RAUL G. SALINAS

'Raul Gonzalez Salinas' (born November 8, 1947) is a private security consultant and a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who was elected mayor of Laredo, Texas, on June 17, 2006. A self-styled political outsider, Salinas defeated 8-year city councilman John Clifford Galo (born (1958) by almost exactly 1,000 ballots in a low-turnout election: 9,665 votes (52.75 percent) to 8,657 (47.25 percent).

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"Salinas is in" Laredo Morning Times'', June 17, 18, 19, 21, 2006; August 19, 27, 2006