Carlos Uresti

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Carlos I. Uresti (born 12 September 1963) is a Democrat representing the 19th District in the Texas Senate. Uresti previously represented portions of Bexar County and the City of San Antonio in District 118 in the Texas House from 1997 to 2006.

Uresti, the youngest of eight children, was born and raised in San Antonio and graduated from McCollum High School. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve at age 18, and after earning a Bachelors Degree in political science from St. Mary's University was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served four years of active duty as a combat engineer and advanced to the rank of Captain ad earned the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1992, Uresti graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law and maintains a private legal practice in San Antonio. He is also a senior vice president of a title company.^[1]

As a member of the Texas House, Uresti was instrumental in helping to bring the Toyota facility to the Southside of San Antonio.^[2]

Uresti’s wife is the former Yolanda Acuña and together they have two sons, Michael, a 2005 graduate of Texas A&M University, and Carlos Jr., as of November 2006 on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps.^[3]

Uresti is the brother of Albert Uresti, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress in November 2006.^[4]

Contents 1 Election History 1.1 Most recent elections 1.1.1 2006 1.2 Previous elections 1.2.1 2006 1.2.2 2004 1.2.3 2002 1.2.4 2000 1.2.5 1998 1.2.6 1997 2 References

[edit] Election History

[edit] Most recent elections

[edit] 2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 19[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	40,556	40.82	+0.18
	Democratic	Carlos I. Uresti	58,793	59.18	-0.18
Majority			18,237	18.36	-0.37
Turnout			99,349		+2.70
	Democratic hold

Special election Senate District 19 – Unexpired term[6] 7 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Bowen	39,312	40.64	+40.64
	Democratic	Carlos I. Uresti	57,426	59.36	-40.64
Majority			18,237	18.72	-81.28
Turnout			96,738		+26.31
	Democratic hold

[edit] Previous elections

[edit] 2006

Democratic primary, 2006: Senate District 19[7]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Frank L. Madla	18,936	43.48
✓	Carlos I. Uresti	24,610	56.51
Turnout		12,025

[edit] 2004

Texas general election, 2004: House District 118[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steve Salyer	16,183	43.21	+43.21
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	21,265	56.79	-43.21
Majority			5,082	13.57	-86.43
Turnout			37,448		+159.77
	Democratic hold

[edit] 2002

Texas general election, 2002: House District 118[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	14,416	100.00
Majority			14,416	100.00
Turnout			14,416		-27.00
	Democratic hold

[edit] 2000

Texas general election, 2000: House District 118[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	19,748	100.00
Majority			19,748	100.00
Turnout			19,748		+99.92
	Democratic hold

[edit] 1998

Texas general election, 1998: House District 118[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	9,878	100.00
Majority			9,878	100.00
Turnout			9,878
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary, 1998: House District 118[12]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Sylvia Ruiz-Mendelsohn	1,403	34.80
✓	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	2,629	65.20
Turnout		4,032

[edit] 1997

Special election runoff, House District 118 – Unexpired term[13] 21 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sylvia Ruiz-Mendelsohn	1,557	35.69
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	2,805	64.31
Turnout			4,362
	Democratic hold

Special election, House District 118 – Unexpired term[14] 30 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sylvia Ruiz-Mendelsohn	1,605	29.25
	Republican	Charley “Injun” Sanford	273	4.97
	Democratic	Davis Sosa	1,085	19.77
	Democratic	Carlos “Charlie” Uresti	2,525	46.01
Turnout			4,362

Special election, U.S. Congress, Texas District 28 – Unexpired term[15] 15 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Oliver Lowell Blair	168	0.55
	Democratic	Lauro A. Bustamante	818	2.69
	Independent	Robert Cantu	82	0.27
	Republican	Mark Cude	2,452	8.07
	Republican	Jose Julian de la Rocha	53	0.17
	Democratic	Michael Idrogo	64	0.21
	Republican	John P. Kelly	1,229	4.04
	Democratic	Patrick A. Mason	158	0.52
	Republican	Narciso V. Mendoza	621	2.04
	Democratic	Mike G. Pacheco	231	0.76
	Democratic	Ciro D. Rodriguez	14,018	46.12
	Democratic	Phil Ross	376	1.24
	Democratic	Juan F. Solis, III	8,056	26.51
	Democratic	John A. (Drew) Traeger	718	2.36
	Democratic	Carlos I. Uresti	1,345	4.43
	Write-In	Frances Gasch	1	0.00
	Write-In	Jerome Gonzales	1	0.00
	Write-In	Lauro Bustamante	1	0.00
	Write-In	Joyce Wageck	1	0.00
	Write-In	Steven Finch	1	0.00
Turnout			30,394	100.00

[edit] References

Preceded by Frank L. Madla	Texas Senate, District 19 2006 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ciro D. Rodriguez	Texas House of Representatives, District 118 1997–2006	Succeeded by Joe Farias

Persondata
NAME	Carlos I. Uresti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	San Antonio, Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH	12 September 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Antonio, Texas
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH