Texas Senate, District 19

District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brewster, Crockett, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala counties, and portions of Bexar and Atascosa counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is currently served by Republican Pete Flores following a September 18, 2018 election victory over Pete Gallego, making him the first Republican senator of the area since Reconstruction (1879). The seat was previously vacant since June 21, 2018, following the resignation of San Antonio attorney Carlos Uresti following fraud charges^[1]. Uresti had held the office since November 12, 2006.

District 19 is one of the largest legislative districts in the United States, containing all or part of 17 counties and covering more than 35,000 square miles and about 400 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. The district contains 55 public school districts, more than 23,000 oil and gas wells, 10 state parks, three national parks, and more than 2,700 miles of highways and interstate transportation infrastructure.^[2] Redistricting in 2010 led to District 19 losing several western counties and gaining several eastern ones. The district is 66% Hispanic.^[3]

Top 5 biggest cities in district

District 19 has a population of 800,501 with 566,604 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[4]

	Name	County	Pop.^[5]^[a]
1	San Antonio	Bexar/Medina	315,479
2	Del Rio	Val Verde	35,591
3	Eagle Pass	Maverick	26,248
4	Uvalde	Uvalde	15,751
5	Universal City	Bexar	9,896

Election history

Election history of District 20 from 1992.^[b]

Upcoming election

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 20
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Pete Flores (Incumbent)
	Democratic	Roland Gutierrez
	Libertarian	Jo-Anne Valvdivia
Turnout

Previous elections

2018

2018 Special Runoff Election results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Flores	25,330	56.67
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	19,367	43.33
Total votes			44,697	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018 Special Election results^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Flores	9,003	32.35
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	7,580	28.38
	Democratic	Roland Gutierrez	6,389	24.38
	Republican	Carlos Antonio Raymond	920	3.51
	Democratic	Tomas Uresti	799	3.05
	Democratic	Charlie Urbina Jones	789	3.01
	Republican	Jesse (Jay) Alaniz	461	1.76
	Libertarian	Tony Valdivia	266	1.01
Total votes			26,207	100

2016

Texas elections, 2016: Senate District 19^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Flores	97,682	40.43
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	134,997	55.87
	Libertarian	Maximilian Martin	8,948	3.70
Turnout			241,627
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2016: Senate District 19^[9]
Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Helen Madla	13,627	25.44
✓	Carlos Uresti (Incumbent)	39,931	74.56

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 19^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Berlanga	83,522	40.59
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	122,214	59.40
Turnout			205,736
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 19^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	53,024	45.08
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	61,327	52.13
	Libertarian	Mette A. Baker	3,269	2.77
Turnout			117,620
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2010: Senate District 19^[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Carlos Uresti (Incumbent)	25,969	76.16
	Luis Juarez Jr.	8,125	23.83
Turnout		34,094	100.00

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 19^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	40,556	40.82	+0.18
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	58,793	59.18	−0.18
Majority			18,237	18.36	−0.37
Turnout			99,349		+2.70
	Democratic hold

Special election, 7 November 2006: Senate District 19, Unexpired term^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	39,312	40.64	+40.64
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	57,426	59.36	−40.64
Majority			18,237	18.72	−81.28
Turnout			96,738		+26.31
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2006: Senate District 19^[15]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)	18,936	43.48
✓	Carlos Uresti	24,610	56.51
Turnout		12,025

Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 19^[16]
Candidate		Votes	%
✓	Dick Bowen	3,513	51.32
	Darrel Brown	3,332	48.67
Turnout		6,845

