Jose Menendez

[Texas House of Representatives] Infobox Officeholder
name=Jose Antonio Menendez


office1=Texas State Representative District 124
term_start=January 09, 2000 - present
office2=City Councilman District 6
term_start2= 1997
term_end2= 1999
office3=Zoning Commissioner District 6
term_start4=1994
term_end4=1996
predecessor4=
successor4=
birth_date=birth date and age|1969|03|11
birth_place=San Juan, Texas
nationality = American
party=Democratic
spouse=Cehlia Newman-Menendez
children = Dominic Michael Newman-Menendez
Victoria Elise Newman-Menendez
Austin Maxwell Newman-Menendez
occupation=National Title Services/Stewart Title
alma_mater=Southern Methodist University
religion=Christianity (Catholic)


website= [http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist124/menendez.htm] |

Texas State Representative, District 124, Jose Menendez - born Jose Antonio Menendez (March 11, 1969) in San Juan, Texas.

Rep. Menendez has been a member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2000. Prior to his service in the State House, Rep. Menendez was City Councilman for District 6 in Bexar County.

Early life

Rep. Menendez graduated high school from Central Catholic High, in San Antonio, in 1987. He then went on to attend Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, where he received his Bachelor's in Business and Latin American Studies. He returned to San Antonio, where he took over his family business in 1991.

Political career

Jose Menendez was appointed to the San Antonio Zoning Commission for District 6 in 1993. After realizing that the sitting Councilman for District 6 was not doing the best job for San Antonio, Menendez was urged to run for the seat in 1996. After a heated campaign and race, Menendez was elected to the office of City Councilman for District 6 in 1997.

After serving as Councilman for one and a half terms, Menendez left his seat on Council and ran for State Representative for District 124 in 1999. Rep. Jose Menendez began serving his term in 2000, and continues to serve as the State Rep. today.Rep. Menendez constituency has grown from an original 158,000 persons, to over 230,000 in 2007.

Rep. Menendez is married to Cehlia Nicole Newman-Menendez and has three children; Dominic, Victoria, and Austin. He and his family reside in both San Antonio and Austin.

[Texas House of Representatives web site www.house.state.tx.us/members]

References

External links

* [http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist124/menendez.htm Official State Website]
* [http://theredstate.typepad.com/texas/2006/06/san_antonio_tom.html The Red State - article]
* [http://capitolcrowd.blogspot.com/2007/02/rep-menendez-juggling-more-than-most.html Article about Rep. Menendez and Cehlia Newman-Menendez]
* [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA020407_07B_menendez_1bfd1a6_html2377.html Express News article]
* [http://www.bexardemocrats.org/CandidatesBallotOrder.html Bexar County Election order]
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/07/legislature/4604978.html Chron.com Texas legislature]
* [http://www.yellowbot.com/representative-jose-menendez-san-antonio-tx.html Yellowbot.com Info]
* [http://www.nisd.net/community/electedofficials/?content=elemmp Bexar County Elected Officials Guide]
* [http://www.sabor.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=&PageID=1000529&ArticleID=40 Sabor San Antonio]
* [http://www.txdirectory.com/online/person/?id=17064 Texas State Directory]