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AUSTIN — Inocente “Chente” Quintanilla says he wants to regain his old seat in the Texas House because he believes he can better serve the residents of the Lower Valley district than the incumbent.

Early voting for the March 1 primary starts Feb.

16.Quintanilla, 72, of Tornillo, faces state Rep. Mary González, 32, of Clint, in the Democratic primary for the District 75 seat.

During a 38-year career as a teacher, coach and school administrator, Quintanilla also served on numerous boards and commissions, including as an El Paso Community College trustee.

He entered the Texas House for the 2003 session — the first since Reconstruction in which the Republican Party held a majority.

It was also the session in which former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay set up shop in the Capitol basement and ramrodded a controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting.

“I was one of the ones who went to Oklahoma,” Quintanilla said of Democrats’ ultimat