Federal Elections Commission records show Bonilla paid the Los Angeles-based law firm of Latham & Watkins $100,000 in 2006, from his campaign funds, to argue that the district boundaries were constitutional.
Cuellar, Doggett, Hinojosa, and Smith were all reelected, while Henry Bonilla, the Republican representative for the 23rd District, was defeated by Democrat Ciro Rodriguez in a newly 61% Latino district.
Video entries were judged by the public and a panel, including CNN anchorman Rick Sanchez, actress Rosario Dawson, Craiglist's Craig Newmark, former Texas congressman Henry Bonilla, YouTube's Steve Grove and Danny Vargas, chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.
Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII | Henry Kissinger | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Henry II of England | Henry II | Henry III of England | Henry IV of France | Henry IV | Henry | Henry Ford | Henry James | Henry VII of England | Henry III | Henry Moore | Henry Miller | Henry I of England | Henry Clay | Henry IV of England | Patrick Henry | Henry Mancini | Henry V | Henry David Thoreau | Joseph Henry Blackburne | Henry V of England | Henry VI of England | Henry VII | Henry II of France | Henry Fonda | John Henry Newman |
In the mid to late 1990s, the Republican members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – Mexican-American Henry Bonilla of Texas and Cuban-Americans Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida – left the Caucus in protest over its support for improved relations with Cuba.
The neighborhood has been home to several famous people, including San Antonio Spurs Sean Elliott, Alvin Robertson, Doc Rivers, and Willie Anderson, as well as local radio personality Sonny Melendrez and Congressman Henry Bonilla (R-TX).
Notable alumni of the Upward Bound program include Oprah Winfrey, John Quiñones, Angela Bassett, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Jose Hernandez, Donna Brazile, Patrick Ewing, Henry Bonilla, and Viola Davis.