Jennifer Mushtaler
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.
- Occupation
- Obstetrician-gynecologist
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from UT Austin and a medical degree from Southwestern Medical School. source: theballotbrief.com
- Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist; founded Capital Ob/Gyn Associates of Texas in 2010. source: theballotbrief.com
- Served two terms on the Austin Planning Commission. source: preview-prod.w.houstonchronicle.com
- Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the HHS Commission for Ethics in Informed Consent, per the campaign site. source: theballotbrief.com
- Ran for Austin City Council District 6 in 2020. source: preview-prod.w.houstonchronicle.com
In their own words
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- Health care policy informed by medical experience source: preview-prod.w.houstonchronicle.com
- Home insurance costs and wildfire risk mitigation source: preview-prod.w.houstonchronicle.com
- Access to clean, reliable water source: preview-prod.w.houstonchronicle.com
- Reform school finance recapture to better fund schools source: theballotbrief.com
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