Timoteo Garza
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Timoteo Garza
| state_house = Texas
| district = 80th
| party = Democratic
| term_start = January 14, 2003
| term_end = January 11, 2005
| successor = Tracy O. King
| predecessor = Gary L. Walker
| residence = Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S.
}}
Timoteo Garza is an American politician. He was a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 80th district from 2003 to 2005.{{cite web|url= https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=5561|title=Timoteo Garza|work=Texas Legislators: Past & Present |publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas}}
Election history
In 2002, incumbent Gary L. Walker did not file for re-election.{{Cite web |title=Texas House of Representatives elections, 2002 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2002 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} Garza ran in the Democratic primary held on March 12, 2002 and advanced to a primary runoff against Tracy O. King. He won the runoff on April 9, 2002 with 51.92% of the vote, and defeated Republican Ben Martinez in the November 5, 2002 general election, winning 55.80% of the vote. He assumed office on January 14, 2003.
In 2004, Garza was defeated in the Democratic primary by Tracy O. King, who won 60.99% of the vote in the runoff, and later won the general election unopposed.{{Cite web |title=Texas House of Representatives elections, 2004 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2004 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} Garza left office on January 11, 2005.
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| title = {{nowrap|Member of the Texas House of Representatives}} from District 80 (Eagle Pass)
| years = 2003 – 2005
| before = Gary L. Walker
| after = Tracy O. King
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Category:Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas
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