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|spouse=Valerie Ann Ryder Corte
|spouse=Valerie Ann Ryder Corte
|children=Three children
|children=Three children
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]
United States Army War College}}
United States Army War College}}
'''Frank Julius Corte, Jr.''' (born August 10, 1959), is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man in [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for Bexar County between 1993 and 2011.
'''Frank Julius Corte, Jr.''' (born August 10, 1959), is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man in [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for Bexar County between 1993 and 2011.
==Background==
==Background==
Corte is the son of Frank Corte, Sr. (born 1930), and the former Rose Dean (born c. 1933) of San Antonio. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]].<ref name=corte/> He has been a cubmaster for the [[Boy Scouts]]. He is a [[Sunday school]] teacher and a [[deacon]] at the University [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in San Antonio.<ref name=votetx>{{cite web|url=http://vote-tx.org/Intro.aspx?|title=Biographical Profile for Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=vote-tx.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>
Corte is the son of Frank Corte, Sr. (born 1930), and the former Rose Dean (born c. 1933) of San Antonio. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]].<ref name=corte/> He has been a cubmaster for the [[Boy Scouts]]. He is a [[Sunday school]] teacher and a [[deacon]] at the University [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in San Antonio.<ref name=votetx>{{cite web|url=http://vote-tx.org/Intro.aspx?|title=Biographical Profile for Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=vote-tx.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>
Corte is employed in the property-management and land-development business.<ref name=corte/>
Corte is employed in the property-management and land-development business.<ref name=corte/>
==Political life==
==Political life==
In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of [[September 11, 2001]], Corte was recalled to duty and sent to [[Egypt]]. In 2002, he graduated from the [[United States Army]] War College in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]]. A [[colonel]] in the [[United States Marine Corps]], Corte served in the [[Iraq War]] for more than six months.<ref name=txcc>{{cite web|url=http://txcc.org/content/frank-corte-jr|title=Frank Corte, Jr.|publisher=txcc.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>
In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of [[September 11, 2001]], Corte was recalled to duty and sent to [[Egypt]]. In 2002, he graduated from the [[United States Army]] War College in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]]. A [[colonel]] in the [[United States Marine Corps]], Corte served in the [[Iraq War]] for more than six months.<ref name=txcc>{{cite web|url=http://txcc.org/content/frank-corte-jr|title=Frank Corte, Jr.|publisher=txcc.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> Corte was awarded the [[Bronze Star]].<ref name=corte>{{cite web|url=http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/state-rep-frank-corte-to-step-down-from.html|title=State Rep. Frank Corte to step down from the State Legislature|date=December 30, 2009|publisher=Walker Report|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=96&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~district=123~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=77~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> Valerie is one of four daughters of the former Mary Louise Wilson (born 1940) and Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), a native of Canyon in Randall County, who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County, Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429353/m1/14/zoom/|title=Mrs. Rilda New Ryder, wife of Johnny Allen Ryder|publisher=''The Baylor County Banner'', Vol. 56, No. 29|date=March 13, 1952|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> and was a training administrator for the [[United States Air Force]] until his retirement in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Valerie&qmi=&qn=Corte&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Valerie Ann Corte|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> Corte's father-in-law Gene Ryder was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee from 1994 to 2000 and a [[George W. Bush]] delegate to the 2000 and 2004 [[Republican National Convention]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=516638|title=Gene Ed Ryder|publisher=prabook.org|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
While he was away twice on military deployments, he designated his wife, the former Valerie Ann Ryder (born 1967), the mother of their three children, as his stand-in for his legislative duties, a procedure allowed in Texas.<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=96&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~district=123~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=77~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> Valerie is one of four daughters of the former Mary Louise Wilson (born 1940) and Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), a native of Canyon in Randall County, who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County, Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429353/m1/14/zoom/|title=Mrs. Rilda New Ryder, wife of Johnny Allen Ryder|publisher=''The Baylor County Banner'', Vol. 56, No. 29|date=March 13, 1952|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> and was a training administrator for the [[United States Air Force]] until his retirement in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Valerie&qmi=&qn=Corte&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Valerie Ann Corte|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> Corte's father-in-law Gene Ryder was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee from 1994 to 2000 and a [[George W. Bush]] delegate to the 2000 and 2004 [[Republican National Convention]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=516638|title=Gene Ed Ryder|publisher=prabook.org|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
Corte's former House colleague, [[Carl Isett]] of [[Lubbock]], also designated his wife, Cheri, as his legislative proxy in 2006, while as a commissioned officer in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve, Isett was deployed to [[Kuwait]] and [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=185&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=~first=~gender=~last=Isett~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=
Corte's former House colleague, [[Carl Isett]] of [[Lubbock]], also designated his wife, Cheri, as his legislative proxy in 2006, while as a commissioned officer in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve, Isett was deployed to [[Kuwait]] and [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=185&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=~first=~gender=~last=Isett~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=
|title=Carl Isett|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
|title=Carl Isett|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
Corte was elected in House District 123 in 1992, when the incumbent Jeff Wentworth, a [[Moderate Republican]], instead ran successfully for the District 25 seat in the Texas Senate, a position which Wentworth lost in 2012 to [[conservative]] [[Donna Campbell]] of New Braunfels. Corte is remembered for his unwavering attempts to limit [[abortion]], including his update to the Women's Right to Know Act to ensure the requirement of [[ultrasound]]s before a woman in Texas can legally terminate a pregnancy.<ref name=txcc/>
Corte was elected in House District 123 in 1992, when the incumbent Jeff Wentworth, a [[Moderate Republican]], instead ran successfully for the District 25 seat in the Texas Senate, a position which Wentworth lost in 2012 to [[conservative]] [[Donna Campbell]] of New Braunfels. Corte is remembered for his unwavering attempts to limit [[abortion]], including his update to the Women's Right to Know Act to ensure the requirement of [[ultrasound]]s before a woman in Texas can legally terminate a pregnancy.<ref name=txcc/>
From 1993 to 1996 and again from 1996 to 1998, Corte was the president of the legislative bipartisan Texas Conservative Coalition.<ref name=votetx/> He was moved from District 123 to neighboring District 122 in 2003 to succeed [[John Shields]], who did not seek reelection to the House that year but instead unsuccessfully challenged Jeff Wentworth within the Republican primary.<ref name=lrl/> In the 1996 presidential election, Corte was an elector for the [[Robert Dole|Dole]]/[[Jack Kemp|Kemp]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html|title=Index of Politicians, Corsa to Coste|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
From 1993 to 1996 and again from 1996 to 1998, Corte was the president of the legislative bipartisan Texas Conservative Coalition.<ref name=votetx/> He was moved from District 123 to neighboring District 122 in 2003 to succeed [[John Shields]], who did not seek reelection to the House that year but instead unsuccessfully challenged Jeff Wentworth within the Republican primary.<ref name=lrl/> In the 1996 presidential election, Corte was an elector for the [[Robert Dole|Dole]]/[[Jack Kemp|Kemp]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html|title=Index of Politicians, Corsa to Coste|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
Corte did not seek a tenth two-year term in the Texas House in the 2010 Republican primary and was succeeded in the legislature by former Bexar County Commissioner [[Lyle Larson]], another Moderate Republican.<ref name=corte/>
Corte did not seek a tenth two-year term in the Texas House in the 2010 Republican primary and was succeeded in the legislature by former Bexar County Commissioner [[Lyle Larson]], another Moderate Republican.<ref name=corte/>