Joe Garcia
| Joe Garcia | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 26th district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Curbelo |
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José Antonio Garcia, Jr. October 12, 1963 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Aileen Ugalde (m. 1992-2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Miami, Florida |
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University of Miami (B.A.) University of Miami (J.D.) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
José Antonio Garcia, Jr. (born October 12, 1963), known as Joe Garcia, is the former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district; he was defeated in his 2014 bid for re-election and left office on January 3, 2015. The district includes most of western Miami-Dade County, as well as the Florida Keys. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the former executive director of the Cuban American National Foundation and was nominated by President Barack Obama to be director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact and Diversity of the United States Department of Energy, a position for which he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.
José Antonio Garcia, Jr. was born in Miami Beach, Florida to José Garcia, Sr. and his wife, Carmen. His parents fled Cuba after the Cuban Revolution occurred and Fidel Castro's Communist regime took power. Garcia graduated in 1982 from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, where he participated in the Close Up Washington civic education program. Garcia attended Miami-Dade Community College before earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and public affairs from the University of Miami in 1987. While at university, Garcia was elected president of the student government. He earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1991.
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