page_title: Leticia Van de Putte
section_title: National politics
hierarchical_section_title: Leticia Van de Putte / Political career / National politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Leticia R. Van de Putte speaks during a press conference at the Colorado Convention Center the day before the start of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. From left, Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, and Shirley Franklin look on.
context_page_description: Leticia R. San Miguel Van de Putte
  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. Following that defeat, she then resigned from the Texas Senate to run for mayor of San Antonio, which she narrowly lost to Ivy Taylor, 52-48 percent.
context_section_description: At the national level, Van de Putte is an active and deeply involved member of many political organizations, including the National Assessment Governing Board, the American Legacy Foundation Board, and the National Conference of State Legislatures, of which she served as president from 2006 to 2007. In addition, she led the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators as president from 2003 to 2005.
  In 2008, Van de Putte served as a co-chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention along with Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin, while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi served as permanent chair.
  In 2016, Van de Putte was selected as the chair of the 2016 Democratic National Convention rules committee. She has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
caption: Van de Putte speaks during a press conference before the start of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, flanked by her fellow co-chairs and the convention chair.
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