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Sema Hernandez
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Last election

March 3, 2020

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Sema Hernandez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.

Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Here is one selected response:

"My top three priorities when elected to the U.S. Senate are environmental justice, healthcare, and ending the war economy."

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2020

United States Senate election in Texas, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Texas, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Mary Jennings Hegar, Kerry McKennon, David B. Collins, and Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Cornyn
John Cornyn (R)
 
53.5
 
5,962,983
Image of Mary Jennings Hegar
Mary Jennings Hegar (D)
 
43.9
 
4,888,764
Image of Kerry McKennon
Kerry McKennon (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.9
 
209,722
Image of David B. Collins
David B. Collins (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
81,893
Image of Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla
Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
678

Total votes: 11,144,040
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas

Mary Jennings Hegar defeated Royce West in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Jennings Hegar
Mary Jennings Hegar
 
52.2
 
502,516
Image of Royce West
Royce West
 
47.8
 
459,457

Total votes: 961,973
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Jennings Hegar
Mary Jennings Hegar
 
22.3
 
417,160
Image of Royce West
Royce West
 
14.7
 
274,074
Image of Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
 
13.2
 
246,659
Image of Annie Garcia
Annie Garcia Candidate Connection
 
10.3
 
191,900
Image of Amanda Edwards
Amanda Edwards
 
10.1
 
189,624
Image of Chris Bell
Chris Bell
 
8.5
 
159,751
Image of Sema Hernandez
Sema Hernandez Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
137,892
Image of Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
 
4.9
 
92,463
Image of Victor Harris
Victor Harris Candidate Connection
 
3.2
 
59,710
Image of Adrian Ocegueda
Adrian Ocegueda
 
2.2
 
41,566
Image of Jack Daniel Foster Jr.
Jack Daniel Foster Jr. Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
31,718
Image of D.R. Hunter
D.R. Hunter
 
1.4
 
26,902

Total votes: 1,869,419
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Dwayne Stovall, Mark Yancey, John Castro, and Virgil Bierschwale in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Cornyn
John Cornyn
 
76.0
 
1,470,669
Image of Dwayne Stovall
Dwayne Stovall
 
11.9
 
231,104
Image of Mark Yancey
Mark Yancey Candidate Connection
 
6.5
 
124,864
Image of John Castro
John Castro Candidate Connection
 
4.5
 
86,916
Image of Virgil Bierschwale
Virgil Bierschwale Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
20,494

Total votes: 1,934,047
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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas

David B. Collins advanced from the Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 18, 2020.

Candidate
Image of David B. Collins
David B. Collins (G) Candidate Connection

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas

Kerry McKennon advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on August 3, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Kerry McKennon
Kerry McKennon (L) Candidate Connection

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke and Neal Dikeman in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz (R)
 
50.9
 
4,260,553
Image of Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke (D)
 
48.3
 
4,045,632
Image of Neal Dikeman
Neal Dikeman (L)
 
0.8
 
65,470

Total votes: 8,371,655
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas

Beto O'Rourke defeated Sema Hernandez and Edward Kimbrough in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
 
61.8
 
640,769
Image of Sema Hernandez
Sema Hernandez
 
23.7
 
245,847
Edward Kimbrough
 
14.5
 
149,851

Total votes: 1,036,467
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas

Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr., Stefano de Stefano, and Geraldine Sam in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
 
85.3
 
1,315,146
Image of Mary Miller
Mary Miller
 
6.1
 
94,274
Image of Bruce Jacobson Jr.
Bruce Jacobson Jr.
 
4.2
 
64,452
Image of Stefano de Stefano
Stefano de Stefano
 
2.9
 
44,251
Geraldine Sam
 
1.5
 
22,767

Total votes: 1,540,890
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Sema Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hernandez's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

My top three priorities when elected to the U.S. Senate are environmental justice, healthcare, and ending the war economy.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am personally passionate about environment, healthcare, and ending the war economy.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

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