Anna Eastman | |
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Member of the TexasHouseofRepresentatives from the 148th district | |
In office February 11, 2020 [1] –January 12, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jessica Farrar |
Succeeded by | Penny Morales Shaw |
Trustee,District I Houston Independent School District | |
In office 2010–2018 [2] | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Brad [1] |
Children | Ely Eastman Abigail Eastman Helen Eastman |
Alma mater | University of Texas Austin (BFA) Our Lady of the Lake University (MSW) [2] |
Anna Eastman is an American politician. She represented the 148th district in the Texas House of Representatives for under a year from February 2020 to January 2021. On July 14,2020,Eastman was defeated in her re-election attempt by Penny Morales Shaw.
In 2009,Eastman ran for the District I seat on the Houston Independent School District board. With 41.73% of the vote, [3] she advanced to the December 12 runoff election,which she narrowly won with 50.98% of the vote. [4] She ran for re-election to the school board in 2013,and won with 77.41% of the vote. [5] [2]
In 2019,Eastman ran in a special general election [1] to finish Jessica Farrar's term as the District 148 representative in the Texas House of Representatives,after Farrar announced her retirement. [6] Eastman got 20.6% of the vote,which was the most of any of the six candidates,and advanced to a runoff against Republican Luis LaRotta. The runoff was held on January 28,2020,and Eastman won with 65.5% of the vote. [1]
Eastman was a candidate for election to a full term in the District 148 seat. She faced off against former congressional advocate and attorney,Penny Morales Shaw. Both candidates had advanced to a runoff election for the Democratic nomination on July 14,2020. [1]
Eastman sat on the House committees: [7]
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