Claudia Ordaz
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 79 (since 2023; represented District 76 2021-2023)
- Occupation
- State Representative
- Lives in
- El Paso
Background
- Represented Texas House District 76 from January 2021 to January 2023 and has represented El Paso's northeast and east side since January 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served on the El Paso City Council for District 6 after a 2014 special election, was re-elected in 2015 and 2018, and served as mayor pro tempore; resigned in October 2019 to run for the Texas House. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2008 and attended the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a press secretary in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a communications director in the Texas Senate. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Vice chair of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation and member of the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development, per a KVIA candidate questionnaire. source: kvia.com
In their own words
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- Increase public school funding and resources for students with disabilities source: kvia.com
- Expand affordable child care, including for parents working non-traditional hours source: kvia.com
- Women's health, including fertility and maternal health source: kvia.com
- Create good-paying jobs while protecting water and energy resources as data centers arrive source: kvia.com
- Strengthen animal welfare laws and funding for shelters source: kvia.com
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