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==Background==

==Background==

Galindo is a son of Oscar Hernandez Galindo, a former employee of the since-closed Kelly Air Force Base, and Valeria Galindo. He graduated from entral Catholic Marianist High School in downtown San Antonio. He subsequently received a degree in Finance and Risk Management from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. He worked for the H. B. Zachry Company and is currently a risk manager for Spectrum Association Management. He and his wife, the former Valeria Deanna Tey, a teacher with the Northside Independent School District, have two daughters.<ref name=rgalindo>{{cite web|url=http://rickgalindo.com/about.html|title=About Rick Galindo|publisher=rickgalindo.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>

Galindo is a son of Oscar Hernandez Galindo, a former employee of the since-closed Kelly Air Force Base, and Valeria Galindo. He graduated from entral Catholic Marianist High School in downtown San Antonio. He subsequently received a degree in Finance and Risk Management from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. He worked for the H. B. Zachry Company and is currently a risk manager for Spectrum Association Management. He and his wife, the former Valeria Deanna Tey, an educator with the Northside Independent School District, have two daughters.<ref name=rgalindo>{{cite web|url=http://rickgalindo.com/about.html|title=About Rick Galindo|publisher=rickgalindo.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==

Galindo describes himself as a "true [[conservative]]" dedicated to job creation, opposition to [[abortion]] and the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rickgalindo.com/issues.html|title=On the Issues|publisher=rickgalindo.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>

Galindo describes himself as a "true [[conservative]]" dedicated to job creation, opposition to [[abortion]] and the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rickgalindo.com/issues.html|title=On the Issues|publisher=rickgalindo.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>

Galindo is endorsed by the Hispanic Republicans of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2013/11/candidate-rick-galindo-for-state-rep.html|title=Rick Galindo for State Rep. Dist. 117|publisher=walkerreport.blogspot.com|author=Steve Walker|date=November 12, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> He is expected to face a rematch with Philip Cortez in the 2016 general election. In the swing district, Republicans have won the seat during mid-term elections but lost it in the two elections of [[U.S. President]], [[Barack H. Obama]].

Endorsed by the Hispanic Republicans of Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2013/11/candidate-rick-galindo-for-state-rep.html|title=Rick Galindo for State Rep. Dist. 117|publisher=walkerreport.blogspot.com|author=Steve Walker|date=November 12, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> Galindo is expected to face a rematch with Philip Cortez in the 2016 general election. In the swing district, Republicans have won the position during mid-term elections of 2010 and 2014 but lost it twice with the national victories of [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]]. A public affairs specialist with the [[United States Air Force]] and a former member of the San Antonio City Council, Cortez will be deployed early in 2016 for as long as six months in southwest Asia. He is expected to return to San Antonio by September in time for the general election campaign against Galindo. Meanwhile, he will designate surrogates to represent him at campaign functions. Cortez has painted Galindo as too conservative for the district. Galindo's vote for the 2015 state budget, said Cortez, shortchanged health care services and [[State school|public education]].<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Reserve deployment a hurdle for candidate", ''San Antonio Express-News'', November 20, 2015, p. A2</ref>

==References==

==References==

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