This is the electoral history of Julian Castro, who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. He previously served in the San Antonio City Council from 2001 to 2005 and as Mayor of San Antonio from 2009 to 2014. Castro sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before voting began.
See main article: 2005 San Antonio mayoral election. As no candidate reached a majority, a runoff election between the two leading candidates (Castro and Hardberger) was required.
See main article: 2009 San Antonio mayoral election.
See main article: 2011 San Antonio mayoral election.
See main article: 2013 San Antonio mayoral election.
| 2014 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of HUD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2014[1] | Party | All votes | |||
| Democratic | Republican | independent | |||
| Yea | 51 | 18 | 2 | 71 | |
| Nay | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | |
Despite ending his campaign before voting began, Castro still appeared on the ballot in over a dozen states, including his home state of Texas. Castro won 37,037 votes, including 16,688 in Texas.