Philip Cortez

Philip Adam Cortez (born July 7, 1978) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012, he was a member of the nominally nonpartisan San Antonio City Council, on which he was a firm ally of then Mayor Julian Castro.

Cortez is a captain in the Air Force Reserve, having originally joined the Air Force as an enlisted airman.^[1]

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Cortez unseated the freshman Republican John Garza. In his first term, Cortez was named the top Democratic freshman by Capitol Inside.^[2]

In the November 4, 2014 general election, Cortez was narrowly unseated by the Republican Rick Galindo, who won his party primary on March 4 with 2,372 votes (64.6 percent). Galindo thwarted the primary comeback bid waged by former Representative John Garza, who trailed with 1,300 votes (35.4 percent) of the ballots cast.^[3] In the November 4 general election, Galindo defeated Cortez, 12,835 votes (52.7 percent) to 11,521 (47.3 percent).^[4]

Cortez returned in 2016 to unseat Galindo, who polled 27,783 votes (48.6 percent) in the general election to Cortez's 29,319 (51.3 percent). Cortez won again in the general election held on November 6, 2018, when he handily defeated the conservative Republican candidate, Michael Berlanga, 32,779 (57.4 percent) to 24,352 (42.6 percent).^[5] Berlanga (born December 16, 1959) is a certified public accountant in San Antonio who formerly ran for Bexar County tax assessor-collector but lost to Democrat Albert Uresti.

Prior to the Texas House of Representatives, Philip Cortez was San Antonio City Councilman for District 4. In 2007, he won with over 70% of the vote and was re-elected in 2009 with over 78% of the vote.

Cortez's younger brother, Joseph Cortez (born 1983), was a candidate for the District 6 seat on the San Antonio City Council in the municipal election held on May 6, 2017. Joseph Cortez sought to succeed the term-limited Ray Lopez, for whom he was the policy and communications advisor during the preceding three years.^[6]

On July 27, 2021, an arrest warrant was issued for Cortez for fleeing Texas to DC in an attempt to block quorum during special session.^[7]

References

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Members of the Texas House of Representatives

88th Texas Legislature (2023)

Speaker of the House

Dade Phelan (R)

Speaker pro tempore

Charlie Geren (R)

