In San Antonio, Kristian Carranza is seeking to oust Rep. John Lujan in one of the most competitive races for Texas Legislature.
For Kristian Carranza , the issue of health care access is personal. Carranza was a few credits away from graduating Texas A& M University - Corpus Christi in 2013, when her mother Mary Jane became gravely ill. She’d recently lost her job, and without health insurance, she struggled to keep up with the medical bills. So Carranza left college, moved home to San Antonio and got a job waiting tables to help out. The story is central in her bid to oust state Rep.
Texas Dems think they can flip a San Antonio state House seat by campaigning against school vouchers “That experience changed me, and drove me to help other families as well,” Carranza said in her first television ad. Carranza’s campaign is focused on expanding health care access, including pressing for the state to remove its ban on abortions and to expand Medicaid to insure more low-income adults, which would primarily be funded by federal dollars but require some state investment.
In new campaign ad, Rep. John Lujan describes fighting off a home invader who cut his son's neck In a statement, Lujan’s campaign spokesperson said it’s admirable Carranza quit school to help her mom but pointed out she’s now unemployed. “Our Legislature is designed for self-sufficient members not susceptible or prone to being taken advantage of,” said campaign spokesperson Leticia Cantu. “We’ve all made sacrifices for our family, but those sacrifices shouldn’t be the burden of voters.
A Texas House candidate uses her mother's Hispanic surname. Republicans say it's political. When Carranza was in high school, she said her grandmother developed an infection. Without health insurance, she couldn’t afford to visit the doctor until the end of the week when she received her paycheck. Before she could make it, Espinoza fell into a diabetic coma in their home. Carranza was the one who found her in the family’s home and frantically dialed 911.
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