Texas Senate, District 20

District 20 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brooks, Jim Wells and Nueces counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 20 is Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa.

Election history

Election history of District 20 from 1992. [Uncontested primary elections are not shown.]

Most recent election

2004

Election box begin long names
title=Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2004 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (Incumbent)
votes = 116,723
percentage = 100.00
change = 0.00Election box majority
votes = 116,723
percentage = 100.00
change = 0.00Election box turnout
votes = 116,723
percentage =
change = +48.34Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

Previous elections

2002

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa
votes = 78,685
percentage = 100.00
change = +41.91Election box majority
votes = 78,685
percentage = 100.00
change = +83.82Election box turnout
votes = 78,685
percentage =
change = -20.23Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Democratic primary runoff, 2002: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Barbara Canales-Black
votes = 27,068
percentage = 44.53
change = +5.47 [Change from primary percentage.] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa
votes = 33,716
percentage = 55.47
change = +12.45Election box majority no party
votes = 6,648
percentage = 10.94
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 60,784
percentage =
change = Election box begin no party
title=Democratic primary, 2002: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 Democratic Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Barbara Canales-Black
votes = 25,922
percentage = 39.07
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Ruben M. Garcia
votes = 4,266
percentage = 6.43
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa
votes = 28,543
percentage = 43.02
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Diana Martinez
votes = 7,624
percentage = 11.49
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 66,355
percentage =
change =

1998

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title=Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1998 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Joe Gardner
votes = 41,338
percentage = 41.91
change = +0.35Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)
votes = 57,298
percentage = 58.09
change = -0.35Election box majority
votes = 15,960
percentage = 16.18
change = -0.71Election box turnout
votes = 98,636
percentage =
change = -14.04Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

1994

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title=Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1994 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)
votes = 67,066
percentage = 58.44
change = -41.56Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Rex Moses
votes = 47,656
percentage = 41.56
change = +41.56Election box majority
votes = 19,380
percentage = 16.89
change = -83.11Election box turnout
votes = 114,752
percentage =
change = +12.06Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)

1992

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title=Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)
votes = 102,405
percentage = 100.00
change = Election box majority
votes = 102,405
percentage = 100.00
change = Election box turnout
votes = 102,405
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 20 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 Democratic Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Mark Crawford
votes = 24,538
percentage = 35.83
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)
votes = 43,952
percentage = 64.17
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 19,414
percentage = 28.35
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 68,490
percentage =
change =

District officeholders

References