Canseco, Quico, 1949-

<p>Elected to Congress during the 2010 midterm elections, Francisco Raul “Quico” Canseco sought to minimize the presence of the federal government in his constituents’ lives. He promoted economic development via balancing the budget, supporting small businesses, and touting tax cuts. Canseco also wanted to strengthen enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border that stretched along much of his district. However, a challenge to the reconfigured district that enabled Canseco to win his seat in 2010 hampered his ability to return to the House for a second term in 2012.</p>

<p>Canseco was born in Laredo, Texas, on July 30, 1949. The son of Francisco Manuel, a physician, and Consuelo Sada Rangel, a philanthropist, the younger Francisco was the oldest of eight children. He went to local schools before enrolling in Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. Canseco then attended St. Louis University, where he graduated with a B.A. in history in 1972. He matriculated to the university’s law school, earning a J.D. in 1975. Canseco, and his wife, Gloria, settled in Laredo, Texas, with their three children, Anna, Carlos, and Francisco, Jr.</p>

<p>Canseco worked in private practice and for a number of law firms between 1975 and 1987 before serving as general counsel for a bank for five years. He was also the director of another small bank conglomerate in the western suburbs of San Antonio. In 1991, Canseco became the president and director of a family-run development corporation based in San Antonio.</p>

CANSECO, Francisco Raul (Quico), a Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Texas, July 30, 1949; B.A., St. Louis University, 1972; J.D., St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., 1975; lawyer, private practice; bank executive; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2013); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.

<p>Francisco Raul "Quico" Canseco (born July 30, 1949) is an American attorney, businessman, and former U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.</p>

<p>Canseco was born and reared in Laredo in Webb County in south Texas, the eldest of eight children of Consuelo Sada Rangel and Dr. Francisco Manuel Canseco, who were both born in Monterrey, Mexico. He earned a B.A in History from Saint Louis University in 1972. He went on to earn a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1975. He is a brother in the Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Sephardic Jewish descent.</p>

<p>Canseco began his legal career in 1975 as an associate attorney with Mann, Castillon, Fried and Kazen in Laredo. Afterwards, he operated his own practice for five years. Then he joined Person, Whitworth, Ramos, Borchers, and Morales in Laredo as a participating associate. In 1987, he left that firm to become general counsel at Union National Bank of Texas, where he stayed until 1992. He was later counsel to Escamilla and Ponek, from 2003 until 2007. He became chairman of Texas Heritage Bancshares from 2001 until 2007.</p>