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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas Senate District 26

Texas State Senate · Texas

Leticia Vandeputte (D) won with 81.4% of the vote, defeating Steve Lopez (Lib) by 62.9 points.

Leticia VandeputteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.4%136,913
Steve LopezLibertarian
18.6%31,194
168,107 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+11.81988R+33.21992D+26.61994D+35.11996D+17.12004D+33.12022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET