Will Gina Ortiz-Jones become the first Filipina American in Congress?
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NEW YORK -- A Filipina American is running for a Congressional seat to represent the 23rd district in Texas in November. Gina Ortiz Jones, 37, who won the Democratic primary runoff, is a former Army intelligence officer who served in Iraq. ShWill Gina Ortiz-Jones become the first Filipina American in Congress?
NEW YORK -- A Filipina American is running for a Congressional seat to represent the 23rd district in Texas in November. Gina Ortiz Jones, 37, who won the Democratic primary runoff, is a former Army intelligence officer who served in Iraq. She and her sister were raised by Victorina Ortiz, a single mother who graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman and immigrated to the San Antonio area in the late 1970s as a domestic helper. While serving in the military, Ortiz-Jones kept her sexual orientation to herself because of the «Don't Ask Don't Tell» policy. Checking off the boxes in her life, Jones is a woman, a Democrat, an Asian American, a veteran, an...Keep on reading: Will Gina Ortiz-Jones become the first Filipina American in Congress? Read more