Lizzie Fletcher TX-07

Current: US Representative of TX District 7 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat

District:  a small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County, along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County.
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History: Fletcher left Texas to attend Kenyon College in Ohio, where she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors, and attended William & Mary Law School in Virginia. She returned to Houston, where she worked for the law firm Vinson & Elkins and later at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing and became the firm’s first female law partner.

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Al Green TX- 09

Current:  US Representative of TX District 9 since 2005
Affiliation:  Democrat

Leadership:  Ranking member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Assistant Democratic Whip,
District:  The 9th district includes most of southwestern Houston and part of Fort Bend County, including most of Missouri City. It also includes western portions of Pearland.
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History: He received a Juris Doctor degree in 1974 from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. After law school, Green co-founded the law firm of Green, Wilson, Dewberry, and Fitch. He remained in Houston. In 1978, Green was elected justice of the peace in Harris County, Texas. He held this position for 26 years before retiring in 2004.

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Members of the TX Congressional Dem Delegation have sent a second letter to @POTUS, requesting a meeting w/ him and the TX legislators who are courageously fighting for the voting rights of all Texans. #StandWithTexasDems

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Veronica Escobar TX-16

Current: US Representative of TX District 16 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat

District: includes almost all of El Paso and most of its suburbs in the state of Texas.
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History: Escobar worked as a nonprofit executive and as Raymond Caballero’s communications director when he was mayor of El Paso. Escobar served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.

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Access to the ballot box is at stake. If we don’t act with urgency, we stand to lose our democracy and millions of voices will be silenced. I’m proud to lead a letter with @RepSlotkinand @RepColinAllred urging for passage of critical voting rights legislation by August.

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Sylvester Turner TX-18

Sylvester Turner (born September 27, 1954) is an American attorney and politician who was the 62nd mayor of Houston, Texas and is currently a U.S. representative-elect for Texas’s 18th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016.

He attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School.[1] Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991, losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier. He lost again in 2003, coming in third and thus missing the runoff.

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Sheila Jackson Lee TX-18

Current:US Representative of TX District 18 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat

Leadership:  Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance and Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
District:  inner city Houston and the surrounding area.
Next Election: Running for another term.

History: Jackson Lee graduated from Yale University in 1972 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. In 1987, after she had moved to Houston, she was appointed as a municipal judge for the city by Kathy Whitmire.  

Sheila Jackson Lee served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the 2023 Houston mayoral election. Despite several key endorsements, Jackson Lee lost the election in a landslide to Whitmire. On December 11, she filed to run for re-election to her congressional seat.

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It is urgent for the Administration and Congress to work together to pass a reenergized VRA, HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. @HouseDemocrats @HouseJudiciaryHouseDPCC

Featured Video: Sheila Jackson Lee Explains Why She Was Arrested Yesterday In Front Of Senate Office

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Joaquin Castro TX-20

 Current: US Representative of TX District 20 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat

Leadership: Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
District:  the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas.
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History: From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives. While in the state legislature, he served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee.

Joaquin Castro was born a minute after his twin brother Julian, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Obama. Castro graduated from Stanford in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications.

After law school, the two brothers worked for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld before starting their own firm in 2005.

In 2018, Castro was named as the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and Fellow of the Dávila Chair in International Trade Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

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U.S. House Passed Key Investments in San Antonio Community Projects! I worked with local organizations to secure over $7 million to help San Antonio families and support our city’s economy.

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Henry Cuellar TX-28

Current: US Representative of TX District 28 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat

Leadership: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security 
District: deep south Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio, and ending at the U.S.–Mexico border. Towns entirely or partially within this district include Converse, Laredo, Rio Grande City, and Universal City. 
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History: Cuellar served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and briefly served as the Texas Secretary of State in 2001.

