State of Texas
State Representative, District 47
Pooja Sethi
Democratic- On ballot as
- Pooja Sethi
- Current role
- Chief of staff to state Rep. Vikki Goodwin (per campaign)
- Background
- B.A., George Washington University
- J.D., Syracuse University
- Attorney
- Worked as an immigration attorney with Catholic Charities (per campaign)
- Lives in House District 47 (per campaign)
- Experience
- Former chair, Travis County Democratic Party
- Nearly four years of experience working in the Texas Legislature (per campaign)
- Past president, Indian American Coalition of Central Texas (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "Fully fund public education"
- "Family-first neighborhood safety"
- "Your right to timely healthcare"
- "Tackling the climate crisis"
- "Defend our democracy & local control"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "Protect reproductive rights, including IVF, abortion, and contraception"
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: Campaign site: "Pass commonsense gun safety laws: universal background checks, safe storage, and red flag laws"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: says the Legislature passed "a private school voucher scheme that drains funding from public classrooms"
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC)
- Austin Central Labor Council
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- Austin American-Statesman Editorial Board (primary)
- AFSCME Local 1624 (primary)
- The Austin Chronicle (listed by campaign)
- Annie's List (listed by campaign)
- Asian American Democrats of Texas (listed by campaign)
- Asian Democrats of Central Texas (listed by campaign)
- Austin Board of REALTORS (listed by campaign)
- Austin Community College Student Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Austin EMS Association (listed by campaign)
- Austin Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Black Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Central Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Capital Area Progressive Democrats (listed by campaign)
- CWA Local 6132 (listed by campaign)
- Texas State Employees Union (CWA-TSEU) (listed by campaign)
- EyePAC (Texas Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons) (listed by campaign)
- Her Bold Move (listed by campaign)
- Ironworkers Local 482 (listed by campaign)
- Liberal Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 286 (listed by campaign)
- NxNW Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Southwest Laborers' District Council (LiUNA) (listed by campaign)
- South Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Stonewall Democrats of Austin (listed by campaign)
- Tejano Democrats Austin (listed by campaign)
- Texas Progressive Caucus (listed by campaign)
- United Workers of Integral Care (listed by campaign)
- University Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Congressman Lloyd Doggett (listed by campaign)
- Congressman Greg Casar (listed by campaign)
- Texas Senator Sarah Eckhardt (listed by campaign)
- Mayor Kirk Watson (listed by campaign)
- Representative Vikki Goodwin (listed by campaign)
- Representative John Bryant (listed by campaign)
- Representative John Bucy (listed by campaign)
- Representative Sheryl Cole (listed by campaign)
- Representative Josey Garcia (listed by campaign)
- Representative Gina Hinojosa (listed by campaign)
- Representative Donna Howard (listed by campaign)
- Representative Lulu Flores (listed by campaign)
- Representative Christian Manuel (listed by campaign)
- Representative James Talarico (listed by campaign)
- Representative Chris Turner (listed by campaign)
- Representative Gene Wu (listed by campaign)
- Representative Eddie Rodriguez (listed by campaign)
- County Attorney Delia Garza (listed by campaign)
- Constable George Morales (listed by campaign)
- Constable Stacey Suits (listed by campaign)
- Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Ryan Alter (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Marc Duchen (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Paige Ellis (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Krista Laine (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Rudy Metayer (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Zohaib Qadri (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Mike Siegel (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Chito Vela (listed by campaign)
- Council Member Jose Velasquez (listed by campaign)
- Commissioner Ann Howard (listed by campaign)
- Commissioner Brigid Shea (listed by campaign)
- Commissioner Jeff Travillion (listed by campaign)
- Fmr. Land Commissioner Garry Mauro (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Lynn Boswell (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Gloria Dholakia (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Tiffany Harrison (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Sean Hassan (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Julie Ann Nitch (listed by campaign)
- Trustee LaRessa Quintana (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Arati Singh (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Anna Smith (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Fernando Lucas de Urioste (listed by campaign)
- Trustee Michael Wei (listed by campaign)
- Fmr. Trustee John Havenstrite (listed by campaign)
- Fmr. Trustee Paul Saldaña (listed by campaign)
- Tax Assessor Celia Israel (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Wendy Davis (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Cecelia Burke (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Bruce Elfant (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Daniel Wang (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Katie Naranjo (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- poojafortexas.com
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