Quico Canseco

The 23rd Congressional District demands a strong representative like Francisco “Quico” Canseco, a life-long Texan who will work for the needs of the district in Washington, D.C. putting the best interests of its citizens ahead of partisan politics.   The 23rd District requires a leader with the vision, commitment, and integrity to fight for the goals of its constituency. 

Canseco possesses the experiences and skills that make him uniquely capable of successfully addressing the issues of the 23rd Congressional District for the benefit of all its constituents. His leadership, faith and vision will help to guide our great nation and the 23rd District to a future marked by strong local economies, safe and secure borders, and with assurances to our children and our elders of the promises of America in the new century.

Known as “Quico”, Canseco attended high school at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana and, after graduating from St. Louis University in 1975, he passed the Texas State Bar and began his legal career.  For the next 31 years, Quico practiced law throughout the State of Texas.  As a practicing attorney, he has been involved in many areas of the legal field including education, banking, real estate, corporate/business law and mediation. 

A lifelong Republican, Quico is active in state and national Republican activities, and has helped a number of Texas’ Republican candidates with their bid for public office.  Quico served as a delegate to the 2004 and the 2006 Texas Republican Conventions in San Antonio, serving the latter Convention as its Credentials Committee chair. He serves on the Board of the Texas Federation of Republican Women; is a member of both the Frontier Leadership Council and the Candidate Resource Committee of the State Party; and, he was appointed to attend the National Hispanic Leadership Conference in Washington DC by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Representative Lamar Smith.

Quico’s banking experience led to his election to the Hondo National Bank Board of Directors in Medina County, where he was appointed Chairman of the Board of the bank’s holding company, Texas Heritage Bancshares.  His work with real estate law led his family to elect Quico to serve as President of his family’s real estate development business. His leadership skills have placed him as trustee of the Texas Cultural Trust, associate general counsel for the Texas Republican Party, and chairman of Doctors Hospital of Laredo. He also helped found the Poteet Community Forum in Poteet, Texas.  Quico takes special pride in his role in the creation of the Canseco Foundation, a family foundation established to help meet charitable needs throughout the South Texas area. 

Born and raised in a family of eight children, Quico has been married to the former Gloria Zúñiga for 28 years.  Their three children are Anna, a teacher in Houston; Francisco Jr., a graduate of UTSA and a software developer in San Antonio; and Carlos, currently a senior at Winston Churchill High school. He is the eldest son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Francisco M. Canseco. The families of his seven siblings reside in Bexar, Val Verde, and Galveston counties as well as elsewhere in the country.

Of his upcoming race, Quico says “The 23rd Congressional District is vast and diverse. Composed of 20 Counties in south west Texas, it boasts cultural and commercial centers, borderlands, farmlands and ranchlands with a constituency rich in both history and resources. The district requires strong leadership in Washington DC with a congressman who will listen and understand the needs of his constituency.   I seek to fill this post and to serve the district by surpassing the level of service it has received over the years. “

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