Laredo native Adolfo Campero, Jr., has filed for election to the Texas House of Representatives for District 31, which was recently re-drawn after the last federal census. District 31 is comprised of the city limits of Laredo south of Highway 359, the area in Webb County not within the district represented by Rep. Richard Raymond, and Zapata, Starr, and Duval Counties in their entirety.
Campero said that as a resident of the Texas-Mexico border, he understands the needs of the region and intends to use his educational, community, and professional expertise to represent the citizens and interests of District 31 and is committing himself to working hard on the issues that are vital to the border region. "I am committed to meeting the challenge presented by explosive population growth, the effort to improve quality of life, and the expansion of social and environmental resources," Campero said, adding, "I have advocacy and leadership skills that I can use to secure expanded public safety and educational opportunities and seek innovative methods to promote economic development."
The Laredoan was a top-ranking graduate of United High School and a graduate of the University of Texas with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accounting. He graduated with honors in 1995 from the University of Texas School of Law and worked as an associate in the Houston office of Locke, Liddell & Sapp. He is a practicing attorney in Laredo. Campero served as a legislative intern in the Capitol office of then State Representative Henry Cuellar and later joined the staff. He subsequently worked as a legislative aide for then Dallas Representative Jerald Larry and thereafter as a legislative aide for then San Antonio Representative (now Bexar County Tax Assessor Collector) Sylvia Romo.
As a UT law student, Campero was active in the Chicano Law Students Association and involved in various community projects, including mentoring programs that coupled Hispanic law students with at-risk kids from local elementary schools in economically distressed areas. Campero worked with the residents of El Cenizo to assist in the conversion of their land purchase contracts into deeds that would give them title to the real estate on which they lived.
Campero's educational and business interests have been in the area of international trade. While in law school, he participated in the Guanajuato-Texas student exchange program. He also spent a semester studying at Queen Mary and Westfield College in London along with numerous other exchange students from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. He is a member of the Mexican American Bar and Hispanic Bar Associations. Campero has also worked in various capacities for statewide community projects of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Young Lawyers Association. In this regard, Campero helped implement the program called "Crossing The Line" which is intended to educate middle school students about the legal implications of illicit conduct such as vandalism, smoking, and drinking. He also helped launch the popular program known as "We The Jury" which is intended to educate high school students about the importance of jury service.
Campero is also a member of the State Bar of Texas Law Related Education Committee that develops curricula for public schools intended to educate children on issues pertaining to the law and government.
Adolfo Campero is married to the former Liza Hinojosa of Mercedes. She is an elementary school teacher with United Independent School District. They have two daughters, Alyna Belen and Olivia Pilar.
For comments or questions, Adolfo Campero, Jr., can be reached at (956) 796-0330 or fax 796-0399, and by e-mail at acampero@cg-lawfirm.com.