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'''Oscar Xavier Garcia''' was the judge of the [[Texas District 357|357th District Court]] in [[Texas]]. He was appointed by Governor [[Judges appointed by Rick Perry|Rick Perry]] on April 4, 2013, to fill the vacancy of retired judge [[Leonel Alejandro]]. He left the bench after losing his bid to retain his seat in [[C2014|2014]].<ref name=valley>[http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=880991#.UWbSQY7A5w1 ''ValleyCentral.com'', "Attorney appointed as 357th court judge vows to restore public trust," April 4, 2013]</ref><ref name=candidates/>{{Resultsref2014|State=Texas}} | '''Oscar Xavier Garcia''' was the judge of the [[Texas District 357|357th District Court]] in [[Texas]]. He was appointed by Governor [[Judges appointed by Rick Perry|Rick Perry]] on April 4, 2013, to fill the vacancy of retired judge [[Leonel Alejandro]]. He left the bench after losing his bid to retain his seat in [[C2014|2014]].<ref name=valley>[http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=880991#.UWbSQY7A5w1 ''ValleyCentral.com'', "Attorney appointed as 357th court judge vows to restore public trust," April 4, 2013]</ref><ref name=candidates/>{{Resultsref2014|State=Texas}} | ||
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===2014=== | ===2014=== | ||
<span class="see-also">''See also: [[Texas_judicial_elections,_2014|Texas judicial elections, 2014]]''</span> | <span class="see-also">''See also: [[Texas_judicial_elections,_2014|Texas judicial elections, 2014]]''</span><br> | ||
Garcia ran for re-election to the [[Texas_District_357|357th District Court]].<br />'''Primary:''' He ran unopposed in the [[Republican|Republican]] primary on March 4, 2014.<br />'''General''': He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 47.3 percent of the vote. He competed against [[Juan_A._Magallanes|Juan A. Magallanes]]. | Garcia ran for re-election to the [[Texas_District_357|357th District Court]].<br />'''Primary:''' He ran unopposed in the [[Republican|Republican]] primary on March 4, 2014.<br />'''General''': He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 47.3 percent of the vote. He competed against [[Juan_A._Magallanes|Juan A. Magallanes]]. | ||
<ref name=candidates>[http://ballotpedia.orghttps://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/b/b9/Texas_judicial_candidates_2014_A-L.pdf ''Texas Secretary of State'', "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"]</ref><ref name=candidates2>[http://judgepedia.org/images/f/f3/Texas_judicial_candidates_2014_M-Z.pdf ''Texas Secretary of State'', "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)"] ''(Search "Cameron")''</ref><ref name=prim>[http://www.co.cameron.tx.us/election/2014PE/ ''Cameron County Elections Department'', "2014 Primary Election Unofficial Results," accessed June 2, 2014]</ref>{{Resultsref2014|State=Texas}}[[Category:Uncontested_primary,_2014]][[Category:2014_primary_candidate]][[Category:2014_primary_winner]] | <ref name=candidates>[http://ballotpedia.orghttps://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/b/b9/Texas_judicial_candidates_2014_A-L.pdf ''Texas Secretary of State'', "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"]</ref><ref name=candidates2>[http://judgepedia.org/images/f/f3/Texas_judicial_candidates_2014_M-Z.pdf ''Texas Secretary of State'', "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)"] ''(Search "Cameron")''</ref><ref name=prim>[http://www.co.cameron.tx.us/election/2014PE/ ''Cameron County Elections Department'', "2014 Primary Election Unofficial Results," accessed June 2, 2014]</ref>{{Resultsref2014|State=Texas}}[[Category:Uncontested_primary,_2014]][[Category:2014_primary_candidate]][[Category:2014_primary_winner]] | ||
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Oscar Xavier Garcia was the judge of the 357th District Court in Texas. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on April 4, 2013, to fill the vacancy of retired judge Leonel Alejandro. He left the bench after losing his bid to retain his seat in 2014.[1][2]
Education
Judge Garcia earned both his undergraduate degree and his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.[1][3]
Career
Prior to his judicial appointment in 2013, Garcia ran a civil law office in Brownsville, Texas, where he practiced in the areas of healthcare, insurance, labor-employment and social security law.[4]
Elections
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Garcia ran for re-election to the 357th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 47.3 percent of the vote. He competed against Juan A. Magallanes.
[2][5][6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ValleyCentral.com, "Attorney appointed as 357th court judge vows to restore public trust," April 4, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Martindale.com, Oscar Xavier Garcia Lawyer Profile
- ↑ State Bar of Texas, Oscar Xavier Garcia
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Cameron")
- ↑ Cameron County Elections Department, "2014 Primary Election Unofficial Results," accessed June 2, 2014
