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Joaquin Castro Biography

Joaquin Castro is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 16, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Joaquin Castro (born September 16 1974) is a American Democratic politician. He has been a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas the 20th congressional district from 2013. The district encompasses just under half of his home town San Antonio, Texas, along with some of its suburbs. From 2003 until 2013 Castro was an elected Member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 125. When he was in the Texas state legislature, Castro served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was an active participant on the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee. He was also a member of other committeeslike County Affairs, Border & International Affairs as well as Juvenile Justice and Family Questions.

On November 28, however on the 28th of November, when Charlie Gonzalez of the neighboring 20th District announced his retirement after seven years, Castro announced his intent to contest his 20th District seat. Castro was unopposed by any candidate in the Democratic primary and was able to assure him that he would be the next congressman from this Democratic district that is majority Hispanic. In 2012, at the Democratic National Convention, he presented the brother Julian as the keynote speaker. In November 2012, Castro defeated Republican David Rosa 64%-34%. making Castro the fifth candidate to represent the district since the district was first established in 1935.

Castro was officially sworn into office on January 3, 2013 becoming a member of the 113th United States Congress. He was chosen as the president of the freshman class of Democrats in the 113th Congress.

Castro is the son of Jesse Guzman and Rosie Castro and the identical twin brother of Julián Castro, the former Mayor of San Antonio and the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama; Joaquin is one minute younger than Julián, being born at 2:41AM and 2:40AM respectively. In addition to his work in the Texas Legislature, Castro practiced law in San Antonio. He has also taught as a visiting professor of law at St. Mary’s University and as an adjunct professor at Trinity University in San Antonio.

In June of 2011, Castro announced that he was running for an open position within the United States House of Representatives in Texas’s newly drawn 35th district of Congress . Castro was initially scheduled to take on his fellow Democrat and incumbent nine-term Lloyd Doggett, whose home in Austin was drawn into the district in the Democratic primary.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2017, a columnist for the San Antonio Express-News questioned Castro’s decision not to enter the 2018 U.S. Senate race against the Republican incumbent Ted Cruz, a presidential candidate in 2016. Bruce Davidson predicted that Castro could have defeated the announced candidate, Beto O’Rourke, representative of Texas’s 16th congressional district based in El Paso, for the Democratic senatorial nomination. “Castro is said to be ambitious, but will he ever have a better chance to move up than in the Trump-era against Ted Cruz?,” Davidson asked. Davidson added that Texas’ other senator, Republican John Cornyn of San Antonio, would have taken advantage of a similar opportunity to run. In 2002, Cornyn, the state’s then one-term attorney general, filed to succeed retiring Republican Senator Phil Gramm, while two other Republican hopefuls, Henry Bonilla of Texas’s 23rd congressional district and David Dewhurst, the land commissioner and later the lieutenant governor, vacillated and lost their chance to become a senator. Bonilla was defeated for House re-election after redistricting in 2006, and Dewhurst subsequently lost the 2012 Republican runoff election for the Senate to Ted Cruz.

Joaquin Castro Net Worth

Joaquin Castro is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joaquin Castro's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Castro was a candidate in Texas’s the 125th House district back in the year 2002. He defeated state representative incumbent Arthur Reyna in the Democratic primary, 64-36 percent. The general elections saw him lost to Republican Nelson Balido, 60-40 percent. He was just 28 at the date of his election to his state House. The year 2004 was the time he was elected his second term, unopposed. Then, in 2006, he was elected the third term of his re-election and defeated Republican Nelson Balido, 58%-38 percent. Then, in 2008, he was able to win the fourth term of his term without opposition. He also was elected his fifth term of re-election by beating Libertarian Jeffrey Blunt, 78%-22 percentage.

Castro was was raised from San Antonio and attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Castro has claimed that his passion for public service began in his early years by watching his parents participating in political campaigns and other civic causes. He has a father named Jessie Guzman, is retired math teacher in his school, the Edgewood Independent School District located on the west of San Antonio, and his mother, Marie “Rosie” Castro was a community leader. Jessie and Rosie never married. Castro’s mother named Castro in honor of Rodolfo Gonzales’ poem I Am Joaquin. Castro received an honors degree in Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in communication and political science. He obtained the Juris Doctor with his twin brother at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Following law school the brothers remained together and worked at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, a law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld before establishing their own business in 2005.

In early summer of 2013, Castro became engaged to his girlfriend, Anna Flores. The announcement was made by his twin brother, Julián, on his Facebook page. The couple had a daughter in 2013 and a son in 2016.

In 2019, Castro grew a beard so that people could distinguish him from his presidential candidate twin brother Julián Castro.

In August 2019, Castro tweeted the names and employers of 44 San Antonio residents who had given the maximum allowable contribution to Trump’s re-election campaign. He said it was “sad to see so many San Antonians” whose “contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders’.” The information came from publicly available lists published by the Federal Election Commission. The tweet was denounced by Republicans, who said that such a “target list” invites harassment and could even encourage violence.

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In the 114th Congress, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer named Castro a Chief Deputy Whip. During the 2016 presidential election, Castro served as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Castro was selected as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for the 116th Congress.

On January 12, 2019, Castro introduced and endorsed his twin brother, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, at the launch rally of Julián’s 2020 presidential campaign.

Who is Joaquin Castro Dating?

According to our records, Joaquin Castro married to Anna Flores . As of December 1, 2023, Joaquin Castro’s is not dating anyone.

In February 2019, Castro authored House Joint Resolution 46 to overturn Trump’s declaration of a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States, under which Trump said he would divert funds from other sources to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill passed the House by a vote of 245–182 on February 15, and the Senate by a vote of 59–41 on March 15. Trump vetoed the Joint Resolution on March 15.

Facts & Trivia

Joaquin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joaquin Castro celebrates birthday on September 16 of every year.

Joaquin served as campaign chair for his identical twin brother, Julián Castro, during his 2020 presidential campaign.

Who is Joaquin Castro's wife?

Anna Flores

Where was Joaquin Castro born?

San Antonio, TX

Who is the congressman for San Antonio?

Home | U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro.

What Congressional District is San Antonio in?

What nationality is Joaquin Castro?

American

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