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Claudia Ordaz
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 79th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2023
Preceded by	Art Fierro
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 76th district
In office January 12, 2021 – January 10, 2023
Preceded by	Cesar Blanco
Succeeded by	Suleman Lalani
Personal details
Born	Claudia Ordaz (1986-01-13) January 13, 1986 (age 38) El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence(s)	El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas at El Paso (BA)
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Claudia Ordaz (born January 13, 1986) is an American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, she currently serves in the Texas House of Representatives for the 79th District of El Paso’s northeast and eastside, which includes the El Paso International Airport and Fort Bliss, the country’s largest installation in the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM).

Early life, education, and career

Ordaz is a graduate of local public schools. She graduated from Montwood High School. She then went on an attended the University of Texas at El Paso, where she received a BA in Political Science in 2008. Since then she served as the El Paso council member for District 6 of the city and was Mayor pro tempore at one point. She left the city council upon her election to the state legislature. She also was a press secretary for the United States House of Representatives in the 112th United States Congress and communications director for the Texas Senate. She also attended the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Claudia's former husband Vincent Perez was an El Paso County commissioner from 2012 to 2020.

Elections

Ordaz was elected for city council of El Paso in 2014 in a special election for District 6, becoming the youngest elected official in the city of El Paso and resulting in the first-ever majority by female representatives on Council. She was re-elected in 2015 and 2018 with over 72 percent of the vote. Claudia announced in October 2019 to run for the Texas House of Representatives District 76th seat, that was being held by Cesar Blanco at the time. Representative Blanco announced he would run for the 29th District in the Texas Senate. By announcing her run, she resigned her council seat. Claudia ran unopposed in the November 2020 election and defeated Elisa Tamayo earlier in the year in the primaries.

Political positions

Education

Ordaz is in favor of increasing funding for public schools, as well as long-term equitable funding. She believes that the state short-changed the local schools of El Paso and crippled the education system.

Health care

Ordaz supports expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income uninsured adults. She states that 1 in 3 adults in the city of El Paso are uninsured and hopes that expanding Medicaid would reduce the cost for tax payers in the long run by paying for uncompensated care.

Parental Leave

Ordaz is in favor of parents spending time at home during the first months of parenting, as well as taking care of the elderly. She passed Parental Leave legislation that provides family leave benefits for state employees, which allows employees to donate unused sick leave to parents at no cost to taxpayers. Ordaz was recognized with the "Legislative Star" award for her legislation.

References

1. "Claudia Ordaz' Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
2. Representatives, Texas House of. "Texas House of Representatives". www.house.texas.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
3. ^ "Questionnaire: Claudia Ordaz, Democratic candidate for State Representative, District 76n". El Paso Times. February 18, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
4. ^ "Mission Valley city Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez announces candidacy for Texas House". El Paso Times. October 23, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
5. "Incumbent Vince Perez loses Democratic County Commissioners runoff to Iliana Holguin". KTSM.com. July 15, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
6. ^ "7 New Candidates and Endorsement News for October 23". txelects.com. October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
7. Candelaria, Adriana (March 3, 2020). "Claudia Ordaz Perez wins Texas Rep. Dist. 76 seat". KDBC-TV. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
8. "Ordaz-Perez to represent El Paso in Austin". KTSM.com. March 3, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

External links

• Campaign website Archived October 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• State legislative page

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