Hector Uribe

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Hector Uribe
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Member of the Texas Senate
from the 27th district
In office
March 1, 1981 – January 8, 1991[1]
Preceded byRaul L. Longoria
Succeeded byEddie Lucio Jr.
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 50th district
In office
April 7, 1978 – March 1, 1981
Preceded byRuben M. Torres
Succeeded byRené Oliveira
Personal details
Born
Hector Rolando Uribe[2]

(1946-01-17) January 17, 1946 (age 75)[3]
Brownsville, Texas[3]
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceZapata County, Texas
EducationUniversity of Miami (BA, JD)
Professionlawyer

Hector Rolando Uribe (born January 17, 1946 in Brownsville, Texas) is an American lawyer, former Democratic member of the Texas Senate, District 27 and a past candidate for Texas Land Commissioner.

He graduated from Christopher Columbus Marist High School in Miami, Florida and later attended the University of Madrid in the summer of 1966.[4]

He graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and later a Juris Doctor in 1970.[3][4]

He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1978 to 1981 and in the Texas Senate from 1981 to 1991.

As a senator, he worked to pass the , which is designed to create new jobs in economically impacted areas, and the , which guards against abuse of senior citizens. He also worked to establish the University of Texas–Pan American.[5]

Uribe, a narrow winner in the March 2, 2010, Democratic primary for land commissioner, faced the incumbent Republican Jerry E. Patterson in the November 2, 2010 general election but lost with 35 percent of the ballots cast.

References[]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191019195211/https://lrl.texas.gov/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=324
  2. ^ University of Miami (Class of 1968) Commencement
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hubbell, Martindale (1992). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 1993 (Volume 14, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561600212.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biographical sketch - Senate Hispanic Research Council" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  5. ^ Phillip Martin, "Burnt Orange Report", Jan 04 2010, "[1]", Feb 19 2010

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