Jess Herbst

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jess Herbst
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1958(1958-10-14)
Age	66
Birthplace	Greenville
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Jess Herbst Biography

Jess Herbst is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 14, 1958 in Greenville, United States. Jess Helene Herbst (born October 14th in 1958) is an American politician and activist for transgender rights who was the city mayor in New Hope, Texas, between May 2016 and May 2018. Herbst was the first transgender mayor openly of Texas in 2016 after the mayor was suffering from an heart attack and passed away shortly before the election, however, she still won and the town was left without any mayor. Herbst was the Mayor pro-tem, was later elected to the post.

In January of 2017, Herbst criticized Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick for supporting the controversial “bathroom bill”, which will oblige Texas residents to make use of bathrooms according to the sex code on the birth certificate. Herbst posted “Mr. Patrick: Let me get this straight, are you saying that right now, without your bill being passed, anyone can assault someone in the bathroom without breaking the law? That’s some kind of weird screwed-up loophole if so.”

Residents in the tiny town of New Hope voted out Mayor Jess Herbst on Saturday, May 5, 2018, preventing her from becoming the first openly transgender elected official in Texas. Herbst lost to Angel Hamm, the widow of the former mayor. Melissa Brown finished second in the race.

In July 2017, at an estimated cost of $1 million for Texas taxpayers, a special session met. Herbst was a prominent part of One Texas Resistance, a large coalition of human rights organisations and grass-root activists. One Texas Resistance organized protests every day during the session, protesting against anti-immigration laws, anti-adoption legislation pro-LGBTQ, anti abortion, anti LGBTQ and other bills that violate the rights of human beings.

Jess Herbst Net Worth

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

Herbst was a student at East Texas State University. While watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Herbst was introduced to Debbie Gray, who would later become her wife. Their first child came into the world in 1989 and a second child was born 18 months afterward.

Herbst recalls being attracted by women’s clothing from the age of three. In the year 2015, Herbst began hormone replacement therapy. In September, Herbst began living full-time as woman. In February of 2017, Caitlyn Jenner, herself transgender, made comments on the transition of Herbst. In a letter to Fortune, Jenner stated “Everyone’s journey is unique and different. I’m so happy for her.”

Herbst has lived in New Hope, Texas, since 1999. She previously served as alderman, road commissioner and mayor pro-tem. Herbst became mayor of the town, which has an aldermanic form of government, in May 2016 after the previous mayor died while seeking reelection. In an open letter to the town residents, Herbst came out as transgender on January 23, 2017. Herbst states the reaction to her coming out has been “overwhelmingly positive.”

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Jess Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jess Herbst celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.