Abel Herrero

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abel Herrero

| image = Abel Herrero 2010.jpg

| caption = Herrero in 2010

| state_house = Texas

| state = Texas

| district = 34th

| term_start = January 8, 2013

| predecessor = Connie Scott

| term_start2 = January 11, 2005

| term_end2 = January 11, 2011

| predecessor2 = Jaime Capelo

| successor2 = Connie Scott

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|29}}

| birth_place = Robstown, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| residence =

| occupation = Lawyer

| spouse = Matilda Herrero

| children = 5

| alma_mater = Texas A&M University (B.A.)
University of Texas School of Law (J.D.)

| successor = Denise Villalobos

| term_end = January 14, 2025

}}

Abel Herrero (born October 29, 1969) is an American politician and lawyer. He was the former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 34 in Nueces County.

Background

A graduate of Robstown High School, Herrero was a member of the Robstown City Council from 1999 to 2003.{{cite web|title=Meet Abel|url=http://www.abelherrero.com/meet-abel/|work=abelherrero.com|access-date=25 December 2012}} He received a B.A. in political science from Texas A&M University in 1993, and a J.D. from the University of Texas in 1997. Herrero has been married to his wife, Matilda, since 1993; they have five children.

Election history

Herrero represented District 34 of the Texas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2025. Herrero previously served as the representative for District 34 from 2005 to 2011, but was defeated in the 2010 election by Republican Connie Scott. In that election, Scott polled 13,892 (54 percent) to Herrero's 11,855 (46 percent). In November 2012, however, Herrero unseated Scott to regain the position.{{cite web|last=Muto|first=David|title=The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 7, 2012|url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/brief-top-texas-news-nov-7-2012/|work=texastribune.org|date=7 November 2012 |publisher=The Texas Tribune|access-date=December 25, 2012}}

Herrero was reelected to his seventh nonconsecutive term in the state House in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 25,193 votes (61 percent), he defeated the Republican candidate, Chris Hale, who polled 16,045 (38.9 percent).{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|access-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110200011/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

Legislative history

Herrero served as the chairman of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. During his time in the House, Herrero was the Vice-Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, and the chairman of the Integrated Eligibility and TIERS Subcommittee. He also served on the served on the Appropriations Committee, Agriculture and Livestock Committee, Redistricting Committee, and the Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations committees.{{cite web|title=Abel Herrero |url=http://www.roystonlaw.com/professionals-17.html |work=roystonlaw.com |access-date=25 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814165058/http://www.roystonlaw.com/professionals-17.html |archive-date=14 August 2012 }}