Elma Teresa Salinas Ender
| Elma Teresa Salinas Ender | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Texas District 341 | |
| Title: | Former judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Gov. Bill White |
| Active: | 1983-2012 |
| Succeeded by: | Beckie Palomo |
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Elma Teresa Salinas Ender was a judge for Texas District 341.[1]
Judicial career
When Ender was appointed to the court in 1983 she was both the fist Hispanic person and the youngest woman to be appointed to a Texas district court. Holding the position for eight terms unchallenged, she was considered to be the longest serving district judge in Webb County.[2] At the time of her appointment, then Governor Bill White was making a conscious effort to ensure Texas government better embodied the diversity of its citizens. Reflecting back, Ender remembers,"he changed basically the face and complexion of the State of Texas that year."[3]. Ender took the opportunity to represent Hispanic women seriously and when she came up for re-election the next year she stated, "I really felt like I had to win not just because of me but because of all of those that would follow."[3]
Retirement
In June 2011, Judge Ender announced that she would be retire and at the end of 2012, after nearly three decades of service, Ender left the bench.[2]
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