Texas Senate, District 19

District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Crockett, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties, and portions of Atascosa , Bexar, Brewster, and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] The district is currently served by Democrat Roland Gutierrez.

Texas's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Roland Gutierrez D–San Antonio
Demographics	22.3% White 8% Black 67.8% Hispanic 2.2% Asian
Population	901,953

District 19 is one of the largest legislative districts in the United States, containing all or part of 14 counties and covering more than 35,000 square miles and about 400 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. Redistricting in 2010 led to District 19 losing several western counties and gaining several eastern ones. The district is 66% Hispanic.^[2]

Biggest cities in the district

District 19 has a population of 800,501 with 566,604 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[3]

	Name	County	Pop.[4][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]

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 19^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roland Gutierrez (Incumbent)	117,491	55.39	+5.54
	Republican	Robert Garza	94,613	44.61	−1.94
Turnout			212,104
	Democratic hold		Swing

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 19^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roland Gutierrez	158,726	49.85	+6.52
	Republican	Pete Flores (Incumbent)	148,213	46.55	−10.3
	Libertarian	Jo-Anne Valvdivia	11,465	3.60	+3.6
Turnout			318,404
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

2018 (special)

Texas Senate District 19 special runoff election - 18 September 2018^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete Flores	25,330	56.67	+24.32
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	19,367	43.33	+14.95
Total votes			44,697	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Texas Senate District 19 special election - 31 July 2018^[8]

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 general election, 2016: Senate District 19^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	134,997	55.87	−3.53
	Republican	Pete Flores	97,682	40.43	−0.16
	Libertarian	Maximilian Martin	8,948	3.70	N/A
Turnout			241,627
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2016: Senate District 19^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Helen Madla	13,627	25.44
✓	Carlos Uresti (Incumbent)	39,931	74.56

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 19^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	122,214	59.40	+7.27
	Republican	Michael Berlanga	83,522	40.59	−4.49
Turnout			205,736
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 19^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	61,327	52.13	−7.05
	Republican	Dick Bowen	53,024	45.08	+4.26
	Libertarian	Mette A. Baker	3,269	2.77	N/A
Turnout			117,620
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2010: Senate District 19^[13]

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^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	58,876	59.17	−40.83
	Republican	Dick Bowen	40,621	40.83	+40.83
Majority			18,225	18.35	−81.65
Turnout			99,497
	Democratic hold

Special

Special election, 7 November 2006: Senate District 19, Unexpired term^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	57,045	59.97	−40.03
	Republican	Dick Bowen	38,070	40.03	+40.03
Majority			18,975	19.95	−80.05
Turnout			95,115
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2006: Senate District 19^[16]

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^[17]

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^[18]

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^[19]

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^[20]

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^[21]

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
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
11	John C. Yarbro	Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro.
12	Andrew J. Evans S. W. Ford	Falls, Limestone, McLennan.
13	S. W. Ford
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 Lenoir 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
21	John Hall Stephens
22
23	James W. Dickson	Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington.
24
25	Heber Stone
26
27	Sidney L. Staples
28	James M. Hale
29	James M. Hale O. P. Storm
30	Quintus et Ultimus 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
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
60	V. E. "Red" Berry	Portion of Bexar.
61
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
87	Roland Gutierrez
89		All of Crockett, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties. Portions of Atascosa , Bexar, Brewster, and Guadalupe counties.

Notes

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