1. ▌Gary VanDeaver (R)
2. ▌Jill Dutton (R)
3. ▌Cecil Bell Jr. (R)
4. ▌Keith Bell (R)
5. ▌Cole Hefner (R)
6. ▌Matt Schaefer (R)
7. ▌Jay Dean (R)
8. ▌Cody Harris (R)
9. ▌Trent Ashby (R)
10. ▌Brian Harrison (R)
11. ▌Travis Clardy (R)
12. ▌Kyle Kacal (R)
13. ▌Angelia Orr (R)
14. ▌John N. Raney (R)
15. ▌Steve Toth (R)
16. ▌Will Metcalf (R)
17. ▌Stan Gerdes (R)
18. ▌Ernest Bailes (R)
19. ▌Ellen Troxclair (R)
20. ▌Terry Wilson (R)
21. ▌Dade Phelan (R)
22. ▌Christian Manuel (D)
23. ▌Terri Leo-Wilson (R)
24. ▌Greg Bonnen (R)
25. ▌Cody Vasut (R)
26. ▌Jacey Jetton (R)
27. ▌Ron Reynolds (D)
28. ▌Gary Gates (R)
29. ▌Ed Thompson (R)
30. ▌Geanie Morrison (R)
31. ▌Ryan Guillen (R)
32. ▌Todd Ames Hunter (R)
33. ▌Justin Holland (R)
34. ▌Abel Herrero (D)
35. ▌Oscar Longoria (D)
36. ▌Sergio Muñoz Jr. (D)
37. ▌Janie Lopez (R)
38. ▌Erin Gamez (D)
39. ▌Armando Martinez (D)
40. ▌Terry Canales (D)
41. ▌Robert Guerra (D)
42. ▌Richard Raymond (D)
43. ▌J. M. Lozano (R)
44. ▌John Kuempel (R)
45. ▌Erin Zwiener (D)
46. ▌Sheryl Cole (D)
47. ▌Vikki Goodwin (D)
48. ▌Donna Howard (D)
49. ▌Gina Hinojosa (D)
50. ▌James Talarico (D)
51. ▌Lulu Flores (D)
52. ▌Caroline Harris (R)
53. ▌Andrew Murr (R)
54. ▌Brad Buckley (R)
55. ▌Hugh Shine (R)
56. ▌Charles Anderson (R)
57. ▌Richard Hayes (R)
58. ▌DeWayne Burns (R)
59. ▌Shelby Slawson (R)
60. ▌Glenn Rogers (R)
61. ▌Frederick Frazier (R)
62. ▌Reggie Smith (R)
63. ▌Ben Bumgarner (R)
64. ▌Lynn Stucky (R)
65. ▌Kronda Thimesch (R)
66. ▌Matt Shaheen (R)
67. ▌Jeff Leach (R)
68. ▌David Spiller (R)
69. ▌James Frank (R)
70. ▌Mihaela Plesa (D)
71. ▌Stan Lambert (R)
72. ▌Drew Darby (R)
73. ▌Carrie Isaac (R)
74. ▌Eddie Morales (D)
75. ▌Mary González (D)
76. ▌Suleman Lalani (D)
77. ▌Evelina Ortega (D)
78. ▌Joe Moody (D)
79. ▌Claudia Ordaz (D)
80. ▌Tracy King (D)
81. ▌Brooks Landgraf (R)
82. ▌Tom Craddick (R)
83. ▌Dustin Burrows (R)
84. ▌Carl Tepper (R)
85. ▌Stan Kitzman (R)
86. ▌John T. Smithee (R)
87. ▌Four Price (R)
88. ▌Ken King (R)
89. ▌Candy Noble (R)
90. ▌Ramon Romero Jr. (D)
91. ▌Stephanie Klick (R)
92. ▌Salman Bhojani (D)
93. ▌Nate Schatzline (R)
94. ▌Tony Tinderholt (R)
95. ▌Nicole Collier (D)
96. ▌David Cook (R)
97. ▌Craig Goldman (R)
98. ▌Giovanni Capriglione (R)
99. ▌Charlie Geren (R)
100. ▌Venton Jones (D)
101. ▌Chris Turner (D)
102. ▌Ana-Maria Ramos (D)
103. ▌Rafael Anchía (D)
104. ▌Jessica González (D)
105. ▌Terry Meza (D)
106. ▌Jared Patterson (R)
107. ▌Victoria Neave (D)
108. ▌Morgan Meyer (R)
109. ▌Carl O. Sherman (D)
110. ▌Toni Rose (D)
111. ▌Yvonne Davis (D)
112. ▌Angie Chen Button (R)
113. ▌Rhetta Bowers (D)
114. ▌John Bryant (D)
115. ▌Julie Johnson (D)
116. ▌Trey Martinez Fischer (D)
117. ▌Philip Cortez (D)
118. ▌John Lujan (R)
119. ▌Elizabeth Campos (D)
120. ▌Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D)
121. ▌Steve Allison (R)
122. ▌Mark Dorazio (R)
123. ▌Diego Bernal (D)
124. ▌Josey Garcia (D)
125. ▌Ray Lopez (D)
126. ▌Sam Harless (R)
127. ▌Charles Cunningham (R)
128. ▌Briscoe Cain (R)
129. ▌Dennis Paul (R)
130. ▌Tom Oliverson (R)
131. ▌Alma Allen (D)
132. ▌Mike Schofield (R)
133. ▌Mano DeAyala (R)
134. ▌Ann Johnson (D)
135. ▌Jon Rosenthal (D)
136. ▌John Bucy III (D)
137. ▌Gene Wu (D)
138. ▌Lacey Hull (R)
139. ▌Jarvis Johnson (D)
140. ▌Armando Walle (D)
141. ▌Senfronia Thompson (D)
142. ▌Harold Dutton Jr. (D)
143. ▌Ana Hernandez (D)
144. ▌Mary Ann Perez (D)
145. ▌Christina Morales (D)
146. ▌Shawn Thierry (D)
147. ▌Jolanda Jones (D)
148. ▌Penny Morales Shaw (D)
149. ▌Hubert Vo (D)
150. ▌Valoree Swanson (R)

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