Prior to resignation, Ciro Rodriguez was publicly sanctioned for campaigning on daughter’s behalf

A Bexar County justice of the peace who stepped down late last month was sanctioned earlier this year for campaigning on behalf of his daughter in her failed state senate race, officials with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct confirmed Friday.

Judge Ciro Rodriguez, whose retirement as justice of the peace for Bexar County Precinct 1, Place 2 took effect Sept. 30, received a public warning in late February, after the commission determined he engaged in activities supporting his daughter’s 2020 campaign for Texas senate. The Texas Code of Judicial Conduct forbids judges from campaigning on behalf of another person. The commission’s three-page order on Rodriguez states that he publicly campaigned on behalf of his daughter, attorney Xochil Peña Rodriguez, during three different events in late 2019.