Tomas Uresti
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Tomas Uresti | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 118th district | |
| In office January 10, 2017 – January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John Lujan |
| Succeeded by | Leo Pacheco |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Leslie Marie Uresti |
| Website | Tomas Uresti for State Rep |
Tomas Uresti is a Democratic former member of the Texas House of Representatives who represented District 118. He won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10, 2017.[1][2] Uresti was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.[3]
Uresti served 13 years on the Harlandale ISD Board of Trustees and four years on the board of directors for the Bexar County Appraisal District before winning election as a state Representative in 2016.[4] He lost his bid for re-election in the March 6, 2018 Democratic primary to Leo Pacheco, an adjunct professor at San Antonio College and former chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party. Uresti's loss was attributed in part to blowback from the conviction of his younger brother, former State Senator Carlos Uresti,[5] on multiple counts of fraud and money laundering shortly before the primary.[6]
In 2021, Uresti ran for the San Antonio City Council, but was defeated in the June 5 primary by Phyllis Viagran.[7]
