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Anna Eastman
Anna Eastman is an American politician. She represented the 148th district in the Texas House of Representatives for under a year from February 2020 to January 2021. On July 14, 2020, Eastman was defeated in her re-election attempt by Penny Morales Shaw. Political career In 2009, Eastman ran for the District I seat on the Houston Independent School District board. With 41.73% of the vote, she advanced to the December 12 runoff election, which she narrowly won with 50.98% of the vote. She ran for re-election to the school board in 2013, and won with 77.41% of the vote. In 2019, Eastman ran in a special general election to finish Jessica Farrar, Jessica Farrar's term as the District 148 representative in the Texas House of Representatives, after Farrar announced her retirement. Eastman got 20.6% of the vote, which was the most of any of the six candidates, and advanced to a runoff against Republican Party (United States), Republican Luis LaRotta. The runoff was held on January 28, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Farrar
Jessica Christina Farrar (born November 26, 1966) is an American politician and a former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was first elected to the legislature in 1994 at the age of twenty-seven and was the longest serving Hispanic member of the House from Harris County, Texas, Harris County, Texas. She served as the representative for House District 148. She resigned her House seat effective September 30, 2019. Farrar served as the vice-chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and was a member on the House Committee on State Affairs. In addition, Representative Farrar served as the chairwoman of the Texas House Women's Health Caucus. During the 82nd Legislative session, she served as the head of the Texas House Democratic Caucus. Early life and education Reared in Houston, Texas, Houston, Farrar graduated in 1984 from Lamar High School (Houston, Texas), Lamar High School. She received a Bache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |