Ciro Rodriguez
Ciro Davis Rodriguez ( born December 9, 1946 in Piedras Negras, Mexico ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, which again took between 1997 and 2005 and from 2007 to 2011 in Texas U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Study and career
Rodriguez, son of Mexican immigrants, graduated after attending the Harlandale High School in San Antonio studying political science at the local St. Mary's University, from which he graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Political Science ). He then from 1975 to 1987 Member of the Supervisory Authority for independent schools in the school district Harlandale ( Harlandale Independent School District School Board ) and completed next to a postgraduate degree in social work at the Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, which he in 1978 with a Master (MSW ) finished. Between 1987 and 1996 he was a consultant and administrator at the Worden School of Social Work of Our Lady of the Lake University.
Political career
In addition, Rodriguez began his political career in 1987, when he was elected as a Democratic Party candidate for deputies in the Texas House of Representatives, where he served until 1997.
After the death of Frank Tejeda, he was elected as his successor, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election (Special Election ) and represented in this April 12, 1997 to January 3, 2005 the 28th electoral district of the state of Texas. In the Democratic nomination was defeated in 2004 the former Secretary of State of Texas, Henry Cuellar, and retired from the Congress.
In the election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006, he was elected the 23rd District of Texas back to a member of the House of Representatives, and could in this - previously classified as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court regarding the border demarcation - constituency prevail against the Republican constituency owner Henry Bonilla. In the election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2010, he defeated his Republican challenger Quico Canseco and then retired 3 January 2011 again from the Congress of.