Cuellar earned a Master of Arts in international trade from Texas A&M International University, a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Texas School of Law and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. As of 2023, he is finishing a master’s in defense and strategic studies from Naval War College. v\In 1981, Cuellar opened his own law firm in Laredo and became a licensed customs broker in 1983. From 1984 to 1986 he taught at Texas A&M International University as an adjunct professor of international commercial law.

Featured Quote:  Our DHS agents, & border communities, are overwhelmed & must be prioritized. DHS will again encounter over 180,000 immigrants at the southern border during July—adding to the more than 1M immigrants that have arrived at the southern border in FY21. Something has to change!

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Sylvia Garcia TX-29

Current: US Representative of TX District 29 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat

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District:   eastern portion of the Greater Houston area 
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History: Garcia attended Texas Woman’s University on a scholarship. She graduated with a degree in social work and began a career as a social worker. She later received her law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

In the early 1980s, Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire appointed Garcia as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal System and served five terms under two mayors. In 1998, Garcia became Houston city controller. Garcia was elected to the Harris County Commissioner’s Court in 2002 and later for two state senate terms.

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Was ready to vote for an extension of the eviction moratorium yesterday, today or any day. We must ensure Americans have a roof over their head. Without it, we put millions of families & children at risk of being out on the streets.#EvictionMoratorium #EvictionCrisis

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Jasmine Crockett TX-30

Current: US Representative of TX District 30 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat

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District: most of South Dallas County and parts of Tarrant County, including Dallas Love Field Airport.
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History: Crockett decided to attend law school  after she was the victim of a hate crime while attending college. She attended the University of Houston Law Center. After law school, Crockett remained in Texas and worked as a civil rights attorney. She worked as a public defender for Bowie County before establishing her own law firm. Ii January 2021, she won a special election for a Houston Texas House seat.

 In the 118th Congress, Crockett serves as the Democratic freshman class representative between the House Democratic leadership and the approximately 35 newly elected Democratic members.

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Marc Veasey TX-33

Current:US Representative of TX District 33 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat

District: Composed of two counties in Texas—Dallas County and Tarrant County 
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History: He graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications.

From 2005 to 2013, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.

Veasey worked as a substitute teacher and sportswriter, as well as writing scripts for an advertising agency. One summer, he volunteered for U.S. Representative Martin Frost, and was hired as a field representative

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Vicente González TX-34

Current: US Representative of TX District 15 since 2017 and District 34 from 2023
Affiliation:  Democrat

District:  Gulf Coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, the latter of which being situated in the neighboring 27th congressional district.[7] It extends westward to include the northeastern portion of McAllen and surrounds, 
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History

Gonzalez earned his Bachelor of Science in aviation business administration from the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University on the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. In 1996, he graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now the Texas A&M University School of Law).

Gonzalez founded his law firm, V. Gonzalez & Associates, in 1997.[citation needed] He is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.[

Vicente González served as the representative for Texas’s 15th congressional district from 2017 to 2023.

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As a member of the @FairGrowthCmte, I am focused on providing connectivity and reliable and affordable broadband to our rural communities across the nation and in #TX15. #RuralBroadbandDay

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Greg Casar TX-35

Current: US Representative of TX 35 since 2023
Affiliation: Democratic

District: centered almost entirely on Austin and containing small amounts of its suburbs
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History:  Casar then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and social thought from the University of Virginia in 2011. He began his activism in college, organizing with Students and Workers United for a Living Wage. Casar then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and social thought from the University of Virginia in 2011. He began his activism in college, organizing with Students and Workers United for a Living Wage

He was first elected to the Austin City Council in 2014, and reelected in 2016 and 2020. He was elected to Congress in 2022.

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Lloyd Doggett TX-37

Current: US Representative of TX District 35 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat

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District: predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
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History:  Doggett received both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as student body president his senior year. 

Doggett was previously a member of the Texas State Senate and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights

Featured Quote:  Important information for families who are eligible for Child Tax Credit: The IRS recently upgraded the Child Tax Credit Update Portal so that families can update their bank account information to receive the credit or unenroll. For more information:

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