State of Texas
State Representative, District 50
Samantha Lopez-Resendez
Democratic- On ballot as
- Samantha Lopez-Resendez
- Current role
- Chief of staff to state Rep. Donna Howard (per campaign)
- Background
- First-generation college graduate (per campaign)
- Former bilingual educator (per campaign)
- Daughter of immigrants (per campaign)
- Austin resident (per campaign)
- Experience
- Helped pass legislation expanding access to advanced math courses (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Schools: "fully fund public schools, increase and index the Basic Allotment to inflation"
- Health care: "expand access to affordable, comprehensive health care, protect reproductive freedom"
- Housing: "smart housing solutions that prioritize affordability for essential workers"
- Energy: "a stronger grid, investments in energy resilience"
- Higher education: "reestablish an in-state tuition program for first generation and dreamer students"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "Health care decisions belong to patients and doctors, not politicians or insurance companies." She says she will "protect reproductive freedom"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: says she "fought to defend the Texas Dream Act" and will work to "reestablish an in-state tuition program for first generation and dreamer students"
- Guns: Campaign site: "Samantha helped secure funding for firearm safety education in K-12 schools"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: will fight to "fully fund public schools, increase and index the Basic Allotment to inflation"
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Austin Central Labor Council
- The Austin Chronicle (listed by campaign)
- Pflugerville Area Democrats (listed by campaign)
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- Hon. Ben Barnes (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Donna Howard (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Sheryl Cole (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Erin Zwiener (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Linda Garcia (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Josey Garcia (listed by campaign)
- Sen. Roland Gutierrez (listed by campaign)
- Rep. Vince Perez (listed by campaign)
- Judge Charlie Baird (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Eddie Lucio III (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Charlie Torres (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Nan McRaven (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Heather Sheffield (listed by campaign)
- Diego Bernal, Vice Chair of the House Public Education Committee (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- samanthafortexas.com
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