Penny Morales Shaw

Penny Morales Shaw (born March 17, 1966)[1] is an American attorney and politician. She has represented the 148th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021. Shaw is a member of the Democratic Party.[2]

Penny Morales Shaw
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 148th district
Assumed office
January 12, 2021
Preceded byAnna Eastman
Personal details
Born (1966-03-17) March 17, 1966
Political partyDemocratic
Children4
ResidenceHouston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationAttorney
Websitehttps://voteforpenny.com/

Career

Penny practiced law and spent several years in Washington, D.C. as congressional advocate for passing laws, including International Violence Against Women Act.[2] Also served as legislative deputy chief for Harris County.[2]

Elections

Penny ran for Harris County Commissioner Court in 2018, but lost with 48% of the vote in a close race.[3] She also ran for the Texas House of Representatives District 148th seat in a special election in November 2019, but only came out to 8% of the vote. Anna Eastman won the special election in January 2020,[4] and was seeking reelection later in the year for a full term. In the primaries, none of the five democratic candidates received the threshold to move on for the November 2020 election.[5] Shaw and Eastman were the top two candidates and advance to a runoff election in July.[5][6] In the democratic primary runoff, Shaw defeated Eastman in a close race only by less than 3 points (or 200 votes).[4] Penny ran against Luis LaRotta (a republican) in the general election and won the seat with 63% of the vote.[7]

References
  1. "Penny Shaw's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  2. Cristiano, Brittany (November 5, 2020). "Houston, Meet Your First-time Public Officials". Houstonia. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  3. Gruenberg, Mark (February 25, 2020). "Immigration attorney challenges pro-Trump Dem; unites Texas unions with party's progressives". Peoples World. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. Dulin, Matt (July 14, 2020). "Updated: Penny Morales Shaw narrowly defeats Anna Eastman in Texas House District 148 contest". Community Impact. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  5. Whalen, Emma (March 3, 2020). "Democratic primary for Texas House District 148 race headed to runoff". Community Impact. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  6. Whalen, Emma (June 29, 2020). "Rep. Anna Eastman faces recent opponent Penny Morales Shaw in runoff for Texas House District 148". Community Impact. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  7. "2020 Texas State House - District 148 Election Results". HomeTownLife.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Anna Eastman		 Member of the
Texas House of Representatives
from the 148th district
2021–present		 Incumbent
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