Solomon Ortiz Jr. (born July 21, 1977) is a Democratic former member of the

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, serving from 2006 to 2011. Ortiz is the son of former Congressman

Solomon Ortiz Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (born June 3, 1937) is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for , based in Corpus Christi, serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2010, Ortiz was narrowly d ...

, who represented a

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district for 28 years before being defeated by Republican

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. Ortiz Jr. considered challenging Farenthold in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. Ortiz currently is Executive Director for the MAP of Texas, a non-profit founded by him and his father. Solomon is also a Partner in Ortiz Holdings, a business development firm based in Texas, and has previously worked as a public school teacher and for the Fighting to Rid Gangs in America Foundation. Ortiz was elected in 2006, succeeding fellow Democrat Vilma Luna. Ortiz was unseated in 2010 by Raul Torres, a businessman who Ortiz had defeated in 2008. Ortiz announced a comeback bid for the 2012 elections, but ultimately did not run.

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American politicians of Mexican descent Living people Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas Politicians from Corpus Christi, Texas Texas A&M University alumni 1977 births 21st-century members of the Texas Legislature {{Texas-politician-stub