Connally's chief of staff was Laredo [[attorney]] Carlos Zaffirini, Sr., (born 1944). Zaffirni's wife, Judith Pappas Zaffirini (born 1946), has held Connally's former Senate seat since her first election in 1986. She was a part-time media aide to Connally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist21/pr05/p011205a.htm|title=Office of State Senator Judith Zaffirini|date=January 12, 2005|publisher=Texas State Senate|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | Connally's chief of staff was Laredo [[attorney]] Carlos Zaffirini, Sr., (born 1944). Zaffirni's wife, Judith Pappas Zaffirini (born 1946), has held Connally's former Senate seat since her first election in 1986. She was a part-time media aide to Connally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist21/pr05/p011205a.htm|title=Office of State Senator Judith Zaffirini|date=January 12, 2005|publisher=Texas State Senate|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> |