Claudia Ordaz

Claudia Ordaz represents Texas’s House District 79 in El Paso’s northeast and eastside, which includes the El Paso International Airport and Fort Bliss, the country’s largest installation in the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). She was first elected to the Texas House in 2020. During her first legislative session she was successful in passing legislation that secured over $500 million to help small businesses for COVID relief. During her second session, she passed the only bill expanding access to prescription contraception, which is of the utmost importance in this post-Roe world. She also passed legislation that will boost support for local businesses, expand economic development incentives to bring jobs to Texas, and improve our workforce programs in El Paso. She is the former Mayor Pro Tempore and City Councilwoman for the City of El Paso, where she was a fierce advocate for working parents and family caregivers. She was successful in creating local policies impacting living wages for workers, local park enhancements for children, funding for new infrastructure for municipal police and fire departments, local animal shelter improvements, and promoting investment opportunities to expand job growth in the Borderplex region. Claudia is a proud graduate of local public schools and the University of Texas at El Paso, where she served as President of the University Democrats.