 3.5 | 920 | |
 | Tomas Uresti (D) | 3.0 | 799 | |
| Charles Urbina Jones (D) | 3.0 | 789 | ||
 | Jesse Alaniz (R) | 1.8 | 461 | |
 | Tony Valdivia (L) | 1.0 | 266 | |
| Total votes: 26,207 | |||
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See also
- Texas State Senate
- Texas State Senate District 19
- Texas state legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election, Senate District 19 Election Night Returns," July 31, 2018
- ↑ Chron, "Governor announces July special election for empty San Antonio state senator seat," June 20, 2018
- ↑ News4sa.com, "State senator Carlos Uresti resigns," June 18, 2018
- ↑ Bexar County, "Sample Ballot - Special State Senate, District 19 Election," accessed July 20, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election, Senate District 19 Election Night Returns," July 31, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Runoff Election, Senate District 19 Election Night Returns," September 18, 2018
