Hector Uribe

Hector Uribe (born January 17, 1946 in Brownsville, Texas) is a Democratic former member of the Texas Senate, District 27 and a past candidate for Texas Land Commissioner. As a senator, he worked to pass the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, which is designed to create new jobs in economically impacted areas, and the Protective Services for the Elderly Act, which guards against abuse of senior citizens. He also worked to establish the University of Texas–Pan American. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from Brownsville from 1978 to 1990. Uribe, a narrow winner in the March 2, 2010, Democratic primary for land commissioner, faced the incumbent Republican Jerry E. Patterson in the November 2, 2010 general election but lost with 35 percent of the ballots cast.