Jose Menendez
| Jose Antonio Menendez | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 26 district |
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Assumed office February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Leticia Van de Putte |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 124th district |
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In office January 9, 2001 – February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Solis, III |
| Succeeded by | Ina Minjarez |
| San Antonio City Councilman District 6 | |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Zoning Commissioner District 6 | |
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In office 1994–1997 |
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March 11, 1969 San Juan, Hidalgo County Texas, U.S |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Cehlia Newman-Menendez |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jose Antonio Menendez (born March 11, 1969) is a member of the Texas Senate for District 26. He is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 124. He won a special election on February 17, 2015, for the state Senate, to replace Leticia Van de Putte. She resigned to run, unsuccessfully as it developed, against the short-term incumbent, Ivy Taylor, for mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Menendez handily defeated fellow Democrat State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer for the right to succeed Van de Putte. Even though Menendez and Fischer remain political opponents, their relationship appears to have been civil.
Menendez served in the Texas House from 2001 to 2015. Prior to his service in the State House, he was a member of the San Antonio City Council for District 6.
Jose Menendez is a native of San Juan in Hidalgo County in south Texas. He graduated in 1987 from Central Catholic Marianist High School. Four years later, he graduated from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies. He returned to San Antonio, where he took over his family business in 1991.
Menendez was appointed to the San Antonio Zoning Commission for District 6 in 1994. In 1997, after a heated campaign, he was elected to the District 6 seat on the city council.
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