Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles

Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles is an American attorney in private practice^[1] and a former politician. She was member of the Texas House of Representatives and represented the 35th district from 2005 to 2011.^[2] She was the chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock in 2009 and was affiliated with the democratic party.^[3]

In 2004, Gonzalez Toureilles defeated incumbent Gabi Canales in the Democratic party primary runoff election. On November 4, 2004, she defeated the republican candidate, Eric Opiela, and won 50.93% of the vote. She assumed office on January 11, 2005.^[4]

On November 2, 2010, Gonzalez Toureilles was defeated in the general election by the a republican candidate, Jose Aliseda, who won 52.81% of the vote. She left office on January 11, 2011.^[2][4]

She most recently ran for office in the 2012 Texas House of Representatives election for the 43rd district against the incumbent, José Manuel Lozano, a former democratic party politician that had switched to the republican party in March 2012, shortly after redistricting had occurred which caused Lozano's district to lose territory in Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron counties.^[5][6] During her campaign, she criticized Lozano for his mistake in failing to report $55,000 in donations from republican party donors, referring to it as "a flagrant disregard for transparency."^[7]