Trey Martinez Fischer | |
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| Minority Leader of theTexas House of Representatives | |
| In office January 10, 2023 – January 14, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Turner |
| Succeeded by | Gene Wu |
| Member of theTexas House of Representatives from the116th district | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Diana Arevalo |
| In office January 9, 2001 – January 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Leo Alvarado |
| Succeeded by | Diana Arevalo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferdinand Frank Fischer III (1970-06-05)June 5, 1970 (age 54) San Antonio,Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Provencio |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, San Antonio (BA) Baruch College (MPA) University of Texas, Austin (JD) |
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| Nickname | TMF |
Ferdinand Frank Fischer III[1] (born June 6, 1970), better known asTrey Martinez Fischer, is an American politician. He is a member of theTexas House of Representatives, and has represented the116th district since 2019, having previously held the seat from 2001 to 2017. He is a member of theDemocratic Party.
He was named one of the "10 Best Legislators" byTexas Monthlymagazine in both 2013 and 2015,[2] who described him as a "soldier prepared to do battle but ready to make peace". TheHouston Chronicle and theSan Francisco Chronicle named him one of the "20 Latino political rising stars of 2012",[3] placing him among those under 55, "who just might change the face of American politics over the next two decades".
Martinez Fischer is the former chairman of theMexican American Legislative Caucus.[4]
Martinez Fischer was born and raised inSan Antonio,Texas. He graduated fromOliver Wendell Holmes High School. He received hisBachelor of Arts from theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, and in 1994 was selected to study as a National Urban Fellow. He is a graduate ofBaruch College of Public Affairs inNew York City, and theUniversity of Texas School of Law.
Martinez Fischer was first elected to the seat ofDistrict 118 in theTexas House of Representatives in 2000. In 2011, he was the leadDemocratic author on HB 3727, the Boeing Bill. As a result of this bill,Air Force One will be refitted and repaired inSan Antonio.[5]
He was selected by then House SpeakerJoe Straus to sit on the Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations,[6] and the Select Committee on Redistricting during the first called special session of the 83rd Legislature.
On February 17, 2015, Martinez Fischer was defeated in aspecial election by fellow Democratic House colleagueJose Menendez for theDistrict 26 seat in theTexas Senate. The regular election was hotly contested, with Martinez Fischer earning a double-digit lead over his opponent. In a special runoff election marked by low turnout among Democratic voters and unprecedented participation by San AntonioRepublicans, Menendez edged out Martinez Fischer.[citation needed]
Martinez Fischer challenged and lost again to Menendez for a full Senate term in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016.Diana Arevalo, the secretary for the Bexar County Democratic Party, won the Democratic primary for the seat Martinez Fischer held through 2017, and as she was unopposed in the general election, succeeded Martinez Fischer in January 2017.[citation needed] In 2018, he unseated Arevalo in the Democratic primary for his former state House seat.[7] He won the subsequentgeneral election on November 6 over the Republican nominee Fernando Padron, 32,375 votes (70.4 percent) to 13,612 (29.6 percent). Martinez Fischer returned to the House in January 2019.[8]
On June 27, 2014, while speaking at the Texas Democratic Convention, Martinez Fischer attacked theRepublican Party, saying "GOP" should stand for "gringos y otros pendejos". His office had also been handing out six Lotería cards to delegates, one depicting Republican gubernatorial candidateGreg Abbott as "El Diablito". Martinez Fischer responded by saying that if he had known Abbott was in attendance, he would have "told him directly to his face."[9]
He and his wife, the former Elizabeth Provencio, an attorney and trustee of the San Antonio Water System, are the parents of two daughters.[citation needed]
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