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{{short description|Texas state legislator}}
{{Infobox State Representative
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Richard Peña Raymond
| name = Richard Peña Raymond
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| office = Member of the<br>[[Texas House of Representatives]]
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| nationality=[[United States|American]]
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| term_start = January 24, 2001
| office= [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative for<br> District 42 (Webb County)]]
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| term_end =
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| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| predecessor = [[Henry Cuellar]]
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| term_start=2001
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| constituency = [[Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district|42nd district]]
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| preceded=[[Henry R. Cuellar]]
| term_start1 = January 12, 1993
| succeeded=Incumbent
| term_end1 = January 12, 1999
| office2=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative from District 44]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Ernestine Glossbrenner]]
| term_start2=1993
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| successor1 = Ignacio Salinas Jr.
| term_end2=1999
| constituency1 = [[Texas's 44th House of Representatives district|44th district]]
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| preceded2=Ernestine Glossbrenner
| birth_name = Richard Edward Raymond
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| succeeded2=Ignacio Salinas, Jr.
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|10|27}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|27}}
| birth_place = [[Alice, Texas]], U.S.
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| birth_place=[[Alice, Texas|Alice]], [[Jim Wells County, Texas|Jim Wells County]]<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
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| nationality = American
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| residence=[[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]], Texas
| children = {{hlist|Aren|Eva|Ryan}}
| spouse=Michelle Yvonne Gould Raymond (married 1994)
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| parents = {{unbulleted list|Gabriel Charles Sr.|Evelia Peña Raymond}}
| children=Aren, Eva, and Ryan Raymond
| residence = [[Laredo, Texas]], U.S.
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| parents=Gabriel Charles, Sr., and Evelia Peña Raymond
| relations=[[Joe Rubio, Jr.]] (cousin)
| relatives = Joe Rubio Jr. (cousin)
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Laredo Community College]]|[[University of Texas at Austin]]|[[University of Texas School of Law]]}}
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[[Laredo Community College]]<br>
[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>
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'''Richard Peña Raymond''' (born October 27, 1960) is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] for District 42, which encompasses western [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]] and includes the city of [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]]. He chairs the Human Services Committee and is a member of the Ways & Means Committee.

==Background==

Raymond was born '''Richard Edward Raymond''' to Gabriel Charles Raymond, Sr. (1936-1998), and the former Evelia Pena (born 1935) in [[Alice, Texas|Alice]], the [[county seat]] of [[Jim Wells County, Texas|Jim Wells County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Richard+Edward&gsln=Raymond&msbdy=1960&msbpn__ftp=Alice%2c+Texas&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=upc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=8333233&db=TXbirthindex&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=Richard Edward Raymond in the Texas Birth Index|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}</ref> He was reared in [[Benavides, Texas|Benavides]] in [[Duval County, Texas|Duval County]]. He has an older brother, Gabriel Raymond, Jr. (born 1959). He graduated from [[Benavides High School]] and attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, majoring in [[government]] with a minor in [[history]]. Raymond then earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Texas School of Law]], also in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]].

==Political life==

In 1992, Raymond was elected to the House from District 44, when he was residing in Benavides. He left the House temporarily after three terms. In 1998, he instead challenged the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Nomination|nominee]] for [[Commissioner of the General Land Office]], [[David Dewhurst]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. In the [[general election]], Dewhurst easily prevailed for the right to succeed Democratic Land Commissioner [[Garry Mauro]] of [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]], who instead ran for [[governor of Texas]] that year against [[George W. Bush]].

On the day of the [[inauguration]] of George W. Bush as [[U.S. President]], Raymond won a [[special election]] in Webb County to succeed [[Henry R. Cuellar]] in the state House of Representatives. Cuellar had stepped down and briefly served as [[Texas Secretary of State]] under the new governor, [[Rick Perry]]. Raymond defeated a multi-candidate field of Democrats, including Carlos Ygnacio "C.Y." Benavides, III, a Laredo-area businessman, who thereafter in 2006 ran unsuccessfully for Webb County judge against [[Danny Valdez]].

In 2006, Raymond fell .07 percent plus one vote short of an outright victory in the Democratic primary. He finished first with 11,806 votes (49.8 percent); his chief opponent [[Mercurio Martinez]], a former county judge of Webb County, trailed with 7,650 (32.3 percent). Two other contenders held the remaining 17.9 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2006 Democratic Party Primary Election: 3/7/2006 |publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us |accessdate=April 28, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}</ref> In the runoff in April 2006, Raymond prevailed, 8,828 votes (57.8 percent) to Martinez's 6,456 (42.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2006 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election: 4/11/2006 |publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us |accessdate=April 28, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>

Raymond is considered a strongly partisan Democrat. He filed the lawsuit opposing the 2003 congressional [[redistricting]] plan adopted by the states' Republican majority. In 2006, the [[United States Supreme Court]], with the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] appointee [[Supreme Court Justice|Justice]] [[Anthony Kennedy]] providing the swing vote, ordered changes in the plan which proved favorable to Texas Democrats in the mid-term elections.

