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Ted Cruz (R)

U. S. Senator - Texas

Ted grew up in Texas. His father, Rafael, fled Cuba after being tortured and imprisoned and came to Texas with just $100 sewn into his underwear. Rafael got a job washing dishes making 50 cents an hour and learned English. He worked hard and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a degree in mathematics. He later started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Rafael is a pastor in Dallas.

John Wiley Price (D)

Dallas County Commissioner - District 3

John Wiley Price is a respected leader who applies the discipline of management and stewardship to every aspect of his personal and professional life. He is a motivator and a liberator for all the people. But to his constituents in District 3 and throughout Dallas County he is still known simply as, "Our Man Downtown."

Carl Sherman, Sr. (D)

Texas Representative - District 109

Carl O. Sherman, Sr., a husband, father, businessman and civic leader, served two-terms as the Mayor of the All-America City of DeSoto, Texas. A man of strong religious faith, Sherman presently serves as a bi-vocational minister in the role of Senior Pastor for the Church of Christ in Hutchins, Texas. Sherman’s contributions to municipal governance began in 2003, when he chaired a successful $32 million dollar general obligation bond in the City of DeSoto. Sherman was later elected to the city council in 2006, serving as mayor pro tem in 2008 and 2009. In May 2010, he was elected as the first African American Mayor of DeSoto, and was re-elected in 2013.

Jasmine Crockett (D)

U S Representative - 30th Congregional District, Texas

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has purposefully made every decision with one goal in mind: protecting the civil liberties of those in underrepresented communities. As a public defender, civil rights attorney, State Representative, and United States Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett dedicates her life to public service, with the goal of serving justice and ensuring equality for all.

Yvonne Davis (D)

Texas Representative - District 111

State Rep. Yvonne Davis has a reputation among her colleagues at the state Capitol as an outspoken legislator whose priorities are focused on the Democratic Party agenda statewide.

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