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Should Uresti step down from the state Senate, a special election will be held to choose a successor. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Pete Flores, a retired game warden from Pleasanton in Wilson County who lost to Uresti in the 2016 general election, has indicated that he will again seek the position if there is a special election in 2018. But Flores would face daunting prospects from the internally Democratic nature of District 19. Two Democrats expected to run are former [[U.S. Representative]] Pete Gallego of Alpine and state Representative Roland Gutierez of San Antonio.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP has special-election hopes for seat held by Uresti", ''San Antonio Express News'', March 11, 2018, p. 2.</ref>

Should Uresti step down from the state Senate, a special election will be held to choose a successor. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Pete Flores, a retired game warden from Pleasanton in Wilson County who lost to Uresti in the 2016 general election, has indicated that he will again seek the position if there is a special election in 2018. But Flores would face daunting prospects from the internally Democratic nature of District 19. Two Democrats expected to run are former [[U.S. Representative]] Pete Gallego of Alpine and state Representative Roland Gutierez of San Antonio.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP has special-election hopes for seat held by Uresti", ''San Antonio Express News'', March 11, 2018, p. 2.</ref>

On April 6, 2018, U.S. District Judge David Ezra denied Uresti's request for a motion of dismissal and for a new trial as well. Judge Ezra ruled that Uresti was "subjectively aware of the illegal conduct" surrounding FourWinds Logistics.<ref>Patrick Danner and Gillermo Contreras, "Judge denies Uresti's request: State senator sought new criminal trial, ''The San Antonio Express-News'', April 6, 2018, p. B1.</ref>

On March 23, 2018, Uresti surrendered his license to practice law to avoid disciplinary action from the state bar. Had he not resigned from the law practice, he would have been automatically disbarred from his practice of more than twenty-five years upon his sentencing pending on June 28.<ref>Patrick Danner, "Uresti no longer holds law license", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', April 14, 2018, p. 1.</ref> On April 6, 2018, U.S. District Judge David Ezra denied Uresti's request for a motion of dismissal and for a new trial as well. Judge Ezra ruled that Uresti was "subjectively aware of the illegal conduct" surrounding FourWinds Logistics.<ref>Patrick Danner and Gillermo Contreras, "Judge denies Uresti's request: State senator sought new criminal trial, ''The San Antonio Express-News'', April 6, 2018, p. B1.</ref>

 

 

 

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