In 2007, Raymond participated unsuccessfully in a coup attempt against [[Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives]] [[Tom Craddick]], a [[Midland, Texas|Midland]] Republican. During the opening session of 2007, Raymond was the only member who rose to ask fellow members to vote against Craddick, even though Craddick had no opponent. The refrain "Prove Me Wrong, Mr. Speaker," used by Raymond during this critical speech, was then repeated during the rest of the session, as opposition continued to build against Craddick. Twenty-six other members joined Raymond in voting against Craddick, but by the end of the session a majority agreed with Raymond.

At the beginning of the 2009 Session, Raymond and others finally succeeded in toppling Craddick by maneuvering the election of Representative [[Joe Straus]], a [[Rockefeller Republican|Moderate Republican]] from [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], as the still-serving Speaker of the House.

In February 2009, Speaker Straus named Raymond vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, making him one of the most influential Democrats in the chamber. Raymond was also named a member of the House Committee on Border Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations.

In 2013, Raymond voted against House-passed legislation which would prohibit [[abortion]]s in Texas past twenty weeks of gestation, require physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals, require that the abortions be performed in surgical centers, and require monitoring of abortions. Opponents of the measure claimed it would shut down abortion clinics throughout Texas and place an "undue burden" on women seeking to end their pregnancy.<ref>"Dems hope filibuster will stop changes", ''[[Laredo Morning Times]]'', June 25, 2013, p. 1</ref>

In 2015, Raymond announced that he would re-introduce a bill with a companion state constitutional amendment to permit voter enactment at the local level of [[Gambling in Texas|eight-liner]] [[slot machine]]s. Current policy permits establishments with eight-liners to offer only prizes of no greater than $5 to the winners of the games. His measure would enable the state to regulate such games. A Laredo city council member, Charlie San Miguel, said he does not oppose Raymond's measure but fears an expansion of [[gambling]] "leads to addiction in some cases, leaving [some] unable to provide for their needs ..." San Miguel said Raymond's bill should also provide a "support network" for those inclined toward abuse of gambling.<ref>Kendra Ablaza, "Bill gets a new try: Raymond refiles 8-liner legislation", ''Laredo Morning Times'', March 16, 2015, pp. 1, 12A</ref>

In the general election held on November 6, 2018, Raymond handily defeated his Republican challenger, Luis De La Garza, 25,383 votes (74.3 percent) to 8.775 votes (25.7 percent).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/local/politics/article/Final-voting-results-from-the-November-2018-13371054.php|title=Final voting results from the November 2018 general and special elections in Webb County|newspaper=The Laredo Morning Times|date=November 7, 2018|accessdate=November 8, 2018}}</ref>


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'''Richard Pena Raymond''' (born October 27, 1960) is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] for [[Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district|District 42]], which encompasses western [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]] and includes the city of [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]]. He is a member of the State Affairs Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. He is the longest serving HispanicLatino State Representative in the United States, who is currently in office.


==Election history==
==Election history==


===Most recent election===
=== 2006 ===

====2006====
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===Previous elections===

====2006====
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| title=[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] Primary Runoff Election, 2006: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 42|House District 42]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2006 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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| candidate = [[Jose Ochoa|Jose "Rudy" Ochoa]]
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====2004====
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| title=[[Texas general election, 2004]]: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 42|House District 42]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2004 General Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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| title=[[Texas general election, 2002]]: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 42|House District 42]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2002 General Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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====2001====
=== 2001 ===
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| title=Special Election, 20 January 2001: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 42|House District 42]], Unexpired<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Special Election State Representative District 42 |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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| candidate = [[Javier H. Martinez, Jr.]]
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| votes = 1,743
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| percentage = 13.48
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====1998====
=== 1998 ===
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| title=[[Texas general election, 1998]]: [[Commissioner of the General Land Office|Land Commissioner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1998 General Election |accessdate=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
| title=[[Texas general election, 1998]]: [[Commissioner of the General Land Office|Land Commissioner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1998 General Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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====1996====
=== 1996 ===
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| title=[[Texas general election, 1996]]: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 44|House District 44]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1996 General Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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====1994====
=== 1994 ===
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| title=[[Texas general election, 1994]]: [[Texas House of Representatives, District 44|House District 44]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1994 General Election |access-date=2006-12-18 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
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====1992====
=== 1992 ===
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== References ==
== References ==
*[http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist42/raymond.htm Official biography, Texas House of Representatives]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030402161053/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist42/raymond.htm Official biography, Texas House of Representatives]
*[http://www.richardraymond.com/index.htm Richard Raymond campaign website]
*[http://www.richardraymond.com/index.htm Richard Raymond campaign website]


