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Texas 26th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+17.82012D+20.52016D+28.12020D+31.72024D+22.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+22.5
2024
median income$60,135U.S. $80,734 · TX $78,476
median age34.6U.S. 39.1 · TX 35.7
poverty rate18.6%U.S. 12.5% · TX 13.8%
bachelor’s+ (25+)31.8%U.S. 35.6% · TX 33.6%
non-english37.0%U.S. 22.3% · TX 35.2%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Mexican54.3%
Puerto Rican1.9%
Spaniard0.9%
German12.8%
English9.4%
Irish8.1%
African American†6.9%
African0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%
Filipino0.7%
Chinese0.4%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Bexar County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Texas 26th State Senate District

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Texas 26th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+22.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for Texas 26th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Texas 26th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+22.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Texas 26th State Senate District · D+22.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic60.7%179,778
Donald TrumpRepublican38.1%112,987
Jill SteinGreen1.2%3,585
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Texas 26th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Bexar County, TXDemocraticD+9.7
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
60.7%Harris179,778
38.1%Trump112,987
1.2%Stein3,585
+22.5%
296,350
D
65.3%Biden212,152
33.6%Trump109,009
1.2%Jorgensen3,737
+31.7%
324,898
D
61.1%Clinton162,284
33.0%Trump87,751
5.9%Johnson15,538
+28.1%
265,573
D
60.3%Obama139,635
39.7%Romney92,073
0.0%
+20.5%
231,708
D
58.6%Obama148,133
40.9%McCain103,233
0.5%Barr1,208
+17.8%
252,574
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +22.5% in 2024.+22.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+17.8%
2012+20.5%
2016+28.1%
2020+31.7%
2024+22.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DJosé MenéndezState Senate · 26

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Texas Senate District 26 covers a broad swath of the San Antonio metro's outer suburbs and exurbs, where population growth has yet to shift a Republican lean that held at R+15.4 in the 2024 presidential race.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.5 points.

A population of 923,790, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,135 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 6 and State Senate District 19.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 6
Texas
94.5twin score
% Latinopopulation scale2020 margin
State Senate District 19
Texas
93.8twin score
% Latinopopulation scale% White
State Senate District 16
Texas
92.3twin score
population scale2016–2020 trajectory% White≠ % Latino

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Bexar County

Frequently asked questions

How did Texas 26th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Texas 26th State Senate District voted Democratic by 22.5 points (D+22.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 296,350 votes cast, 179,778 went Democratic and 112,987 went Republican.
How many people live in Texas 26th State Senate District?
Texas 26th State Senate District has a population of 923,790 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Texas 26th State Senate District?
Median household income in Texas 26th State Senate District is $60,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Texas 26th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Texas 26th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.