Eddie Morales

Morales announced in November 2019 to run for the Texas House of Representatives District 74th seat, that was being held by Poncho Nevárez at the time. Representative Nevárez announced in late 2019, that he would not seek re-election for the 87th legislature. Eddie won the 2020 election for the seat against Ruben Falcon (a Republican) with 53% of the vote in November 2020.

Heriberto Morales Jr. (born January 24, 1975) is an American attorney and politician. He has represented the 74th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico in 1975, Morales graduated from Eagle Pass High School in Eagle Pass, Texas in 1993. He then went on an attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a BA in Political Science and a double minor in Business and Spanish in 1997. Eddie later earned his Juris Doctor from the St. Mary's University School of Law in 2000. Since then Eddie has worked for Langley & Bannack back in Eagle Pass. During his high school years, Eddie helped at his family's business, Piedras Negras Tortilla Factory in Eagle Pass, where he learned the value of hard work and effort and an appreciation for his community.