Texas Senate, District 20

District 20 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brooks, Jim Wells counties and portions of Hidalgo and Nueces counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

Texas's 20th State Senate district
Senator	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa D–McAllen
Demographics	16.3% White 2.2% Black 79.7% Hispanic 1.9% Asian
Population	900,121

The current senator from District 20 is Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa.

Biggest cities in the district

District 20 has a population of 833,339 with 577,960 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.[3][a]
1	Corpus Christi	Nueces	305,110
2	McAllen	Hidalgo	116,299
3	Edinburg	Hidalgo	77,100
4	Mission	Hidalgo	77,058
5	Alice	Jim Wells	19,104

Election history

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

2024

Texas general election, 2024: Senate District 20^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	178,987	100.00	+40.82
Majority			178,987	100.00	+81.64
Turnout			178,987
	Democratic hold

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 20^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	102,280	59.18	+0.70
	Republican	Wesley Wright	70,536	40.82	−0.70
Majority			31,744	18.36	+1.40
Turnout			172,816
	Democratic hold

2020

Texas general election, 2020: Senate District 20^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	154,311	58.48	−3.20
	Republican	Judith Cutright	109,563	41.52	+3.20
Majority			44,748	16.96	−6.40
Turnout			263,874
	Democratic hold

2016

Texas general election, 2016: Senate District 20^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	132,128	61.68	+0.15
	Republican	Velma A. Arellano	82,098	38.32	−0.15
Majority			50,030	23.36	+0.30
Turnout			214,226
	Democratic hold

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 20^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	112,629	61.53	−19.87
	Republican	Raul Torres	70,409	38.47	+38.47
Majority			42,220	23.06	−39.74
Turnout			183,038
	Democratic hold

2008

Texas general election, 2008: Senate District 20^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	124,456	81.40	−18.60
	Libertarian	Bill Parker	28,429	18.60	+18.60
Majority			96,027	62.80	−37.20
Turnout			152,885
	Democratic hold

2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 20^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Incumbent)	116,723	100.00	0.00
Majority			116,723	100.00	0.00
Turnout			116,723		+48.34
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 20^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	78,685	100.00	+41.91
Majority			78,685	100.00	+83.82
Turnout			78,685		−20.23
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary runoff, 2002: Senate District 20^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Barbara Canales-Black	27,068	44.53	+5.47[13]
✓	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	33,716	55.47	+12.45
Majority		6,648	10.94
Turnout		60,784

Democratic primary, 2002: Senate District 20^[14]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Barbara Canales-Black	25,922	39.07
	Ruben M. Garcia	4,266	6.43
✓	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	28,543	43.02
	Diana Martinez	7,624	11.49
Turnout		66,355

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 20^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)	57,298	58.09	−0.35
	Republican	Joe Gardner (politician)	41,338	41.91	+0.35
Majority			15,960	16.18	−0.71
Turnout			98,636		−14.04
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 20^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)	67,066	58.44	−41.56
	Republican	Rex Moses	47,656	41.56	+41.56
Majority			19,380	16.89	−83.11
Turnout			114,752		+12.06
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 20^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)	102,405	100.00
Majority			102,405	100.00
Turnout			102,405
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1992: Senate District 20^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
	Mark Crawford	24,538	35.83
✓	Carlos F. Truan (Incumbent)	43,952	64.17
Majority		19,414	28.35
Turnout		68,490

District officeholders

Legislature	Senator, District 20	Counties in District
3	David C. Van Derlip	Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Medina, Santa Fé.
4	John Winfield Scott Dancy	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette.
5	James W. McDade	Washington.
6
7	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard
8
9	Alfred T. Obenchain William Quayle	Erath, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant.
10	William Quayle
11	William R. Shannon
12	William H. Pyle	Ellis, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro.
13
14	Amzi Bradshaw	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant.
15	John W. Carroll	Austin, Burleson, Washington.
16	William Kercheval Homan
17
18	William R. Shannon	Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise.
19
20	James Jones Jarvis
21
22	Augustus M. Carter
23	Walter Tips	Burnet, Travis, Williamson.
24
25	William D. Yett
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27
28	James H. Faubion	Burnet, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson.
29	George Washington Glasscock, Jr.
30
31	John L. Peeler
32
33	Temple H. McGregor
34	Robert J. Eckhardt Temple H. McGregor
35	Walter D. Caldwell
36
37	Ashley E. Wood
38
39		Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis, Williamson.
40
41	John W. Hornsby
42
43
44
45	Houghton Brownlee
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47
48
49	James A. Stanford
50
51	Carlos C. Ashley, Sr.
52
53	William H. Shireman	Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Willacy.
54
55	Bruce Reagan
56
57
58
59
60		All of Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Willacy. Portion of Cameron.
61	Ronald W. Bridges
62
63	Mike McKinnon	Bee, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Willacy.
64
65	Carlos F. Truan
66
67
68		All of Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Willacy. Portion of Hidalgo.
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	All of Brooks, Jim Wells, Nueces. Portion of Hidalgo.
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80
81
82
83		All of Brooks, Jim Wells. Portions of Hidalgo and Nueces.
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85
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89

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.