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Latest revision as of 22:22, 30 November 2024

Richard Peña Raymond
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 24, 2001
Preceded byHenry Cuellar
Constituency42nd district
In office
January 12, 1993 – January 12, 1999
Preceded byErnestine Glossbrenner
Succeeded byIgnacio Salinas Jr.
Constituency44th district
Personal details
Born
Richard Edward Raymond

(1960-10-27) October 27, 1960 (age 64)
Alice, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children
  • Aren
  • Eva
  • Ryan
Parents
  • Gabriel Charles Sr.
  • Evelia Peña Raymond
RelativesJoe Rubio Jr. (cousin)
Residence(s)Laredo, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater

Richard Pena Raymond (born October 27, 1960) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 42, which encompasses western Webb County and includes the city of Laredo. He is a member of the State Affairs Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. He is the longest serving HispanicLatino State Representative in the United States, who is currently in office.

Election history

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2006

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Texas general election, 2006: House District 42[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 12,787 100.00
Majority 12,787 100.00 −52.86
Turnout 12,787 −52.86
Democratic hold
Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election, 2006: House District 42[2]
Candidate Votes % ±
Mercurio Martinez Jr. 6,456 42.24
✓ Richard Raymond 8,828 57.76
Turnout 15,284
Democratic Party Primary Election, 2006: House District 42[3]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Mercurio Martinez Jr. 7,650 32.89
Sergio Mora 3,048 12.87
Jose "Rudy" Ochoa 1,184 5.00
✓ Richard Raymond 11,806 49.84
Turnout 23,688

2004

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Texas general election, 2004: House District 42[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 27,123 100.00 0.00
Majority 27,123 100.00 +0.60
Turnout 27,123 +0.60
Democratic hold

2002

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Texas general election, 2002: House District 42[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 26,961 100.00 0.00
Majority 26,961 100.00 +16.77
Turnout 26,961 +16.77
Democratic hold

2001

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Special Election, 20 January 2001: House District 42, Unexpired[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Carlos Ygnacio "Cy" Benavides 2,409 18.63
Democratic Javier H. Martinez Jr. 1,743 13.48
Democratic Maria Elena Morales 1,676 12.96
Democratic Richard Raymond 7,090 54.83
Write-In Mickey Mouse 1 0.01
Write-In None of the Above 1 0.01
Write-In George Bush 1 0.01
Write-In Donald Duck 1 0.01
Write-In Jerry Garza 1 0.01
Write-In Joe Guerra 1 0.01
Write-In Mike Kazen 3 0.02
Write-In Richard Raymond 2 0.02
Write-In L.A. Tadro 1 0.01
Majority 26,961 100.00
Turnout 12,930
Democratic hold

1998

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Texas general election, 1998: Land Commissioner[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican David Dewhurst 2,072,604 57.42 +10.22
Democratic Richard Raymond 1,438,378 39.85 −10.34
Libertarian J. Manuel "Monte" Montez 98,321 2.72 +0.12
Majority 634,226 17.57 +510.04
Turnout 3,609,303 −13.29
Republican gain from Democratic

1996

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Texas general election, 1996: House District 44[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 26,942 100.00 0.00
Majority 26,942 100.00
Turnout 26,942 +23.55
Democratic hold

1994

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Texas general election, 1994: House District 44[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 21,443 100.00 0.00
Majority 21,443 100.00
Turnout 21,443 −26.50
Democratic hold

1992

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Texas general election, 1992: House District 44[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Raymond 29,174 100.00
Majority 29,174 100.00
Turnout 29,174
Democratic hold
Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election, 1992: House District 44[11]
Candidate Votes % ±
Tom Cate 4,781 31.65
✓ Richard Raymond 10,322 68.35
Turnout 15,103
Democratic Party Primary Election, 1992: House District 44[12]
Candidate Votes % ±
✓ Tom Cate (formerly District 45) 9,706 39.83
Alberto T. Martinez 6,714 27.55
✓ Richard Raymond 7,945 32.60
Turnout 24,365

Notes

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  1. ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  2. ^ "2006 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  3. ^ "2006 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  4. ^ "2004 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  5. ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  6. ^ "Special Election State Representative District 42". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  7. ^ "1998 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  8. ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  9. ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  10. ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  11. ^ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
  12. ^ "1992 Democratic Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2006-12-18.

References

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Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Land Commissioner of Texas
1998 		Succeeded by
David Bernsen
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Texas State Representative for
District 42 (Webb County)
2001– 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Texas State Representative for District 44 (including Duval County)
1993–1999 		Succeeded by
Ignacio Salinas Jr.
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