Benjamin Flores
What this job does: Runs the General Land Office, which manages state-owned land and the oil, gas and mineral money from it (much of it goes to public schools), the Alamo, coastal protection, home loans for veterans, and federal disaster-recovery money. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Bay City City Council member (elected 2023)
- Occupation
- Cybersecurity and compliance professional; farmer
- Lives in
- Bay City
Background
- About 30 years in cybersecurity and compliance work, including protecting county governments from fraud and system errors. source: texastribune.org
- Immigrated from Mexico in 1996; lived in California, where Flores was a Community Emergency Response Team member. source: texastribune.org
- Moved to Bay City in 2016 and runs a 10-acre heritage-breed pig farm. source: texastribune.org
- Elected to the Bay City City Council in 2023; serves on the Bay City Development Corporation and represents the city on the Houston-Galveston Area Council. source: texastribune.org
In their own words
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- Faster disaster response with "a roster of pre-vetted Texas contractors ready to mobilize" source: texastribune.org
- Protect and grow Permanent School Fund money; oppose school vouchers source: texastribune.org
- Land swaps for affordable housing; lease state land to data centers source: texastribune.org
- Support veterans, including a VA hospital in the Rio Grande Valley source: texastribune.org
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