Tomas Uresti

Tomas Uresti

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Texas House of Representatives District 118

Successor: Leo Pacheco

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Last election

June 5, 2021

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Tomas Uresti (Democratic Party) was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 118. Uresti assumed office in 2017. Uresti left office on January 8, 2019.

Uresti ran for election to the San Antonio City Council to represent District 3 in Texas. Uresti lost in the general runoff election on June 5, 2021.

Uresti 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.

He also previously served as a member of the Harlandale Board of Trustees in Texas from 2015 to 2017.

Biography

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Before he served in the state House, Uresti was a legal assistant at the law office of his brother, state Sen. Carlos Uresti (D).

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• County Affairs
• Government Transparency & Operation

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

2021

See also: City elections in San Antonio, Texas (2021)

General runoff election

General runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 3

Phyllis Viagran defeated Tomas Uresti in the general runoff election for San Antonio City Council District 3 on June 5, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phyllis Viagran (Nonpartisan)	59.7	2,724
		Tomas Uresti (Nonpartisan)	40.3	1,837

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,561
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General election

General election for San Antonio City Council District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for San Antonio City Council District 3 on May 1, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phyllis Viagran (Nonpartisan)	22.0	2,260
✔		Tomas Uresti (Nonpartisan)	14.7	1,514
	Submit photo	Marcello Martinez (Nonpartisan)	11.9	1,225
	Submit photo	Angela Cardona (Nonpartisan)	9.2	946
	Submit photo	Rodolfo Lopez (Nonpartisan)	8.8	899
	Submit photo	Walter Murray (Nonpartisan)	8.0	822
	Submit photo	Mark Vargas Jr. (Nonpartisan)	7.5	774
	Submit photo	Katherine Garza (Nonpartisan)	7.3	747
	Submit photo	Ted Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	4.5	459
	Submit photo	Diana Uriegas (Nonpartisan)	3.3	344
	Submit photo	Stephen Valdez (Nonpartisan)	1.9	194
	Submit photo	Rafael Vela (Nonpartisan)	0.8	85

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,269
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2019

See also: Harlandale Independent School District, Texas, elections (2019)

General election

General election for Harlandale Independent School District, District 5

Elaine Anaya-Ortiz defeated Tomas Uresti in the general election for Harlandale Independent School District, District 5 on May 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Elaine Anaya-Ortiz (Nonpartisan)	53.4	326
		Tomas Uresti (Nonpartisan)	46.6	284

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 610
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2018

State House

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

See also: 

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 118

Leo Pacheco defeated John Lujan in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leo Pacheco (D)	58.0	24,032
		John Lujan (R)	42.0	17,367

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,399
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118

Leo Pacheco defeated incumbent Tomas Uresti in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leo Pacheco	57.3	3,517
		Tomas Uresti	42.7	2,620

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,137
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118

John Lujan advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lujan	100.0	3,525

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,525
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State Senate

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2018

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Charles Urbina Jones (D)	3.0	789
		Jesse Alaniz (R)	1.8	461
		Tony Valdivia (L)	1.0	266

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,207
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2016

General election

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.

Tomas Uresti defeated incumbent John Lujan in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 118 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti	55.17%	25,632
	Republican	John Lujan Incumbent	44.83%	20,831
Total Votes				46,463
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Tomas Uresti defeated Gabe Farias in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 Democratic Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 118 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti	59.17%	5,115
	Democratic	Gabe Farias	40.83%	3,529
Total Votes				8,644

Incumbent John Lujan defeated Robert Casias in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 Republican Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 118 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Lujan Incumbent	72.80%	5,320
	Republican	Robert Casias	27.20%	1,988
Total Votes				7,308

This district was included in the Republican State Leadership Committee's list of "16 in '16: Races to Watch." Read more »

Special election

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2015

A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 118 was called for November 3, 2015. A special runoff election was held on January 26, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 2.

The seat was vacant following Joe Farias' (D) resignation on August 10, 2015.

Anthony Alcoser (D), Robert A. Casias (R), Gabe Farias (D), Michael Holdman (R), John Lujan (R) and Tomas Uresti (D) faced off in a special election. Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Lujan and Uresti, met in a runoff election, which Lujan won.

Texas House of Representatives, District 118, Special Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Lujan (advanced to the runoff)	29.2%	1,904
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti (advanced to the runoff)	21.7%	1,415
	Democratic	Gabe Farias	18%	1,170
	Republican	Michael Holdman	14.4%	938
	Democratic	Anthony Alcoser	11.4%	741
	Republican	Robert A. Casias	5.3%	346
Total Votes				6,514

Texas House of Representatives, District 118, Special Election Runoff, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Lujan	52.4%	1,880
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti	47.6%	1,709
Total Votes				3,589

2015

See also: Harlandale Independent School District elections (2015)

The general election on May 9, 2015, in the Harlandale Independent School District featured three seats up for election. In the District 5 race, incumbent Velma Ybarra faced two challengers: Cresencio Davila and Tomas Uresti. District 6 incumbent Anthony Alcoser did not file for re-election, and two challengers, Elizabeth Limon and Carlos Quezada, competed for his seat. District 7 incumbent Jesse Alaniz faced challenger Ricardo Moreno.

Uresti defeated Ybarra and Davila. Quezada won the District 6 seat, and Moreno defeated Alaniz for the District 7 seat.

Results

Harlandale Independent School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Tomas Uresti	39.2%	248
	Nonpartisan	Velma Ybarra Incumbent	30.5%	193
	Nonpartisan	Cresencio Davila	30.2%	191
Total Votes				632
Source: Bexar County Clerk, "Joint City and School Election May 9, 2015: Official Results," accessed June 1, 2015

Endorsements

Uresti was endorsed by the San Antonio Express-News editorial board.

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2018

In 2018, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session.

2017

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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15. Conservative Roundtable Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles. Empower Texans Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues." Environment Texas Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues. Equality Texas Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues. National Federation of Independent Business in Texas Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues. Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights. Texans for Vaccine Choice Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization. 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 Sierra Club Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental 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.

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Preceded by John Lujan (R)	Texas House District 118 2017-2019	Succeeded by Leo Pacheco (D)