title: Electoral history of Julian Castro
text: # Electoral history of Julian Castro
  
  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.
  
  ## San Antonio City Council elections
  
  ### 2001
  
  San Antonio City Council 7th district, 2001 election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro | 7,070 | 61.76% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Fred A. Rangel | 1,479 | 12.92% |
  | | Nonpartisan | John Coleman | 1,155 | 10.09% |
  | | Nonpartisan | John Carlos Garcia | 848 | 7.41% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Raul F. Quiroga Jr. | 596 | 5.21% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Michael A. Gonzalez | 299 | 2.61% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,447 | 100% |
  
  ### 2003
  
  San Antonio City Council 7th district, 2003 election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro (incumbent) | 2,005 | 100.00% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,005 | 100% |
  
  ## San Antonio Mayoral elections
  
  ### 2005
  
  San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro | 47,893 | 41.99% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Phil Hardberger | 34,280 | 30.05% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Carroll Schubert | 30,029 | 26.32% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julie Iris Oldham | 919 | 0.81% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Everett Caldwell | 391 | 0.34% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Rhett R. Smith | 289 | 0.25% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Michael Idrogo | 270 | 0.24% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 115,194 | 100% |
  
  As no candidate reached a majority, a runoff election between the two leading candidates (Castro and Hardberger) was required.
  
  San Antonio Mayoral Runoff Election, 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Phil Hardberger | 66,830 | 51.47% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro | 63,001 | 48.53% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 129,991 | 100% |
  
  ### 2009
  
  San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2009 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro | 42,745 | 56.23% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Trish DeBerry-Mejia | 22,031 | 28.98% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Diane Cibrian | 6,181 | 8.13% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Sheila D. McNeil | 2,962 | 3.90% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Rhett R. Smith | 715 | 0.94% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Lauro A. Bustamante | 441 | 0.58% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julie Iris Oldham | 385 | 0.51% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Michael Idrogo | 371 | 0.49% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Napoleon Madrid | 188 | 0.25% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 76,019 | 100% |
  
  ### 2011
  
  San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2011 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro (incumbent) | 34,309 | 81.44% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Will McLeod | 2,846 | 6.76% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Rhett R. Smith | 2,153 | 5.11% |
  | | Nonpartisan | James Rodriguez | 1,675 | 3.98% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Michael Idrogo | 1,145 | 2.72% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 42,128 | 100% |
  
  ### 2013
  
  San Antonio Mayoral Election, 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Julian Castro (incumbent) | 29,449 | 66.51% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Rhett R. Smith | 5,807 | 13.12% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Jesus G. Reyes | 2,934 | 6.63% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Michael Idrogo | 2,298 | 5.19% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Raymond Zavala | 1,472 | 3.32% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Irma Rosas | 1,461 | 3.30% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Sergio Falcon | 857 | 1.94% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 44,278 | 100% |
  
  ## 2014 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development confirmation
  
  2014 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of HUD :
  
  | July 9, 2014 | Party | Party | Party | All votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Republican | independent | All votes |
  | Yea | 51 | 18 | 2 | 71 |
  | Nay | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
  | Simple majority (49 of 97 votes) required – Nomination confirmed |||||
  
  ## 2020 Democratic party presidential primaries
  
  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.
  
  