Raúl González Salinas (born November 8, 1947) is a private security consultant, a businessman, and a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who is the former mayor of Laredo, Texas.
Elected to the first of two terms on June 17, 2006, Salinas described himself as a self-styled "political outsider." In that election, he defeated the eight-year city council member John Clifford Galo (born 1958) in a low-turnout election: 9,665 votes (52.75 percent) to 8,657 (47.25 percent).
In 2012, Galo was handily elected to the Webb County commissioner's court for Precinct 3, a position which he still holds.