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Save the Date!
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Houston, TX
Thursday, November 19, 2009, Location: TBC 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
 Representative Jessica Farrar
Houston, Texas District 148
Jessica Farrar is currently in her 8th term as State Representative of District 148. She was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1994 at the age of 27, and she is the longest serving Hispanic from Houston in the Texas House of Representatives.
Rep. Farrar grew up in Houston and received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston in 1995. She is married to Major Marco Sanchez, and the two live in Houston's Lindale Park with their dog, Vecina.
She currently serves as Vice-Chair of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management as well as on the House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Past assignments have included the House Committees on State Affairs, Juvenile Justice and Family Issues, Corrections, County Affairs, Agriculture and Livestock, and Appropriations, of which she was a member from 1999-2001.
In addition, Rep. Farrar serves as Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, she is the founder and Vice-Chair of the Women's Health Caucus, and she is also the founder and Secretary of the House Environmental Caucus. She previously served as Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Secretary of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC), and Vice-Chair of the Legislative Study Group (LSG).
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