| − | In 2008, Canseco was defeated in the primary, 62 to 38 percent, for House District 23 by a [[Moderate Republican]], [[Lyle Larson]], a Bexar County Commissioner and former [[San Antonio]] city councilman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsblaze.com/story/20080924165425tsop.nb/topstory.html|title=Democrat Fights to Retain Congressional Seat in Republican Texas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=402115 |title=TX – District 23 – R Primary Race – Mar 04, 2008 |publisher=Our Campaigns |date= |accessdate=November 24, 2011}}</ref> | + | In 2008, Canseco was defeated in the primary, 62 to 38 percent, for House District 23 by a [[Moderate Republican]], [[Lyle Larson]], a Bexar County Commissioner and former [[San Antonio]] city councilman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsblaze.com/story/20080924165425tsop.nb/topstory.html|title=Democrat Fights to Retain Congressional Seat in Republican Texas|publisher=Newsblaze.com|date=September 24, 2008|accessdate=October 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=402115 |title=TX – District 23 – R Primary Race – Mar 04, 2008 |publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=November 24, 2011}}</ref> |