Evelina "Lina" Ortega is an American politician. She 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 abo ...
, representing the 77th District. She won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10, 2017. In 2020, she was reelected after running uncontested.
References
External links
Campaign websiteState legislative pageEvelina Ortega at the Texas Tribune
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas
Hispanic and Latino American women in politics
University of Texas at El Paso alumni
University of Texas School of Law alumni
Women state legislators in Texas
21st-century American women politicians
1955 births
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