Texas State Senate District 19
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 952,214 |
| Gender |
51% Male 49% Female |
| Race |
44.7% White 7.3% Black 2% Asian 1.1% Native American 0.1% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 66.8% Hispanic |
| Median household income | $55,646 |
| High school graduation rate | 78.4% |
| College graduation rate | 20.4% |
Texas State Senate District 19 is represented by Roland Gutierrez (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Texas state senators represented an average of 940,177 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 811,147 residents.
About the office
Members of the Texas State Senate serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.
One-half of the Senate membership is elected every two years in even-numbered years, with the exception that all 31 Senate seats are up for election for the first legislature following the decennial census in order to reflect the newly redrawn districts. After the initial election, the Senate is divided by lot into two classes, with one class having a re-election after two years and the other having a re-election after four years.[1]
Qualifications
To be eligible to serve in the Texas State Senate, a candidate must be:[2]
- A U.S. citizen
- 26 years old before the general election
- A five-year resident of Texas before the general election
- A district resident for one year prior to the general election
Salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $7,200/year | $221/day. Set by ethics commission. Unvouchered. |
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in the Texas State Legislature, the governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat.[3] A governor's proclamation to hold a special election must be delivered to county judges in the legislative district no later than 36 days before the scheduled election.[4]
The secretary of state can declare a candidate duly elected in a special election if there is no opposition.[5]
See sources: Texas Elec. Code § 203.001 et. seq.
District map
Redistricting
2020-2022
In April 2022, the state of Texas said it will redraw legislative district boundaries before the 2024 elections. In a filing for a motion to stay in League of United Latin American Citizens, et al., v. Abbott, et al., Texas said, “Between now and the 2024 elections, the Texas Legislature will enact legislation regarding state legislative seats as required by article III, section 28 of the Texas Constitution... Specifically, article III, section 28 of the Texas Constitution requires that “[t]he Legislature shall, at its first regular session after the publication of each United States decennial census, apportion the state into senatorial and representative districts, agreeable to the provisions of Sections 25 and 26 of” Article III of the Constitution. In this instance, due to the U.S. Census Bureau’s delays in releasing the necessary data, that first regular session is the 2023 regular session. The State has already acknowledged that while federal law required the State to reapportion sooner than 2023, that does not relieve the State of its obligation to enact redistricting legislation in 2023 as required by its Constitution.”[6]
How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[7]
If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:[7]
- Lieutenant governor
- Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
- Attorney general
- State comptroller
- Commissioner of the General Land Office
The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."[7]
Texas State Senate District 19
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Texas State Senate District 19
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Elections
2022
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election for Texas State Senate District 19
Incumbent Roland Gutierrez defeated Robert Garza in the general election for Texas State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roland Gutierrez (D) | 55.4 | 116,854 |
 | Robert Garza (R) | 44.6 | 94,212 | |
| Total votes: 211,066 | |||
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Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Incumbent Roland Gutierrez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roland Gutierrez | 100.0 | 36,159 |
| Total votes: 36,159 | |||
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Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Robert Garza advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Garza | 100.0 | 27,135 |
| Total votes: 27,135 | |||
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2020
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2020
General election for Texas State Senate District 19
Roland Gutierrez defeated incumbent Peter P. Flores and Jo-Anne Valdivia in the general election for Texas State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roland Gutierrez (D) | 49.9 | 158,726 |
 | Peter P. Flores (R) | 46.5 | 148,213 | |
| Jo-Anne Valdivia (L) | 3.6 | 11,465 | |
| Total votes: 318,404 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 19
Roland Gutierrez defeated Xochil Pena Rodriguez in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 19 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roland Gutierrez | 52.7 | 16,593 |
 | Xochil Pena Rodriguez | 47.3 | 14,864 | |
| Total votes: 31,457 | |||
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Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Xochil Pena Rodriguez and Roland Gutierrez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Freddy Ramirez in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Xochil Pena Rodriguez | 43.9 | 30,821 |
| ✔ | | Roland Gutierrez | 37.8 | 26,550 |
| Freddy Ramirez | 18.3 | 12,808 | |
| Total votes: 70,179 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Belinda Shvetz (D)
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Incumbent Peter P. Flores advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter P. Flores | 100.0 | 35,526 |
| Total votes: 35,526 | |||
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Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 19
Jo-Anne Valdivia advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jo-Anne Valdivia (L) |
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2018
Special election
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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10][11][12]
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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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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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.[13]
Incumbent Carlos Uresti defeated Peter P. Flores and Maximilian Martin in the Texas State Senate District 19 general election.[14]
| Texas State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Carlos Uresti Incumbent |
55.87% | 134,997 | |
| Republican | Peter P. Flores | 40.43% | 97,682 | |
| Libertarian | Maximilian Martin | 3.70% | 8,948 | |
| Total Votes | 241,627 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Carlos Uresti defeated Helen Madla in the Texas State Senate District 19 Democratic Primary.[15][16]
| Texas State Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Carlos Uresti Incumbent |
74.56% | 39,931 | |
| Democratic | Helen Madla | 25.44% | 13,627 | |
| Total Votes | 53,558 | |||
Peter P. Flores ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 19 Republican Primary.[15][16]
| Texas State Senate, District 19 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Peter P. Flores (unopposed) | |
2012
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012
Elections for the office of Texas State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 29, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Carlos Uresti (D) defeated Michael Berlanga (R) in the general election. Uresti was unopposed in the Democratic primary election. Berlanga was unopposed in the Republican primary election.[17] In 2012, a total of $844,331 was raised in campaign contributions. Uresti raised $816,097, and Berlanga raised $28,234.[18]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carlos Uresti Incumbent |
59.4% | 122,214 | |
| Republican | Michael Berlanga | 40.6% | 83,522 | |
| Total Votes | 205,736 | |||
Campaign contributions
From 2002 to 2018, candidates for Texas State Senate District 19 raised a total of $8,015,072. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $400,754 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money
| Campaign contributions, Texas State Senate District 19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2018 | $1,506,285 | 8 | $188,286 |
| 2012 | $844,331 | 2 | $422,166 |
| 2010 | $596,728 | 3 | $198,909 |
| 2008 | $531,158 | 1 | $531,158 |
| 2006 | $3,449,240 | 4 | $862,310 |
| 2004 | $372,641 | 1 | $372,641 |
| 2002 | $714,689 | 1 | $714,689 |
| Total | $8,015,072 | 20 | $400,754 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas State Legislature, "Texas Constitution," accessed December 18, 2013(Referenced Article 3, Section 3)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for All Public Offices," accessed February 7, 2023
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3))
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3)(b)-(c))
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 2.055)
- ↑ United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, League of United Latin American Citizens, et al., v. Abbott, et al., April 20, 2022
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, "State of Texas 2012 General Election," November 6, 2012
- ↑ followthemoney.org, "State of Texas 2012 Senate Candidates," accessed November 27, 2013
