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\n\tEven before winning his highly contested race this week, Bobby Pulido<\/a> had made up his mind to give up music and focus on public service. \u201cIf people want me to represent them and they believe that I could best represent them, I\u2019m perfectly comfortable never having a concert again,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> last month. Then he admitted bashfully, \u201cI\u2019m putting a karaoke machine in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tPulido said it in jest, but there\u2019s probably some sadness as he leaves his music days behind him. After all, that\u2019s a 30-year career as a singer he\u2019s saying goodbye to. Pulido was born in Texas, the oldest to Tejano<\/a> musicians Robert Pulido and Diana Montez, each who carved out their own respective paths in the genre. As a kid, Pulido played music with his high school mariachi and ended up in his dad\u2019s band Los Cl\u00e1sicos. One of his first songs ended up being \u201cContigo,\u201d a collaboration with his dad from 1994.<\/p>\n \n