Filemon Vela junior

Filemon Vela (2013)

Filemon Bartolome Vela Jr. (born February 13, 1963 in Harlingen , Texas ) is an American politician . He has represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives since 2013 .

Career

Filemon Vela attended St. Joseph's Academy in Brownsville and then studied at Georgetown University in Washington, DC After a subsequent law degree at the University of Texas at Austin and his admission to the bar in 1987, he began to work in this profession. He also embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 2012 congressional elections , Vela was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the newly established 34th  constituency of Texas, where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 2013. In the election he received 62 percent of the vote. His opponent Jessica Bradshaw accounted for 36 percent. Since he was re-elected in all subsequent elections, he can continue to exercise his mandate today. Its latest legislative term runs until January 3, 2021.

swell

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Web presence at the congress
• Filemon Vela junior in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)