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| name         = Ricardo  "Rick" Galindo, III

| name=Ricardo  "Rick" Galindo, III

| office=Texas State Representative for District 117 (Bexar County)

| office=Texas State Representative for District 117 (Bexar County)

| term_start= January 13, 2015

| term_start= January 13, 2015

| term_end= January 9, 2017

| term_end= January 9, 2017

| predecessor=[[Philip Cortez]]

| predecessor=Philip Cortez

| successor=Philip Cortez

| successor=Philip Cortez

| birth_date =April 27, 1981

| birth_date=April 27, 1981

| birth_place   =[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], USA  

| birth_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], USA  

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| alma_mater=Central Catholic Marianist High School<br>

| party         =[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| alma_mater   =Central Catholic Marianist High School<br>

St. Mary's University

St. Mary's University

| occupation=[[Business]]man  

| occupation=[[Business]]man  

| children=Two daughters

| children=Two daughters

| parents=Sylvia Tejeda and Oscar Hernandez Galindo

| parents=Sylvia Tejeda and Oscar Hernandez Galindo

| residence     =San Antonio, Texas

| residence=San Antonio, Texas

| religion     = [[Roman Catholic]]

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

}}

}}

'''Ricardo A. Galindo, III''', usually known as '''Rick Galindo''' (born April 27, 1981), is a [[business]]man in his native [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 117 in Bexar County. He narrowly unseated the one-term incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Philip Cortez in the general election held on November 4, 2014. District 117 is considered one of only a handful of swing districts in the Texas House.

'''Ricardo A. Galindo, III''', usually known as '''Rick Galindo''' (born April 27, 1981), is a [[business]]man in his native [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 117 in Bexar County.

 

He narrowly unseated the one-term incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Philip Cortez in the general election held on November 4, 2014. District 117 is considered one of only a handful of swing districts in the Texas House.

==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, 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>

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, Jr.|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==

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