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Garcia's appointment expired with the November 6 [[general election]]. [[Christi Craddick]] of [[Midland]] won the post over the [[Democrat]] Dale Henry of Lampasas. She is the daughter of State Representative and former [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/tceqs-garcia-named-to-railroad-panel|title=TCEQ's Garcia named to Railroad panel: Will only serve until November elections|publisher=kxan.com|accessdate=May 9, 2012}}</ref>

Garcia's appointment expired with the November 6 [[general election]]. [[Christi Craddick]] of [[Midland]] won the post over the [[Democrat]] Dale Henry of Lampasas. She is the daughter of State Representative and former [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/tceqs-garcia-named-to-railroad-panel|title=TCEQ's Garcia named to Railroad panel: Will only serve until November elections|publisher=kxan.com|accessdate=May 9, 2012}}</ref>

    

    

A Republican who resides in [[Austin]], Garcia served from January 2007 until his appointment to the railroad post as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He is a past deputy Texas Secretary of State and a former state border commerce coordinator. He is a member of the Texas Coastal Land Advisory Board and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.<ref name=garcia/>He worked in the negotiation of a dispute with Mexico over the use of water from the [[Rio Grande]].<ref name=tsu/>

A Republican who resides in [[Austin]], Garcia served from January 2007 until his appointment to the railroad post as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He is a past deputy Texas Secretary of State and a former state border commerce coordinator. He is a member of the Texas Coastal Land Advisory Board and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.<ref name=garcia/> He worked in the negotiation of a dispute with Mexico over the use of water from the [[Rio Grande]].<ref name=tsu/>

    

    

Garcia graduated from Saint Joseph Academy in his hometown of [[Brownsville]] in far south Texas. He first attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville on an academic scholarship and played football there, but he transferred after a year to Texas State University in San Marcos, from which he received in 1990 a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]].<ref name=tsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberalarts.txstate.edu/people/DAAA/DAAA2008/bgarcia.html|title=Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award|publisher=liberalarts.txstate.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref>  

Garcia graduated from Saint Joseph Academy in his hometown of [[Brownsville]] in far south Texas. He first attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville on an academic scholarship and played football there, but he transferred after a year to Texas State University in San Marcos, from which he received in 1990 a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]].<ref name=tsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberalarts.txstate.edu/people/DAAA/DAAA2008/bgarcia.html|title=Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award|publisher=liberalarts.txstate.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref>