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Representative from US Congress district HD-TX-34
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Vicente Gonzalez was born in McAllen, Texas. He attended public schools and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pan American University in 1979 and a Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University in 1985. After law school, he opened a successful law practice in McAllen where he specialized in defending people accused of DWI and other criminal offenses. He served as an assistant district attorney early in his career. He was later elected and served 6 years as a county court at law judge in Hidalgo County. In 2012, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. He served on the Judiciary and Land & Resource Management Committee and the special committee on border security during his time in the legislature. He lives with his wife Lorena in McAllen. They have one daughter.read less
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