Pete Gallego, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pete Gallego

American politician

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1961

Place of Birth: Alpine, Texas, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Pete Peña Gallego (born December 2, 1961) is an American politician who was most recently a candidate in the July 2018 special election for the Texas Senate district 19 seat to replace Carlos Uresti, convicted of fraud and money laundering.
Gallego was the U.S.
Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district from 2013 to 2015.
Gallego, a member of the Democratic Party, previously served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 74th district beginning in 1991. Gallego defeated freshman incumbent Quico Canseco of San Antonio for Texas's 23rd congressional district seat in the November 6, 2012, general election.
Canseco conceded the race on November 9.
Gallego ran for re-election in 2014, in what the Texas Tribune called the "only obviously competitive November congressional race" in Texas.
He was defeated by challenger Will Hurd on November 4, 2014.
In 2016 he ran for Congress once more in the 23rd district, losing to Hurd a second time.
On September 18, 2018, he was defeated by Pete Flores in the special election to fill the Texas State Senate District 19 by 53% to 47%.