{{short description|Democratic Texas legislature}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = InaMinjarez.png | image_size = 160px | name = Ina Minjarez | state_house = Texas | district = 124th | term_start = April 30, 2015 | term_end = January 10, 2023 | predecessor = Jose Menendez | successor = Josey Garcia | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|27}} | birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | party = Democratic | alma_mater = University of Notre Dame <br> St. Mary's University | occupation = Lawyer | spouse = Leo Gomez | children = | signature = Ina Minjarez Signature.png | website = }}
'''Ina Marie Minjarez''' (born March 27, 1975) is a lawyer and a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 124 in San Antonio, Texas. She was sworn into office on April 30, 2015, after winning a special election on April 21.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ina Minjarez Sworn In as HD124 Representative|url=http://www.twcnews.com/tx/san-antonio/politics/2015/04/30/ina-minjarez-sworn-in-as-hd124-representative.html|access-date=6 January 2017|publisher=Time Warner Cable News|date=April 30, 2015}}</ref> She served as Assistant District Attorney for Bexar County from 2000 through 2006.
Minjarez handily won election to her second full term in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 31,674 votes (67.6 percent), she topped her conservative Republican challenger, Johnny S. Arredondo, who finished with 15,151 votes (32.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=36164&id=95|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070656/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=36164&id=95|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arredondo formerly ran unsuccessfully for the San Antonio City Council. He carried the support of Governor Greg Abbott in the race against Minjarez.
==Sponsored legislation== In 2016, Minjarez sponsored "David's Law", legislation aimed at preventing cyberbullying.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arias|first1=Pilar|title='David's Law' to be filed in Texas Legislature Monday|url=http://www.ksat.com/news/davids-law-to-be-filed-in-texas-legislature-monday|access-date=6 January 2017|publisher=KSAT|date=November 13, 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=124 Legislative page] * [https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ina-minjarez/ Ina Minjarez at the Texas Tribune]
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