Jon Eric Rosenthal (born August 17, 1963) is an American engineer and politician. He is a Democrat 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 ...
, representing the
135th District including Northwest Houston, Cypress, and Jersey Village.
Rosenthal was sworn into the Texas House on January 8, 2019, after winning the November 2018 general election. He defeated 12-term incumbent Republican
Gary Elkins.
As a freshman member of the 86th Legislative Session, Rosenthal was appointed to the House Committee on County Affairs and the House Committee on Energy Resources. Rosenthal was honored as the Freshman of the Year by the Texas Legislative Study Group.
Prior to his election to the House of Representatives, Rosenthal founded an
Indivisible movement
Indivisible is a progressive movement and organization in the United States initiated in 2016 as a reaction to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. The movement began with the online publication of a handbook writte ...
group in Texas Congressional District 7. He has worked for over 25 years as a Project Manager, Engineering Manager, and Subsea Systems Engineer in and around the oil and gas industry.
References
External links
State legislative page
Texas Tribune page
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Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Politicians from Houston
Engineers from Texas
Cockrell School of Engineering alumni
1963 births