State of Texas
State Representative, District 74
Eddie Morales Jr.
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- Eddie Morales Jr.
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 74 (elected 2020; third term)
- Background
- Bachelor's in political science, University of Texas at Austin (1997)
- Law degree, St. Mary's University School of Law (2000)
- Licensed in Texas since 2000
- Attorney
- Owner, his family's Piedras Negras Tortilla Factory
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- Partner, Langley & Banack; leads the Eagle Pass office
- Lifelong Eagle Pass resident
- Experience
- Vice chair, House Committee on Energy Resources
- Has served as city attorney for Eagle Pass and Brackettville
- Past president, Maverick County Bar Association
- Top priorities
- Public schools: "Repeal vouchers. Increase the basic allotment. Increase the pay for our teachers."
- Health care: "We must expand Medicaid in Texas"
- Plans to file legislation requiring the federal border security reimbursement "to be reinvested in border communities"
- Data centers: "must give back to communities, not freeload from tax abatements"
- Told KVIA he is committed to "the creation of the UTEP Law School, roadway improvements, ensuring adequate water supply"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: In a KVIA questionnaire, says he plans to file legislation requiring the $7.5 billion federal reimbursement for border security efforts "to be reinvested in border communities"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In the League of Women Voters guide: "Repeal vouchers. Increase the basic allotment. Increase the pay for our teachers."
- Property taxes: In a KVIA questionnaire, lists among last session's work that he "increased the homestead exemption for all Texans"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (listed by campaign)
- Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) (listed by campaign)
- Texas Real Estate Political Action Committee (TRE-PAC) (listed by campaign)
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- Texas State Association of Fire Fighters (Eagle Pass) (listed by campaign)
- Texas Classroom Teachers Association (listed by campaign)
- Texas Farm Bureau (listed by campaign)
- Texas First Coalition (listed by campaign)
- Texas Medical Association (listed by campaign)
- Planned Parenthood (listed by campaign)
- Rural Friends of Electric Cooperatives (listed by campaign)
- Texas Association of Business (listed by campaign)
- Texas State Employees Union (listed by campaign)
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) (listed by campaign)
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (listed by campaign)
- Eagle Pass Police Association (listed by campaign)
- National Association of Social Workers (listed by campaign)
- Giffords (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- moralesfortexas.com
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