Erin Alisa Zwiener was born on September 22,1985 and is an American author and politician who is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 45.
13 Facts About Erin Zwiener
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Erin Zwiener graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor's degree in forestry.
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Erin Zwiener moved to Driftwood, Texas, with her husband in 2016.
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When Erin Zwiener questioned Republican Jason Isaac, who represented her district in the Texas House of Representatives, about his support for Texas Senate Bill 4, which effectively banned sanctuary cities in Texas, over Facebook, Isaac accused her of "trolling" and blocked her.
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Erin Zwiener decided to run for his seat in the Texas House and declared her candidacy in March 2017 for the Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018 and received assistance from Run for Something.
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Erin Zwiener was pregnant during the campaign and gave birth in summer of 2018.
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Erin Zwiener finished in second place to Rebecca Bell-Metereau in the Democratic Party primary election, but advanced to a runoff election and won by less than 200 votes.
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Erin Zwiener went into labor at an anti-Donald Trump protest, and continued to campaign from the hospital before and after giving birth.
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Erin Zwiener won in the general election, receiving 51 percent of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Ken Strange, who polled 49 percent of the ballots cast.
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Erin Zwiener succeeded Isaac in the state House; Isaac did not seek reelection to the House but ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination in Texas's 21st congressional district.
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Erin Zwiener is bisexual and is one of the founding members of the first LGBTQ Caucus in the Texas Legislature.
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Erin Zwiener is one of the authors of HB 517 which would ban conversion therapy in Texas.
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Erin Zwiener founded the Texas Energy and Climate Caucus, a bipartisan coalition of 56 members defending renewable energy and bringing more innovative, low-carbon energy to Texas.