---
type: Person
title: "José Menéndez"
description: "TX Senate District 26 — TX State Senate District 26"
role: "TX Senate District 26"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "TX"
district: "TX State Senate District 26"
represents: "us/states/tx/districts/senate/26"
tenure:
  start: "2015-03-04"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "fd639e5e-d0ab-402a-bdf7-51b40a2f05c0"
  office: "b93ba935-7687-4a01-b644-94ccb0f0a185"
  tenure: "ade63bce-75e5-4d3d-9500-14351a5a7cea"
  jurisdiction: "154eeb6a-a8ef-45c3-afb2-6174139ac21d"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, tx]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# José Menéndez

Current TX Senate District 26 (TX State Senate District 26).

Represents [TX State Senate District 26](/us/states/tx/districts/senate/26.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).