Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9, 1946) is a Democratic Congressman who has represented Texas's 23rd congressional district since 2007. The district, the largest non-at large district in the nation, stretches from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east--a distance of some 500 miles. He previously represented the neighboring 28th district from 1997 to 2005.
Rodriguez has served in public office for over 30 years, first on a school boa...
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Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9, 1946) is a Democratic Congressman who has represented Texas's 23rd congressional district since 2007. The district, the largest non-at large district in the nation, stretches from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east--a distance of some 500 miles. He previously represented the neighboring 28th district from 1997 to 2005.
Rodriguez has served in public office for over 30 years, first on a school board, then as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. After leaving Congress in January 2005, he joined with his former chief of staff, Jeff Mendelsohn, to create Rio Strategy Group LLC, a boutique government relations firm to assist clients at the local, state and national levels.
Rodriguez was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, but was raised and received his education in San Antonio, Texas. When Ciro Rodriguez was years old, his mother died suddenly and he dropped out of school. After working at a gas station for a year, he...
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