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Aaron Peña, Jr. (born June 8, 1959), is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives. He served in House District 40 (in Hidalgo County) in Deep South Texas. Representative Peña was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat in November 2002. He was sworn into his first term on January 14, 2003. Upon retirement, he had served five terms in office. Representative Peña is a board certified attorney in Labor and Employment Law. He is married to the former Monica Solis and is the father of five children. On December 14, 2010, Representative Peña announced that he was joining the Republican Party for the 82nd Legislative Session, which convened on January 11, 2011. Later that year, Representative Peña announced his plans to run for re-election in a new district created after the redistricting process despite it moving him to an entirely new voter base.〔(State Rep. Peña responds to redistricting-driven criticism - The Monitor: Local News )〕 Those plans changed after a court-ordered redistricting plan moved him into a neighboring heavily Democratic district. On November 25, 2011, Rep. Aaron Peña announced that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term in office. He issued a letter that was published in the local newspaper, The Monitor,〔(Aaron Peña to retire, says court-drawn map makes his district unwinnable - The Monitor: Home )〕 that explained that his decision. His 10-year tenure with the Texas House of Representatives ended on January 8, 2013. ==Early life and career== Lionel Aron Peña, Jr., was born in Austin, Texas, to Lionel Aron Peña and Sylvia Alamia. The Peña and Alamia families originated from the Elsa and Edinburg communities, respectively. His parents had moved to Austin so that his father could attend the University of Texas Law School. While his father attended law school, Peña's mother worked at the Capitol as a secretary to help support the family. Peña spent the first few years of his life in a home on the banks of Waller Creek two blocks from the Capitol. After two years in Austin, the family moved to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas and settled in the city of Edinburg. "Little A" is the nickname given to Aaron as a young child. Peña was raised in Edinburg and graduated from Edinburg High School in 1977. Thereafter, Peña attended Pan American University before heading back to Austin where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Texas in May 1984. Like his father before him, Peña studied to be a lawyer, receiving his Juris Doctor in May 1987 from Texas Southern University School of Law in Houston. Peña immediately returned to Edinburg to raise his family and to practice law. In May 1988, he was licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas. In December 1995, Peña became board certified by the State Bar of Texas in the area of Labor and Employment Law. Peña served on the State Bar of Texas's governing board for Labor and Employment attorneys. After seventeen years of working almost exclusively as a plaintiff's lawyer, Peña began work exclusively as a civil defense lawyer in April 2005 . He has earned the distinction of being named by Texas Monthly as a "Super Lawyer" as both a defense and plaintiff's lawyer. On May 31, 2009, as Representative Peña was about to turn 50 years of age, he was commissioned a Major in the Texas State Guard. The Texas State Guard is one of three branches of the Texas military forces. Major General Chris Powers administered the oath for the commission directed by Governor Rick Perry and the Adjutant General. The Representative serves as a Staff Judge Advocate serving in the Command Headquarters in Austin. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Capitol on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives. Speaker Joe Straus and Brigadier General, Raymond Peters joined family members on the rostrum during the ceremony. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Peña」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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