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 19^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)	76,590	100.00	0.00
Majority			76,590	100.00	+37.89
Turnout			76,590		+37.89
	Democratic hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 19^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank L. Madla (Incumbent)	55,544	100.00	0.00
Majority			55,544	100.00	−8.07
Turnout			55,544		−8.07
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 19^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank L. Madla	60,422	100.00
Majority			60,422	100.00
Turnout			60,422		−45.34
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 19^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gregory Luna (Incumbent)	86,742	50.94
	Republican	Ernesto Ancira	76,967	45.20
	Libertarian	James "Ted" Bonnet	6,551	3.84
Majority			9,775	5.54
Turnout			176,260
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 19	Counties in District
1	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio.
2	Edward Fitzgerald Henry Lawrence Kinney	Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio.
3	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio.
4	James Charles Wilson	Calhoun, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton.
5	Charles G. Keenan	Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker.
6	Jesse Grimes
7
8
9	John Boyd	All of Freestone, Limestone, Navarro. Portion of Ellis.
10	Thomas C. Neal William C. Wilson William Mynatt Peck	All of Freestone, Limestone, Navarro. Portion of Ellis.
11	John C. Yarbro	Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro.
12	Andrew J. Evans S. W. Ford	Falls, Limestone, McLennan.
13	S. W. Ford	Falls, Limestone, McLennan.
14	George Bernard Erath	Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan, Runnels.
15	Andrew Phelps McCormick	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda.
16	Andrew Phelps McCormick Robert Gould Street
17	James B. Stubbs
18	Avery L. Matlock	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Greer, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Montague, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young.
19	Temple Lea Houston
20	Temple Lea Houston
21	John Hall Stephens
22	John Hall Stephens
23	James W. Dickson	Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington.
24	James W. Dickson
25	Heber Stone
26	Heber Stone
27	Sidney L. Staples
28	James M. Hale
29	James M. Hale O. P. Storm
30	Quintus et Ultimos Watson
31
32
33
34	Paul D. Page
35
36
37
38	Richard S. Bowers
39	Alvin J. Wirtz	Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays.
40
41
42	Welly K. Hopkins
43	Welly K. Hopkins
44	Welly K. Hopkins Rudolph A. Weinert
45	Rudolph A. Weinert
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53		Atascosa, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Medina, Wilson.
54
55
56
57
58	Walter Richter
59	Walter Richter
60	V. E. "Red" Berry	Portion of Bexar.
61	V. E. "Red" Berry
62	Glenn Kothmann
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70	Frank Tejeda
71
72
73	Gregory Luna
74	Frank L. Madla	All of Brewster, Crockett, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Terrell, Val Verde. Portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Culberson, Sutton, Uvalde.
75
76
77
78		All of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler. Portions of Bexar, El Paso.
79	Frank L. Madla Carlos I. Uresti
80	Carlos I. Uresti
81
82
83		All of Brewster, Crockett, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties. Portions of Bexar and Atascosa counties
84
85	Carlos I. Uresti Pete Flores
86	Pete Flores

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

^ Uresti, Carlos. "Resignation Statement of Senator Carlos Uresti After 21 Years of Service". The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ http://www.carlosuresti.com/meet-carlos
^ Palacios, Joey. Gallego, Flores Spend Last Days Of Senate District 19 Special Election Appealing To Voters, KSTX San Antonio, September 14, 2018.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-22.}}
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
^ https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist332_state.htm
^ https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist330_state.htm
^ "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2018-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Office of the Secretary of State. 2016 Democratic Party Primary Election. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist233_state.htm (accessed April 27, 2016)
^ "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
^ . Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/tx-senate/19/. Retrieved 2014-09-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "2006 Special November Elections". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "2006 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "2006 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[pop-6] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-7] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[resignation-1] Uresti, Carlos. "Resignation Statement of Senator Carlos Uresti After 21 Years of Service". The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[carlosuresti.com-2] ttp://www.carlosuresti.com/meet-carlos

[PalaciosKSTX09142018-3] Palacios, Joey. Gallego, Flores Spend Last Days Of Senate District 19 Special Election Appealing To Voters, KSTX San Antonio, September 14, 2018.

[4] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-22.}}

[5] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved 2020-06-22.

[8] ttps://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist332_state.htm

[9] ttps://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist330_state.htm

[10] "2016 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved 2018-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[11] Office of the Secretary of State. 2016 Democratic Party Primary Election. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist233_state.htm (accessed April 27, 2016)

[12] "2012 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

[13] "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2014-09-30.

[14] . Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/tx-senate/19/. Retrieved 2014-09-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[15] "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[16] "2006 Special November Elections". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[17] "2006 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[18] "2006 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[19] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[20] "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[21] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[22] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

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