Eduardo Andres Lucio Jr. (born January 20, 1946) is a
Democratic politician who served in the
Texas Senate
The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per cons ...
, representing the
27th District from 1991 to 2023. Lucio also previously served in the
Texas House of Representatives
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from 1987 to 1991.
Career
Lucio is the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. He also sits on the Committees on Natural Resources & Economic Development, Veterans Affairs & Military Installations, the Subcommittee on Border Security, and serves as Vice Chairman of Senate Education Committee. He also created and sits on the Interagency Tasks Force on Children with Special Needs.
Eddie Lucio began his public service in 1971, becoming Cameron County Treasurer and later Cameron County commissioner.
He authored legislation creating the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) and he worked for passage of a bill during the 81st legislative session that creates the University of Texas Health Science Center - South Texas to serve
Cameron,
Hidalgo
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,
Starr
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,
Willacy,
Brooks
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,
Jim Hogg,
Kenedy,
Kleberg, and
Zapata counties with a full-fledged medical school.
Lucio has worked to establish the partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and
Texas Southmost College
Texas Southmost College (TSC) is a public junior college located in Brownsville, Texas.
History Early history
Texas Southmost College was established in 1926 under the name of The Junior College of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, as a subsidiary ...
which allows UTB to become a four-year university and have access to the
Permanent University Fund
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. Additionally, he authored the bill to create
South Texas Community College
South Texas College (STC) is a public community college in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Applied Technology, ...
.
Lucio was the only Democrat in the Texas Senate to support the 2013 legislation to restrict
abortion
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s to twenty weeks of gestation and to require abortions be performed in surgical centers. Lucio also authored legislation to require that women receiving abortions and physicians performing them take a free adoption awareness course. He described himself as "
pro-life
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" and was endorsed and supported by
Democrats for Life of America
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, a "pro-life" or
anti-abortion movement
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PAC.
During the 78th legislative session, Lucio was elected by his colleagues as Senate President Pro Tempore.
On November 3, 2021, Lucio announced that he would not be running for reelection.
Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. Backtracks on Re-Election Bid, Announces Retirement
''The Texan'', November 4, 2021.
Personal life
Lucio is the father of Eddie Lucio III, who serves in the Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...
. His dad is Eduardo Lucio. He was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas.
Electoral history
2020
2016
2012
2008
2004
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
References
External links
Senate of Texas - Eddie Lucio
official TX website
Project Vote Smart - Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (TX)
profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Eddie Lucio Jr.
200620042002
campaign contributions
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1946 births
Living people
Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate
Democratic Party Texas state senators
Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
People from Brownsville, Texas
21st-century American politicians