Succeeding Rubio
Three of the four Democrats who sought to succeed Rubio had ties to the DA's office. Fausto Sosa (born 1960) and Rolando "Rolie" Garza (born 1957) are former first assistant district attorneys. The two were eliminated the March 4 primary. Sosa started working as an assistant DA under Rudio's predecessor, Julio Garcia. Isidro Reimundo "Chilo" Alaniz (born 1968), who easily led in the primary with 49 percent of the vote and was the choice of Rubio as his successor, formerly headed the DA child-abuse unit. Maria Elena Morales (born 1952), Alaniz's opponent in the April 8 runoff election, criticized Rubio's administration of the office. Morales, who drew 21 percent in the primary, had indicated in a candidate forum held at Laredo Community College that she would not permit assistant DA's to maintain a private law practice. If elected, Morales said that she would halt her private law practice for full-time service as district attorney. Voters handily nominated Alaniz in the runoff — he won all fifty-nine precincts — and was unopposed in the November general election. No Republican sought the position in heavily Democratic Webb County.
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