Gene Wu
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 137 (since 2013)
Background
- Grew up in the Sharpstown neighborhood of southwest Houston. source: branch.vote
- Earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. source: branch.vote
- Earned a law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. source: branch.vote
- First elected to House District 137 in 2012 and took office in 2013. source: genefortexas.com
- Chairs the Texas House Democratic Caucus. source: genefortexas.com
- Committee assignments include Appropriations, the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, and Criminal Jurisprudence (vice chair). source: genefortexas.com
In their own words
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- Reducing the number of juveniles who enter the criminal justice system through schools source: branch.vote
- Affordable health care source: branch.vote
- Opposing the sale of neighborhood schools to private interests source: branch.vote
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