1. Jose Antonio Menendez was born on March 11,1969 and is an American politician who is a member of the Texas Senate for District 26.
12 Facts About Jose Menendez
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Jose Menendez won a special election on February 17,2015, for the state Senate, to replace Leticia Van de Putte.
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Jose Menendez served in the Texas House from 2001 to 2015.
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Jose Menendez was born in San Juan in Hidalgo County in South Texas.
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Jose Menendez graduated in 1987 from Central Catholic Marianist High School.
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Jose Menendez returned to San Antonio, where he took over his family business in 1991.
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Jose Menendez was appointed to the San Antonio Zoning Commission for District 6 in 1994.
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In 1999, Jose Menendez was re-elected to the council with more than 84 percent of the vote.
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Jose Menendez served on the Small Business, International, and Ethics committees.
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Jose Menendez was the chairman of the City's Community Revitalization Action Group.
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Jose Menendez won election to a full term in the state Senate in the Democratic primary on March 1,2016, when he defeated his former opponent, Trey Martinez Fischer, who, this time gave up the District 116 House seat, Fischer held, to run for the Senate.
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Jose Menendez faced no Republican opposition in his heavily Democratic district.