Lico Reyes
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Frederick B. Reyes (April 4, 1946 – August 20, 2019) was a Mexican-American actor and politician. Under the name Lico Reyes, he appeared in movies, commercials and a variety of political campaigns, most notably as the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Texas's 26th congressional district in 2004. Lico Reyes was a US Army veteran with an Honorable Discharge.
Early life
Reyers was born in
He became a citizen of the United States on 14 December 1965.
Later career
Reyes worked in a number of different jobs, including nine years working for the
Entertainment career
Reyes, as his character "Father Vito", a comedic parody of a priest, hosted a variety of different community access cable television programs and live events. He also had speaking roles in the 1988 made-for-TV film
Congressional campaign
In 2004, Reyes was chosen as the Democratic Party's nominee for Texas' 26th Congressional District. He received 89,809 votes, or 33%, behind Republican Michael C. Burgess with 66%. Burgess outspent Lico Reyes by ten times ($689,422) in his re-election campaign. Lico received 1,100 more votes than the next highest in North Texas. The second place was for Honorable US Congressman Martin Frost.
During his campaign he advanced the idea of working with Mexico to develop Mexico's oil and gas resources with US technology and financial support, arguing that this would help bring down the cost of fuel, expand the economy in both countries and serve to decrease illegal immigration to the US. Mexico is believed to have the fifth largest untapped reserves of natural resources and is also the fifth largest oil and gas producer in the world.[1]