Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census,its population was 267,114. Its county seat is Laredo. The county was named after James Webb (1792–1856),who served as secretary of the treasury,secretary of state,and attorney general of the Republic of Texas,and later judge of the United States District Court following the admission of Texas to statehood. By area,Webb County is the largest county in South Texas and the sixth-largest in the state. Webb County comprises the Laredo metropolitan area. Webb County is the only county in the United States to border three foreign states or provinces,sharing borders with Coahuila,Nuevo Leon,and Tamaulipas.
Dimmit County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census,its population was 8,615. The county seat is Carrizo Springs. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1880. It is named after Philip Dimmitt,a major figure in the Texas Revolution. The spelling of the county name and the individual's name differ because of a spelling error in the bill creating the county name.
Asherton is a city in Dimmit County,Texas,United States. The population was 722 at the 2020 census,down from 1,084 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 83 passes through Asherton.
Carrizo Springs is the largest city in and the county seat of Dimmit County,Texas,United States. The population was 4,892 at the 2020 census,down from 5,368 at the 2010 census.
Santos Benavides was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military.
The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas,about 315 miles (507 km) long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. Nueces is Spanish for nuts,specifically pecans;early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks.
Ciro Davis Rodriguez is an American politician and social worker who served as a U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district,serving from 2007 until 2011. The district stretched from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east,a distance of some 500 miles (800 km). A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the neighboring 28th congressional district from 1997 to 2005,and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1997.
Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district extends from the Rio Grande to San Antonio's suburbs.
Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) is a public community college with four campuses serving 11 counties in southwest Texas:unincorporated Uvalde County,Del Rio,next to Del Rio International Airport,unincorporated Maverick County,and Crystal City,the seat of Zavala County.
U.S. Highway 83 (US 83),dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway,is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that begins at US 77 in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo,then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma state line north of Perryton,the seat of Ochiltree County.
John Vincent Garza is a Republican former one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 117 in Bexar County,Texas. Garza has been employed in housing development and sales for most of his working career.
Carrizo Springs High School is a public high school located in Carrizo Springs,Texas (USA) and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is part of the Carrizo Springs Independent School District that serves all students in Dimmit County. In 2015,the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Pedro Galindo Nieto, known as Pete Nieto,is an attorney in Uvalde,Texas,who served a single term in the Texas House of Representatives in the former District 43 from 1993 until 1995. Nieto switched parties from Democrat to Republican in June 1993 after the close of that year's regular legislative session.
Philip Adam Cortez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012,he was a member of the nominally nonpartisan San Antonio City Council,on which he was a firm ally of then Mayor Julian Castro.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7,1972,as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won the state of Texas with 66.20% of the vote,to the Democratic Party candidate George McGovern's 33.24%,thus giving him the state's 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas 9.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This was the first time a Republican won the state of Texas since Texas-born Dwight D. Eisenhower won it in 1956,even as Democrat Dolph Briscoe won the gubernatorial election on the same Ballot.
Justin Aldred Holland is an American real estate broker from Heath,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 33rd District,which includes Rockwall County and a portion of Collin County. He won the general election held on November 8,2016,and was sworn into office on January 10,2017. He is currently serving his third term in the Texas House of Representatives. He was defeated by Katrina Pierson by 56% to 44% on May 28,2024,in the Republican primary runoff.
John Harden Bucy III is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 136th District,which includes Northwest Austin,Cedar Park,Pflugerville,Round Rock,and the Brushy Creek area in Williamson County.
Ernest Anthony Gonzales II is an American politician and United States Navy veteran who has served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2021,representing over 800 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 80th district of the Texas House of Representatives consists of a portion of Webb County and the entirety of Atascosa County,Dimmit County,Frio County,Uvalde County and Zavala County. The current representative is Tracy King,who has represented the district since 2005.
