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Diego Bernal
Democratic Party
Candidate, Texas House of Representatives District 123
Texas House of Representatives District 123
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
11
Prior offices:
San Antonio City Council District 1
Years in office: 2011 - 2014
Compensation
Base salary
$7,200/year
Per diem
$221/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 3, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Education
High school
Thomas Jefferson High School
Bachelor's
University of Michigan
Law
University of Michigan
Graduate
University of Michigan
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
Official X
Campaign Instagram
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

Diego Bernal (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 123. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Bernal (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 123. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.

Biography

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Bernal is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He earned a B.S., an M.S. in social work and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. His professional experience includes working as a social worker and as an attorney.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Bernal was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bernal was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bernal 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
• House Administration
• Public Education, Vice chair
• Urban Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bernal served on the following committees:

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

2026

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal (D) is running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal (D)

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal
 
100.0
 
16,883

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 16,883
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Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for March 3, 2026, was canceled.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal (D)
 
100.0
 
44,043

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

Total votes: 44,043
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal
 
100.0
 
8,140

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

Total votes: 8,140
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bernal in this election.

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal defeated Charlotte Valdez in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal (D)
 
66.8
 
34,414
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Charlotte Valdez (R)
 
33.2
 
17,138

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

Total votes: 51,552
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal
 
100.0
 
11,008

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

Total votes: 11,008
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Charlotte Valdez advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Charlotte Valdez
 
100.0
 
5,438

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

Total votes: 5,438
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal (D)
 
100.0
 
3

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

Total votes: 3
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal
 
100.0
 
17,639

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

Total votes: 17,639
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal (D)
 
100.0
 
36,851

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

Total votes: 36,851
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123

Incumbent Diego Bernal advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 123 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal
 
100.0
 
10,847

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

Total votes: 10,847
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2016

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.[2]

Incumbent Diego Bernal ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 123 general election.[3]

Texas House of Representatives, District 123 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Diego Bernal Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 38,649
Total Votes 38,649
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Incumbent Diego Bernal ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 123 Democratic Primary.[4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 123 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Diego Bernal Incumbent (unopposed)


2015

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2015

Melissa Aguillon (D), Diego Bernal (D), Walter Martinez (D), Nunzio Previtera (R), Paul Ingmundson (G) and Roger V. Gary (L) faced off in the special election on January 6, 2015.[6] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Bernal and Previtera, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Bernal won.[7][8]

The seat was vacant following Michael Villarreal's (D) resignation to run for Mayor of San Antonio.[9]

A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 123 was called for January 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 22, 2014.[9]

Texas House of Representatives, District 123, Special Runoff Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDiego Bernal 63.7% 5,170
     Republican Nunzio Previtera 36.3% 2,950
Total Votes 8,120
Texas House of Representatives, District 123, Special Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDiego Bernal 47.5% 3,372
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNunzio Previtera 21.3% 1,512
     Democratic Melissa Aguillon 17.7% 1,257
     Democratic Walter Martinez 11% 780
     Libertarian Roger V. Gary 1.4% 103
     Green Paul Ingmundson 1.1% 81
Total Votes 7,105


Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Diego Bernal campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Texas House of Representatives District 123Won general$84,934 $80,663
2022Texas House of Representatives District 123Won general$86,623 $89,087
2020Texas House of Representatives District 123Won general$76,465 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 123Won general$150,888 N/A**
Grand total$398,910 $169,750
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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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bio
    2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
    3. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
    4. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
    5. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
    6. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 25, 2014
    7. ↑ Texas Tribune, "Three Elections, No Winners Yet," January 6, 2015
    8. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets 3 special elections for Jan. 6," December 15, 2014

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