Armando Martinez (born January 6, 1976) is a Democratic member of the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...
from
District 39
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, serving since 2005. Martinez is also a firefighter and paramedic. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Texas-Pan American
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in
Edinburg, Texas
Edinburg ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Its population was 74,569 as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, and in 2019, its estimated population was 101,170, making it the second-largest city ...
.
On January 1, 2017, Martinez was seriously wounded in the head by a stray bullet during a New Year's celebration, a case of
celebratory gunfire
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Common occasions for celebratory ...
.
References
External links
Legislative page
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Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
21st-century American firefighters
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas
1976 births
Living people
People from Weslaco, Texas
University of Texas–Pan American alumni
21st-century American legislators
21st-century Texas politicians