Donna Howard
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 48 (since 2006)
- Occupation
- State representative; former critical care nurse and health educator
Background
- Has represented Texas House District 48 since 2006. source: ballotpedia.org
- Earned a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's degree in health education from the University of Texas. source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a critical care nurse at Brackenridge and Seton hospitals and as a health educator at the University of Texas; was Austin's first hospital-based patient education coordinator. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the Eanes Independent School District board from 1996 to 1999. source: ballotpedia.org
- Former president of the Texas Nurses Association, District 5. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- "H.E.R. Agenda": healthy families, equal opportunity, and responsible government source: teamhowardtx.com
- Fair pay and safe working conditions for farmworkers source: teamhowardtx.com
- Support for substance use recovery source: teamhowardtx.com
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