Javier Villalobos is an American politician who is the current Mayor of

McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend ...

. He won election in June 2021 and was sworn in on June 14, 2021.

Education

Villalobos received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Southwest Texas State University, now

Texas State University Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...

, and a Juris Doctor degree from the

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Career

Villalobos spent 26 years as an attorney in the areas of Criminal, Family, and Government/Administrative law. He served as chairman of the Hidalgo County GOP, provided legal advice to local governments and mounted an unsuccessful campaign for McAllen City Commission in 2015. He served as a City Commissioner for District 1 from 2018-2021 prior to being elected Mayor of McAllen. He ran for the

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for House District 41 in 2008. In 2018, he was appointed by

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to the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board for a term set to expire February 1, 2023.

References

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