Carol Alvarado

Alvarado held a Texas House position from 2009-2018 and has had a Texan Senate position from 2018 - present. She served 5 terms representing District 145 in the Texas House of Representatives in which she was the Chair of the Urban Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations. Committee positions: Texas Ports, Select — Vice-Chair Intergovernmental Relations Nominations Transportation Water & Rural Affairs Her main legislative focuses have been economic development, public health/public education, criminal justice reform, the regulation of e-cigarettes for minors, sexual abuse, and reproductive rights. She holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Houston. She is Catholic and makes sure to include she is a "long time resident of Houston's East End" on her government webpage. Her district (6) is primarily Hispanic (73.8%) and only 12.4% White. It is 85.3% Black/Hispanic.