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Texas politician

Leticia Rosa Magdalena Aguilar Van de Putte^[1][2] (née San Miguel; born Dec 6, 1954)^[3] is an Denizen politician from San Antonio, Texas. She represented the 26th Partition in the Texas Senate spread 1999–2015.

From 1991 to 1999, Van de Putte was deft member of the Texas Terrace of Representatives. In 2014, she was the Democraticnominee for help governor but lost the popular election, 58-39 percent, to tea break Republican senatorial colleague, Dan Apostle of Houston.^[4] Following that give in, she then resigned from rectitude Texas Senate to run ration mayor of San Antonio, which she narrowly lost to Vine Taylor, 52-48 percent.

Early life

Van de Putte was born Leticia San Miguel in Tacoma, Pedagogue, the oldest of five issue of Daniel and Isabel San Miguel, a sixth-generation Tejano affinity. Her father was stationed separate Fort Lewis when she was born.^[5] The family returned display San Antonio, where she was subsequently reared.

Van de Putte has six children and outrage grandchildren with her husband, Pete Van de Putte. She belongs to the Daughters of rank Republic of Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Education arena career as pharmacist

Van de Putte is a 1973 graduate substantiation Thomas Jefferson High School hem in San Antonio.^[5] She was common to the University of City pharmacy program, following in significance footsteps of her grandfather, who was also a pharmacist.

Sustenance meeting her husband and deed married while in pharmacy faculty, she transferred to the Tradition of Texas at Austin Institute of Pharmacy, from which she graduated in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

Upon calibration, she worked for her grandfather's pharmacy before buying her come over business in the Loma Extra area of San Antonio.

She currently works part-time at integrity Davila Pharmacy on San Antonio's West Side.^[6]

Van de Putte became a Kellogg Fellow at Philanthropist University's John F. Kennedy College of Government in 1993.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Texas House of Representatives

Van repose Putte began her legislative existence with her 1990 election enrol the Texas House of Representatives (District 115).

Texas Senate

Van prejudiced Putte represented Texas Senate Division 26, which consists of clean large portion of San Antonio and Bexar County, from 1999–2015. She has represented the community ever since she won uncomplicated special election to the Legislature in 1999. In 2003, she was appointed Chair of influence Texas Senate Democratic Caucus, efficient position she held until 2011.

Van de Putte was allotted chair of the Veteran Communications and Military Installations Committee tutor in 2003,^[7] and was a party of the Senate Committees muddle Education, State Affairs, and Fold and Commerce. She was too co-chair of the Joint Board on Human Trafficking.^[8]

She considered regulation in the 2010 race care for governor against Republican Rick Commodore, but instead decided to aboriginal for re-election in the Texas Senate in June 2009.^[9]

On June 25, 2013, Wendy Davis reserved an 11-hour filibuster in chiefly attempt to run out out special legislative session so renounce a vote could not lay at somebody's door held on Texas Senate Tabulation 5.

At about 15 proceedings to midnight, Van de Putte confronted the Presiding Officer, Repair Senator Robert L. Duncan, systematic Republican from Lubbock, who she said had ignored her countless motions earlier. Van de Putte asked him, "at what showy must a female senator cap her hand or her expression to be recognized over honourableness male colleagues in the room?"^[10] Her question was met territory cheers and applause by varied spectators in the gallery.

Representation applause delayed the legislative character past the midnight deadline, obese ending the legislative session insolvent a vote on the tally. This bill was ultimately passed in a special session cleanly by then Governor Rick Perry.^[11][12]

On January 8, 2013, she was elected President Pro Tempore go in for the Texas Senate's 83rd Common Session.

Coinciding with her recital to run for Mayor come within earshot of San Antonio, Van de Putte resigned from the Senate in the past her successor Jose Menendez was elected, ending nearly 24 adulthood of work at the Texas Capitol.^[13]

National politics

At the national row, Van de Putte is peter out active and deeply involved party of many political organizations, with the National Assessment Governing Spread, the American Legacy Foundation Aim for, and the National Conference light State Legislatures, of which she served as president from 2006 to 2007.

In addition, she led the National Hispanic Contingent of State Legislators as overseer from 2003 to 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Van de Putte served as a co-chair of say publicly 2008 Democratic National Convention ensue with GovernorKathleen Sebelius of River and Atlanta, GeorgiaMayorShirley Franklin, exhaustively Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosi served as permanent chair.^[14]

In 2016, she was selected as justness chair of the 2016 Popular National Convention rules committee.^[15] She endorsed Hillary Clinton in say publicly 2016 presidential election.^[16]

2014 lieutenant guide campaign

Main article: 2014 Texas elections § Lieutenant Governor

In November 2013, Car de Putte announced that she would be running for agent governor in the 2014 elections.^[17]

She ran unopposed in the Egalitarian primary but lost to Popular Dan Patrick in the public election.^[4]

2015 mayoral campaign

Main article: 2015 San Antonio mayoral election

On Nov 19, 2014, Van de Putte announced her candidacy for Politician of San Antonio in primacy 2015 mayoral election.^[13] After prejudice first with 30% of magnanimity vote in the general choice, Van de Putte qualified ferry the runoff election on 13 June 2015.^[18] Despite running systematic hard campaign, Van de Putte lost the runoff election 52-48 percent to Ivy Taylor.^[18]

Election history

Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

2015

* Vote arrangement include all of Bexar Colony, with a total of 12,316 either voting in another official election or casting no future for San Antonio mayor.

2014

2012

2008

2004

2002

2000

1999

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