State Rep. Puente won’t seek re-election - Texas

Posted on: October 18th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Politics ] [ Texas ]
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“State Rep. Robert Puente, dean of the Bexar County legislative delegation and chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, won’t seek re-election to the position he’s held since 1991.

“I loved every single session. … But, frankly, it was time to let go,” said Puente, a Democrat who represents a broad swath of Southeast Bexar County. “I think it’s time to give somebody else a chance.”

He faced two ominous possibilities: a fight in next March’s Democratic primary and losing his chairmanship in the aftermath of an expected battle in 2009 for House speaker.”*

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