Hinojosa, Rubén, 1940-
Rubén Eloy Hinojosa (born August 20, 1940) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Texas's 15th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017.
Born in Edcouch, Texas, he graduated from Mercedes High School in nearby Mercedes, Texas and attended Texas A&M University at Kingsville before earning a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas-Pan American. For two decades, he was the president and chief financial officer of his family's food processing company, H&H Foods. In 1974, Hinojosa was elected to the Texas State Board of Education, a position which he held for ten years. After long-serving Representative Kika de la Garza announced his retirement from Congress, Hinojosa entered the race to succeed him, winning the Democratic primary in a runoff and the general election.
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