Tomas Uresti

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| name = Tomas Uresti

| state_house = Texas

| district = 118th

| term_start = January 10, 2017

| term_end = January 8, 2019

| predecessor = John Lujan

| successor = Leo Pacheco

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| party = Democratic

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| spouse = Leslie Marie Uresti

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| residence = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

| website = [http://www.tomasurestid118.com Tomas Uresti for State Rep]

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Tomas Uresti is a Democratic former member of the Texas House of Representatives who represented District 118. He won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10, 2017.{{cite news|last1=Ura|first1=Alexa|title=Rematch in San Antonio to decide if House District 118 stays red|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/28/rematch-san-antonio-will-decide-whether-house-dist/|accessdate=29 December 2016|work=Texas Tribune|date=October 28, 2016}}{{cite news|title=Texas 118th District State House Results: Tomas Uresti Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-state-house-district-118|accessdate=29 December 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 13, 2016}} Uresti was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.{{cite news|last1=Walters|first1=Edgar|title=Texas Rep. Dawnna Dukes and three other Democrats lose their state House seats|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/texas-rep-dawnna-dukes-danger-losing-house-seat/|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Texas Tribune|date=March 6, 2018}}

Biography

Uresti served 13 years on the Harlandale ISD Board of Trustees and four years on the board of directors for the Bexar County Appraisal District before winning election as a state Representative in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=118|title=Rep Uresti Member Page|publisher=Texas House of Representatives|date=January 25, 2018}} He lost his bid for re-election in the March 6, 2018 Democratic primary to Leo Pacheco, an adjunct professor at San Antonio College and former chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party. Uresti's loss was attributed in part to blowback from the conviction of his younger brother, former State Senator Carlos Uresti,{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Wendy Lane|title=Incumbent State Reps. Tomas Uresti, Diana Arévalo Defeated in Democratic Primaries|url=https://therivardreport.com/texas-primary-election-results-2018/|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Rivard Report|publisher=The Rivard Report|date=6 March 2018}} on multiple counts of fraud and money laundering shortly before the primary.{{cite news|last1=Platoff|first1=Emma|title=Jury finds state Sen. Carlos Uresti guilty of 11 felonies, leading to calls from Democratic colleagues to resign|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02/22/carlos-uresti-guilty-felony-fraud-trial/|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Texas Tribune|publisher=Texas Tribune, Inc.|date=22 February 2018}}

In 2021, Uresti ran for the San Antonio City Council, but was defeated in the June 5 primary by Phyllis Viagran.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Tomas_Uresti|title=Tomas Uresti}}

Legislative career

During the 2017 legislative session, Uresti was the House sponsor of Senate Bill 436, requiring Texas's Special Education Continuing Advisory Committee to comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act. The bill became law on September 1, 2017.{{cite web|title=Bill: SB 436 Legislative Session: 85(R)|url=https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=SB436 |website=Texas Legislature Online |accessdate=26 May 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Senate Research Center|title=Bill Analysis S.B. 436|url=https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/85R/analysis/pdf/SB00436F.pdf|website=Capitol.Texas.gov|accessdate=26 May 2018|pages=2|date=2 June 2017}} Later that year, Uresti helped facilitate the sale of the notorious "Safe Tire" dump in San Antonio, a long-standing hazardous waste site, to Copart, Inc., an international, online vehicle-auction company, which committed to cleaning up the site as part of the deal.{{cite news|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/2-8-million-cleanup-of-tire-dumpsite-begins-in-12509226.php|title=$2.8 million cleanup of tire dumpsite begins in San Antonio|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|date=January 18, 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Uresti|first1=Tomas|title=It's time to clean up old tire dumps|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/It-s-time-to-clean-up-old-tire-dumps-12494738.php|accessdate=27 May 2018|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=16 January 2018}}

References

External links

[http://www.tomasurestid118.com Vote Tomas Uresti]

Category:Living people

Category:Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century members of the Texas Legislature