Ricardo Galindo III is an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Republican member for the 117th district of 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 ...

. Born in

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, the son of Valerie and Oscar Hernandez Galindo, Galindo attended St. Mary's University in Texas. In 2015, he was elected to represent the 117th district of the

, succeeding

Philip Cortez Philip Adam Cortez (born July 7, 1978) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012, he was a member o ...

. In 2017, he was succeeded by Cortez with Galindo claiming that there was "a flagrant abuse of the public trust" in one of Cortez's business methods.Brian Chasnoff, "Cortez 'sold his office', incumbent says", San Antonio Express-News, October 1, 2016, pp. 1, A2

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from San Antonio Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians St. Mary's University, Texas alumni Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas American politicians of Mexican descent {{Texas-politician-stub