Juan Hinojosa (Texas)

Juan Hinojosa

Democratic Party

Texas State Senate District 20

Tenure

2002 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

24

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, Pan American

Law

Georgetown University

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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Juan Hinojosa (Democratic Party) (also known as Chuy) is a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office in 2002. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.

Hinojosa (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 20. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

He served as Senate President Pro Tempore in 2015.

Hinojosa served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1990.

Biography

Hinojosa graduated from the University of Texas Pan American and later obtained a J.D. from Georgetown University.

In addition to being a senator, Hinojosa is also an attorney for his own private practice and has done so since 1980.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Hinojosa was assigned to the following committees:

• Veteran Affairs & Border Security Committee
• Committee of the Whole Senate
• Criminal Justice Committee
• Finance Committee, Vice Chair
• Jurisprudence Committee
• Special Committee on Redistricting, Vice Chair

2021-2022

Hinojosa was assigned to the following committees:

• Criminal Justice Committee
• Jurisprudence Committee, Vice chair
• Senate Transportation Committee
• Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee

2019-2020

Hinojosa was assigned to the following committees:

• Finance Committee, Vice-Chair
• Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee
• Agriculture Committee
• Property Tax Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs
• Finance, Vice chair
• Natural Resources and Economic Development
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

Texas committee assignments, 2015
• Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs
• Criminal Justice
• Natural Resources and Economic Development
• Finance, Vice-Chair

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Hinojosa served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2013
• Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
• Finance, Vice chair
• Intergovernmental Relations, Chair
• Natural Resources

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hinojosa served on the following Texas Senate committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hinojosa served on the following Texas Senate committees:

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 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa won election in the general election for Texas State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa (D)	100.0	178,987

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa	100.0	33,481

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,481
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Raul Torres (R)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa defeated Westley Wright in the general election for Texas State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa (D)	59.2	102,280
		Westley Wright (R)	40.8	70,536

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 172,816
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa	100.0	36,830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,830
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 20

Westley Wright defeated Johnny Partain in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 20 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Westley Wright	73.1	16,232
		Johnny Partain	26.9	5,959

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,191
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2020

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa defeated Judith Cutright in the general election for Texas State Senate District 20 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa (D)	58.5	154,311
	Submit photo	Judith Cutright (R)	41.5	109,563

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,874
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 20 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juan Hinojosa	100.0	55,410

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,410
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 20

Judith Cutright advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 20 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Judith Cutright	100.0	21,246

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,246
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2016

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas State Senate 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 Juan Hinojosa defeated Velma A. Arellano in the Texas State Senate District 20 general election.

Texas State Senate, District 20 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Juan Hinojosa Incumbent	61.68%	132,128
	Republican	Velma A. Arellano	38.32%	82,098
Total Votes				214,226
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Incumbent Juan Hinojosa ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 20 Democratic Primary.

Texas State Senate, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Juan Hinojosa Incumbent (unopposed)

Velma A. Arellano ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 20 Republican Primary.

Texas State Senate, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Velma A. Arellano  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012

Hinojosa won re-election in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 20. Hinojosa ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and defeated Raul Torres (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Texas State Senate, District 20, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Juan Hinojosa Incumbent	61.5%	112,629
	Republican	Raul Torres	38.5%	70,409
Total Votes				183,038

2008

On Nov. 4, 2008, Hinojosa won re-election to the 20th District Seat in the Texas State Senate, defeating opponent Billy Parker (L).

Hinojosa raised $922,412 for his campaign while Parker raised $0.

Texas State Senate, District 20 (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Juan Hinojosa (D)		124,456	81.40%
Billy Parker (L)		28,429	18.59%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Juan Hinojosa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Juan Hinojosa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Juan Hinojosa campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Texas State Senate District 20	Won general	$164,426	$345,627
2024	Texas State Senate District 20	Won general	$689,038	$733,919
2022	Texas State Senate District 20	Won general	$826,776	$1,334,054
2020	Texas State Senate District 20	Won general	$1,793,215	N/A**
2012	Texas State Senate, District 20	Won	$1,343,867	N/A**
2008	Texas State Senate, District 20	Won	$922,412	N/A**
2004	Texas State Senate, District 20	Won	$314,861	N/A**
2002	Texas State Senate, District 20	Won	$1,356,583	N/A**
2000	Texas State House, District 40	Won	$78,025	N/A**
1998	Texas State House, District 40	Won	$58,264	N/A**
** 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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• 2012
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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.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

In 2014, 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 2013.

• 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.
• Equality Texas — Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues.
• NARAL Pro-Choice Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes for House Bill 2.
• 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 League of Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to environment and conservation issues.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes for Amendments 2, 12, 51, 95, and 118.

In 2012, 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 2011.

• Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
• Heritage Alliance — Legislators are scored based on votes on social issues, economic issues, and other issues.
• Humane Society Legislative Fund — Legislators are scored on their votes on animal protection bills.
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
• Texas League of Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to environment and conservation issues.
• Texas Watch — Legislators are scored based on consumer-related bills.
• Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on their votes on conservative issues.

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Hinojosa and his wife, Rosalie, have three children.

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Carol Alvarado (D)

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Nathan Johnson (D)

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Joan Huffman (R)

District 18

Lois Kolkhorst (R)

District 19

Roland Gutierrez (D)

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Juan Hinojosa (D)

District 21

Judith Zaffirini (D)

District 22

Brian Birdwell (R)

District 23

Royce West (D)

District 24

Peter Flores (R)

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Donna Campbell (R)

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Adam Hinojosa (R)

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