Judith Zaffirini

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Judith Zaffirini (born February 13, 1946)^[1] is a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 21st District. As of January 9, 2007, Judith Zaffirini is the second in seniority in the 31-member Texas Senate where she has served for 20 years.

Since her initial primary victory in 1986 over state Representative William N. “Billy” Hall of Laredo, Senator Zaffirini has continued to defeat challengers in her Webb County-based district. Also of note, in 1996, she defeated a future state Senate colleague when they were in the same district, Republican Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio (who now serves for the 25th District). Zaffirini served briefly as acting governor of Texas in 1997.

1 Election history
- 1.1 Most recent election
  - 1.1.1 2004
- 1.2 Previous elections
2 References
3 External link

[edit] Election history

Election history of Zaffirini since 1992.^[2]

[edit] Most recent election

[edit] 2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 21^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	127,573	100.00	+10.89
Majority			127,573	100.00	+21.78
Turnout			127,573		+18.86
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 2004: Senate District 21^[4]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Raymond Bruni	17,089	21.35
✓	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	62,960	78.65
Majority		45,871	57.30
Turnout		80,049

[edit] Previous elections

[edit] 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 21^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	95,644	89.11	+22.65
	Libertarian	Jeff Carruthers	11,688	10.89	+10.89
Majority			83,956	78.22	+45.31
Turnout			107,332		-32.76
	Democratic hold

[edit] 2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 21^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Swift	53,547	33.54	-0.14
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	106,089	66.46	+0.14
Majority			52,542	32.91	+0.27
Turnout			159,636		+15.13
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 21^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James C. Whitworth	46,698	33.68	+2.21
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	91,956	66.32	-2.21
Majority			45,258	32.64	-4.41
Turnout			138,654		+33.77
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 21^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	71,029	68.53	-31.47
	Republican	Fernando Cantu	32,624	31.47	+31.47
Majority			38,405	37.05	-62.95
Turnout			103,653		-6.95
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 21^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Judith Zaffirini (Incumbent)	111,398	100.00
Majority			111,398	100.00
Turnout			111,398
	Democratic hold

[edit] References

^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
^ 2004 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 2004 Democratic Party Primary Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 2002 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 2000 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 1996 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 1994 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
^ 1992 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.

[edit] External link

Official Biography on the Texas Senate website.

Preceded by John Traeger	Texas State Senator from District 21 (Laredo) 1987 – present	Incumbent

Current Texas State Senators

1: Eltife (R) • 2: Deuell (R) • 3: Nichols (R) • 4: Williams (R) • 5: Ogden (R) • 6: Gallegos (D) • 7: Patrick (R) • 8: Shapiro (R) • 9: Harris (R) • 10: Brimer (R) • 11: Jackson (R) • 12: Nelson (R) • 13: Ellis (D) • 14: Watson (D) • 15: Whitmire (D) • 16: Carona (R) • 17: Janek (R) • 18: Hegar (R) • 19: Uresti (D) • 20: Hinojosa (D) • 21: Zaffirini (D) • 22: Averitt (R) • 23: West (D) • 24: Fraser (R) • 25: Wentworth (R) • 26: Van de Putte (D) • 27: Lucio (D) • 28: Duncan (R) • 29: Shapleigh (D) • 30: Estes (R) • 31: Seliger (R)

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Persondata
NAME	Judith Zaffirini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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