Difference between revisions of "Ciro Rodriguez"
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Over the course of the 2009-2011 Congress, Rodriguez has voted with the majority of the House [[Democrats]] ninety-six percent of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000568/</ref>. | Over the course of the 2009-2011 Congress, Rodriguez has voted with the majority of the House [[Democrats]] ninety-six percent of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000568/</ref>. | ||
| − | Rodriguez | + | Rodriguez is one of three U.S. House Democrats from Texas who were unseated in the general election held on November 2, 2010. He lost to Republican [[Francisco Canseco]], a native of Laredo who now resides in San Antonio. Rodriguez has announced that he will challenge Canseco in the 2012 election. |
Revision as of 03:57, November 24, 2011
Ciro Rodriguez, born December 9, 1946 (age 77), is a former Democratic U.S. Representative from the 23rd District based about San Antonio, Texas.
Rodriguez was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Democratic U.S. Representative Frank Tejeda. Rodriguaz won the following two elections, but lost his re-election bid in 2004 to fellow Democrat Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Texas. He won back his seat in Congress in the 2006 election when he unseated the Republican Henry Bonilla, also of San Antonio.
Over the course of the 2009-2011 Congress, Rodriguez has voted with the majority of the House Democrats ninety-six percent of the time. [1].
Rodriguez is one of three U.S. House Democrats from Texas who were unseated in the general election held on November 2, 2010. He lost to Republican Francisco Canseco, a native of Laredo who now resides in San Antonio. Rodriguez has announced that he will challenge Canseco in the 2012 election.
