Leticia Van de Putte
| Leticia R. Van de Putte | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 26th district |
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In office November 10, 1999 – January 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Gregory Luna |
| Succeeded by | Jose Menendez |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 115 | |
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In office January 8, 1991 – November 9, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Orlando Luis Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Mike Villarreal |
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Leticia R. San Miguel December 6, 1954 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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