Texas_Senate,_District_29 References

Texas's 29th
State Senate district
Texas's 29th; State Senate district
Senator
	Cesar Blanco; D– El Paso
Demographics	12.4% White; 4.2% Black; 82.2% Hispanic; 1.9% Asian
Population	853,350

District 29 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current senator from District 29 is Cesar Blanco.

Biggest cities in the district

District 29 has a population of 816,681 with 571,426 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[1]

	Name	County	Pop.^[2]^[a]
1	El Paso	El Paso	649,121
2	Socorro	El Paso	32,013
3	Horizon City	El Paso	16,735
4	Anthony	El Paso	5,011
5	Van Horn	Culberson	2,063

Election history

Election history of District 30 from 1992.^[b]

Previous elections

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bethany Hatch	82,437	33.00%	+33.00
	Democratic	Cesar Blanco	167,405	67.00%	-33.00
Turnout			249,842	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 29^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jose R. Rodriguez (Incumbent)	167,169	100.00	+31.4
Turnout			167,169
	Democratic hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 29^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Chavez	53,190	31.40	-8.36
	Democratic	Jose R. Rodriguez	116,208	68.60	+8.36
Turnout			169,398
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 29^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Chavez	33,303	39.76	-1.45
	Democratic	Jose R. Rodriguez	50,460	60.24	+1.45
Turnout			83,763
	Democratic hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 29^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald R. "Dee" Margo	36,127	41.21	+41.21
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh ( Incumbent)	51,531	58.79	-41.21
Majority			15,404	17.57	-82.43
Turnout			87,658		+19.74
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 29^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh ( Incumbent)	73,205	100.00	0.00
Majority			73,205	100.00	0.00
Turnout			73,205		-27.55
	Democratic hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 29^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh ( Incumbent)	101,045	100.00	+26.28
Majority			101,045	100.00	+52.55
Turnout			101,045		-17.11
	Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 29^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Randy Berry	32,029	26.28	+26.28
	Democratic	Eliot Shapleigh	89,868	73.72	-26.28
Majority			57,839	47.45	-52.55
Turnout			121,897		+89.85
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary runoff, 1996: Senate District 29^[10]
Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Eliot Shapleigh	24,666	61.82	^[11]+26.30
	Hector Villa	15,235	38.18	+18.70
Majority		9,431	23.64
Turnout		39,901

Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 29^[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Ray Mancera	8,672	17.38
	Rene Nunez	5,758	11.54
✓	Eliot Shapleigh	17,723	35.52
	Marie Tarvin-Garland	8,017	16.07
✓	Hector Villa	9,722	19.49
Turnout		49,892

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 29^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Peggy Rosson ( Incumbent)	64,207	100.00	0.00
Majority			64,207	100.00	0.00
Turnout			64,207		-34.79
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 29^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peggy Rosson ( Incumbent)	98,461	100.00
Majority			98,461	100.00
Turnout			98,461
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 29^[15]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Bonnie Rangel Guaderrama	13,114	31.22
	Malcolm McGregor	5,018	11.95
✓	Peggy Rosson ( Incumbent)	23,870	56.83
Majority		10,756	25.61
Turnout		42,002

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 29	Counties in District
5	James H. Durst	Kinney, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb.
6	Edward R. Hord
7	Forbes Britton
8	Benjamin Franklin Neal Forbes Britton
9	Pryor Lea	Bee, Dimmit, Goliad, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio.
10	Pryor Lea
11	John T. Littleton
12	Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard.
13	Henry C. King
14	Joseph E. Dwyer	All of Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Wilson. Portion of Bexar.
15	John Salmon "Rip" Ford	Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Encinal, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala.
16	John Salmon "Rip" Ford
17	Charles A. McLane Stephen Powers
18	James Richard Fleming	Andrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Fisher, Gaines, Howard, Jones, Martin, McCulloch, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor.
19	James Henry Calhoun
20	James Henry Calhoun
21	Henry T. Sims
22	Henry T. Sims
23	Demosthenes F. Goss	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
24		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Shackelford, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
25		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
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27
28	Davis E. Decker	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young.
29	Davis E. Decker
30	John W. Veale
31	John W. Veale
32	Willard A. Johnson
33
34
35
36	William S. Bell William H. Bledsoe
37	William H. Bledsoe
38	William H. Bledsoe
39	Benjamin F. Berkeley	Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler.
40
41
42
43	Kenneth M. Regan
44	Kenneth M. Regan
45	Henry L. Winfield
46
47
48
49
50
51	Hill D. Hudson
52	Hill D. Hudson
53	James T. Rutherford	Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler.
54	Frank Owen, III
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56
57
58
59	Wallace E. "Pete" Snelson
60	Joe Christie	Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth.
61
62
63	H. Tati Santiesteban	El Paso, Hudspeth.
64
65
66
67
68		Portion of El Paso.
69
70
71
72	Peggy Rosson
73
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75	Eliot Shapleigh
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77
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79
80
81
82	José R. Rodríguez
83		Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio.
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85
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87	Cesar Blanco

Notes

^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1996 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ Change from Primary Election
^ "1996 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
^ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[pop-3] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-4] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[1] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[2] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[5] "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[6] "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[7] "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[8] "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[9] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[10] "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[11] "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[12] "1996 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[13] Change from Primary Election

[14] "1996 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[15] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[16] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

[17] "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

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