Alvarado announces candidacy for 'open' Congressional District 15
PHARR, Texas – A South Texas education leader, Dr. Eliza Alvarado has filed to run for Congressional District 15 – which will likely be an open seat at the next election.
Alvarado won praise for her education work for Region One Education Service Center at a recent groundbreaking ceremony for a new UT-Rio Grande Valley School of Nursing campus being built in Pharr. Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez praised Alvarado’s great leadership.
CD 15 will likely be an open seat at the next election because the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, has been drawn into the neighboring seat to the east, Congressional District 34. Gonzalez, D-McAllen, is expected to announce on Saturday that he is running for CD 34.
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Dr. Alvarado was born in Rio Grande City and grew up in Citrus Bay, a mobile home park in Pharr. She earned a Bachelor’s in Government from Texas Woman’s University, and a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Read more: https://riograndeguardian.com/alvarado-announces-candidacy-for-open-congressional-district-15/
Dr. Alvarado has also worked for the U.S. Congress and the Department of Labor. While the 15th congressional district was gerrymandered to favor Republicans, I doubt that the GOP will nominate a candidate that can match Alvarado's qualifications.