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Leticia Van de Putte

Leticia R. Van de Putte
Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte.jpg
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 26th district
In office
November 10, 1999 – January 8, 2013
Preceded by Gregory Luna
Succeeded by Jose Menendez
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 115
In office
January 8, 1991 – November 9, 1999
Preceded by Orlando Luis Garcia
Succeeded by Mike Villarreal
Personal details
Born Leticia R. San Miguel
(1954-12-06) December 6, 1954 (age 62)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Pete Van de Putte
Children Six children
Residence San Antonio, Texas
Alma mater University of Texas, Austin, Harvard University
Profession Pharmacist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website leticiaformayor.com

Leticia R. San Miguel Van de Putte (born December 6, 1954) is an American politician from San Antonio, Texas. She represented the 26th District in the Texas Senate from 1999-2015. From 1991 to 1999, Van de Putte was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor but lost the general election, 58-38 percent, to her Republican senatorial colleague, Dan Patrick of Houston.

Van de Putte was born in Tacoma, Washington, the oldest of five children of Daniel and Isabel San Miguel, a sixth-generation Tejano family. Her father was stationed at Fort Lewis when she was born. The family returned to San Antonio, where she was subsequently reared. Van de Putte has six children and six grandchildren with her husband, Pete.

Van de Putte is a 1973 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. She was accepted to the University of Houston pharmacy program, following in the footsteps of her grandfather, who was a practicing pharmacist. After meeting her husband and getting married while in pharmacy school, she transferred to the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, from which she graduated in 1979.


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