Leticia Van de Putte

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 19992015. 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, 5838 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 sixthgeneration 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.

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