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Electoral history of Julian Castro

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This is the electoral history of Julian Castro, who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. He previously served in the San Antonio City Council from 2001 to 2005 and as Mayor of San Antonio from 2009 to 2014. Castro sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before voting began.

San Antonio City Council elections

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2001

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San Antonio City Council 7th district, 2001 election [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro 7,070 61.76%
Nonpartisan Fred A. Rangel 1,479 12.92%
Nonpartisan John Coleman 1,155 10.09%
Nonpartisan John Carlos Garcia 848 7.41%
Nonpartisan Raul F. Quiroga Jr. 596 5.21%
Nonpartisan Michael A. Gonzalez 299 2.61%
Total votes 11,447 100%

2003

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San Antonio City Council 7th district, 2003 election [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro (incumbent) 2,005 100.00%
Total votes 2,005 100%

San Antonio Mayoral elections

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2005

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San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro 47,893 41.99%
Nonpartisan Phil Hardberger 34,280 30.05%
Nonpartisan Carroll Schubert 30,029 26.32%
Nonpartisan Julie Iris Oldham 919 0.81%
Nonpartisan Everett Caldwell 391 0.34%
Nonpartisan Rhett R. Smith 289 0.25%
Nonpartisan Michael Idrogo 270 0.24%
Total votes 115,194 100%

As no candidate reached a majority, a runoff election between the two leading candidates (Castro and Hardberger) was required.

San Antonio Mayoral Runoff Election, 2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Phil Hardberger 66,830 51.47%
Nonpartisan Julian Castro 63,001 48.53%
Total votes 129,991 100%

2009

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San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro 42,745 56.23%
Nonpartisan Trish DeBerry-Mejia 22,031 28.98%
Nonpartisan Diane Cibrian 6,181 8.13%
Nonpartisan Sheila D. McNeil 2,962 3.90%
Nonpartisan Rhett R. Smith 715 0.94%
Nonpartisan Lauro A. Bustamante 441 0.58%
Nonpartisan Julie Iris Oldham 385 0.51%
Nonpartisan Michael Idrogo 371 0.49%
Nonpartisan Napoleon Madrid 188 0.25%
Total votes 76,019 100%

2011

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San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2011[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro (incumbent) 34,309 81.44%
Nonpartisan Will McLeod 2,846 6.76%
Nonpartisan Rhett R. Smith 2,153 5.11%
Nonpartisan James Rodriguez 1,675 3.98%
Nonpartisan Michael Idrogo 1,145 2.72%
Total votes 42,128 100%

2013

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San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2013[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Julian Castro (incumbent) 29,449 66.51%
Nonpartisan Rhett R. Smith 5,807 13.12%
Nonpartisan Jesus G. Reyes 2,934 6.63%
Nonpartisan Michael Idrogo 2,298 5.19%
Nonpartisan Raymond Zavala 1,472 3.32%
Nonpartisan Irma Rosas 1,461 3.30%
Nonpartisan Sergio Falcon 857 1.94%
Total votes 44,278 100%

2014 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development confirmation

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2014 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of HUD
July 9, 2014[8] Party All votes
Democratic Republican independent
Yea 51 18 2 71
Nay 0 26 0 26
Simple majority (49 of 97 votes) required – Nomination confirmed

2020 Democratic party presidential primaries

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Despite ending his campaign before voting began, Castro still appeared on the ballot in over a dozen states, including his home state of Texas. Castro won 37,037 votes, including 16,688 in Texas.

References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio City Council 07 Race - May 05, 2001". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio City Council 07 Race - May 03, 2003". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio Mayor Race May 07, 2005". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio Mayor Runoff Race June 07, 2005". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio Mayor Race May 09, 2009". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio Mayor Race May 14, 2011". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - San Antonio Mayor Race May 11, 2013". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "On the Nomination PN1736: Julian Castro, of Texas, to be ... -- Senate Vote #219 -- Jul 9, 2014". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 2020-09-29.