Gina Ortiz Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gina Ortiz Jones
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 1, 1981(1981-02-01)
Age	43
Birthplace	Arlington
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gina Ortiz Jones Biography

Gina Ortiz Jones is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 1, 1981 in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Born on the 1st of February, 1981 at Arlington, Virginia, Ortiz Jones was raised living in San Antonio, Texas, as an early-generation American girl of an unmarried mom, Victorina Ortiz, who was an Ilocano who was from Pangasinan, Philippines. Her mother immigrated into the U.S. and earned a teacher’s certificate.

Ortiz Jones then returned to being an intelligence analyst at United States Africa Command in Germany. In 2008 she was a part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she was a specialist in Latin American topics; ultimately she was appointed a special adviser to the director in charge. In November of 2016 she transferred in the direction of the Executive Office of the President to be a part of that of the United States Trade Representative. Prior to that, she worked under presidents from both parties, Ortiz Jones continued in her position in Trump’s presidency. Trump Administration until the end of June after which she resigned from her position in a statement to HuffPost, “The type of people that were brought in to be public servants were interested in neither the public nor the service … That, to me, was a sign that I’m going to have to serve in a different way.” Ortiz Jones returned in San Antonio to run for Congress and was living in the same house where she was raised.

Some journalists named Ortiz Jones as part of several “waves” of candidates from various backgrounds running as Democrats in 2018, including women, LGBT people, and military veterans. A March 2018 Teen Vogue article noted that if elected, Ortiz Jones would be “the first openly gay woman of color from Texas elected to Congress, as well as the first Iraq War veteran to represent Texas in Congress. She’d also be the first woman to represent Texas’s 23rd Congressional district.”

Ortiz Jones finished first in the March 6, 2018, Democratic primary, earning 41 percent of the vote in a field of five. Rick Treviño was second with 17.5 percent. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election was held on May 22, which Ortiz Jones won. She faced Hurd in the November 6 general election, in what was called the most competitive congressional race in the state. As of June 30, Ortiz Jones had raised $2.2 million while Hurd had raised $2.4 million in addition to the $1.5 million with which he entered the race. With four months remaining, Ortiz Jones was approaching the district’s record for election fundraising by a Democrat ($2.7 million).

Following her graduation from college, Ortiz Jones joined the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer, and was posted in Iraq in the Bush Administration. Following three years on active service and attaining an rank that was captain Ortiz Jones returned back to Texas in 2006 and began working at a consulting firm, as well as caring for her mother, who suffered from colon cancer (from which she later recovered).

Gina Ortiz Jones Net Worth

Gina Ortiz Jones is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gina Ortiz Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gina Ortiz Jones (born 1981) is a famous American politician and intelligence officer. Jones was in 2018 the Democratic candidate for Texas’ 23rd congressional district. However, she was defeated narrowly by incumbent Republican Will Hurd. In May of 2019 she announced a second campaign for the post and, in August 2019, Hurd announced that he will not run for a second term in 2020.

Ortiz Jones attended John Jay High School and was a member of Student Council. She was awarded the four-year Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship which allowed her to attend as a student at Boston University. In 2003 she earned an undergraduate qualification of East Asian studies and a master’s degree in economics. A lesbian who made the decision to come out to her mom at 15years old, Ortiz Jones served under the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. This meant that she was in danger of losing her AFROTC scholarship if sexual orientation was publicly disclosed.

In 2017, Ortiz Jones was the first Democrat to announce a challenge to Republican Representative Will Hurd in Texas’s predominantly Hispanic 23rd congressional district, which includes much of the border between Texas and Mexico. Hillary Clinton won the district by three points in the 2016 United States presidential election and neither party has controlled the congressional seat for more than two consecutive terms since 2007.

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Top Facts about Gina Ortiz Jones

1. Gina Ortiz Jones is a Filipino-American politician born in 1981.
2. She served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force.
3. Jones ran for Congress twice, losing by narrow margins both times.
4. She supports Medicare for All and comprehensive immigration reform.
5. Jones is openly gay and married to her partner, Erin Olszewski.
6. In 2020, she was appointed as executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force.
7. Jones has received endorsements from prominent Democrats like Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris.
8. She raised over $6 million during her 2020 campaign for Texas’ 23rd congressional district.
9. Jones advocates for increased funding for public education and expanding access to affordable healthcare.
10. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated from Boston University with a degree in economics and political science.