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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>
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