Background
Reared on the Southside of San Antonio, Galindo is a son of Oscar Hernandez Galindo, a former civilian employee of the since-closed Kelly Air Force Base, and his wife, Valeria Galindo.
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Rick Galindo
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He graduated from a parochial school, Central Catholic High School in downtown San Antonio.
Career
He narrowly unseated the one-term incumbent Democrat Philip Cortez in the November 4, 2014 general election. He subsequently received a degree in Finance and Risk Management from Saint Mary"s University in San Antonio. Having begun his career with the H.B. Zachry Company, Galindo is currently a risk manager for Spectrum Association Management.
Galindo carries the backing of the group Hispanic Republicans of Texas, which seeks to elect Hispanics to office on the Republican ticket.
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Galindo describes himself as a "true conservative who will "lead the fight for real conservative solutions that will grow our economy and create new jobs, improve our schools, protect the unborn and the infirm, preserve and defend our Second Amendment liberties and ensure our state government spends less and taxes less".
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