Rick Galindo

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Rick Galindo |birth_name = Ricardo Galindo III |birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |state_house = Texas |district = 117th |term_start = January 13, 2015 |term_end = January 9, 2017 |preceded = Philip Cortez |succeeded = Philip Cortez |party = Republican |alma_mater = St. Mary's University }}

'''Ricardo Galindo III''' is an American politician.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/11/09/ex-rep-philip-cortez-up/10154889007/|title=Ex-Rep. Philip Cortez up narrowly in rematch with Rep. Rick Galindo|first=Sean|last=Collins Walsh|work=Austin American-Statesman|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref> He served as a Republican member for the 117th district of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rick_Galindo|title=Rick Galindo|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>

Born in San Antonio, Texas,<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/147701/rick-galindo|title=Rick Galindo's Biography|work=Vote Smart|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref> the son of Valerie and Oscar Hernandez Galindo, Galindo attended St. Mary's University in Texas.<ref name="a" /> In 2015, he was elected to represent the 117th district of the Texas House of Representatives,<ref name="b" /> succeeding Philip Cortez. In 2017, he was succeeded by Cortez with Galindo claiming that there was "a flagrant abuse of the public trust" in one of Cortez's business methods.<ref>Brian Chasnoff, "Cortez 'sold his office', incumbent says", San Antonio Express-News, October 1, 2016, pp. 1, A2</ref>

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