Armando Mando Martinez
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- Current office
- State Representative, House District 39 (since 2005)
- Occupation
- Small business owner; former firefighter and flight paramedic
- Lives in
- Weslaco
Background
- Native of Weslaco; earned a B.S. from the University of Texas-Pan American and an M.P.A. from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. source: texaspolicyresearch.com
- Joined the Weslaco Fire Department EMS in 1998 as a firefighter and paramedic and Valley Aircare in 2000 as a critical care flight paramedic. source: texaspolicyresearch.com
- Small business owner, contractor and private pilot. source: texaspolicyresearch.com
- First elected to House District 39 in a 2005 special election; serving an 11th term in the 89th Legislature. source: texaspolicyresearch.com
- In 2025 served on Appropriations, House Administration and Natural Resources (vice chair) and was vice chair of the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding. source: texaspolicyresearch.com
In their own words
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- Make health care more accessible and affordable source: branch.vote
- Public education source: branch.vote
- Flood infrastructure funding for Hidalgo County drainage without raising taxes source: branch.vote
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