Buddy Garcia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBuddy Garcia
Texas politician
Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1967
Place of Birth: Nueces County, Texas, United States
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Buddy Garcia
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- "Buddy" Garcia (born June 16, 1967), is a former interim member of the Texas Railroad Commission, the elected body which regulates the oil and natural gas industries in Texas.
- Garcia was appointed to the commission by Governor Rick Perry on April 12, 2012, to replace Elizabeth Ames Jones, who resigned to run unsuccessfully for the Texas State Senate.
- Garcia's appointment expired a few days after the November 6 general election, and he was succeeded by fellow Republican Christi Craddick, who defeated a Democrat, Dale Henry, to claim the position for six years.
- Craddick is the daughter of the former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Tom Craddick of Midland. A resident of Austin, Garcia served from January 2007 until his April 2012 appointment to the railroad position as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
- He is a past deputy Texas Secretary of State and a former state border commerce coordinator.
- He is a member of the Texas Coastal Land Advisory Board and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.
- Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.Garcia graduated from Saint Josephs Academy in Brownsville, Texas.
- He first attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville on an academic scholarship and played football there, but he transferred after a year to Texas State University in San Marcos, from which he received a degree in political science in 1990.
- He is a former staff member for State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., a pro-life Democrat from Brownsville.
- He served on Perry's staff when Perry was lieutenant governor from 1999 to 2000.
- Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.
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