Lena Guerrero

Lena Guerrero Aguirre (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008) was a Texas political figure who served in the Texas House of Representatives, and was later the first woman and first non-white member of the Texas Railroad Commission,[1] which regulates the oil and natural gas industry. Her political career ended in 1992 over a falsified résumé scandal.

Lena Guerrero
Texas State Representative for Travis County (District 51)
In office
1985–1991
Preceded byGonzalo Barrientos
Succeeded byGlen Maxey
Member of the Texas Railroad Commission
In office
1991–1992
GovernorAnn Richards
Preceded byJohn Sharp
Succeeded byJim Wallace (temporary); Barry Williamson (full term)
Personal details
Born(1957-11-27)November 27, 1957
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
DiedApril 24, 2008(2008-04-24) (aged 50)
Austin, Texas
Resting placeTexas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLionel "Leo" Aguirre of Austin (married 1983 – her death)
ChildrenLeo G. Aguirre (born 1987)
Residence(s)Austin, Travis County, Texas
OccupationLobbyist

In the 1960s, Guerrero and her siblings were migrant workers.[2] She attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she was president of the Young Democrats of Texas.[3][2] She was elected to the Texas House, and appointed to a vacant seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, but when she ran for reelection to the seat it was discovered that she had falsely claimed to have graduated from UT.[3][4]

She died of brain cancer at the age of fifty.[3]

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