Quico Canseco
| Quico Canseco | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 23rd district |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ciro Rodriguez |
| Succeeded by | Pete Gallego |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Francisco Raul Canseco July 30, 1949 Laredo, Webb County Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Canseco |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | San Antonio, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Saint Louis University, B.A. (History) Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D. |
| Occupation |
Attorney Banker Real Estate Developer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Official website |
Francisco Raul "Quico" Canseco (born July 30, 1949) is an attorney, businessman and former U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Canseco was born and reared in Laredo in Webb County in south Texas, the eldest of eight children of Consuelo Sada Rangel and Dr. Francisco Manuel Canseco, who were both born in Monterrey,Mexico. He earned a B.A in History from Saint Louis University in 1972. He went on to earn a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1975. He is a brother in the Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Sephardic Jewish descent.
Canseco began his legal career in 1975 as an associate attorney with Mann, Castillon, Fried and Kazen in Laredo. Afterwards, he operated his own practice for five years. Then he joined Person, Whitworth, Ramos, Borchers, and Morales in Laredo as a participating associate. In 1987, he left that firm to become general counsel at Union National Bank of Texas, where he stayed until 1992. He was later counsel to Escamilla and Ponek, from 2003 until 2007. He became chairman of Texas Heritage Bancshares from 2001 until 2007.
Since 1988, Canseco has been President/Director of FMC Developers, which includes Canseco Investments (incorporated in 1993). He, along with Chairman James William Danner, Sr., took Hondo National Bank from being a failing bank with $8 Million in assets and one location, to an institution with over $180 Million and four branches today. Canseco served as Board President since 1995.
Canseco ran for the newly redrawn Texas' 28th congressional district. In the Republican primary, he and attorney Jim Hopson qualified for a run-off election. Canseco got just 21% of the vote, while Hopson got 49% of the vote (barely missing the 50% threshold to win the primary). In the run-off election, Hopson defeated Canseco 65%–35%.
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