Lauren Simmons
Representative · State house · Texas · District 146
Democratic
Biography
State Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons (Houston) is currently serving her first term in the Texas House of Representatives. District 146 serves parts of Southwest Houston which includes the historic Sunnyside neighborhood. Representative Simmons is a mom and a union organizer who has spent her entire professional career in the labor movement, starting at the Texas State Employees Union and spending almost five years with the American Federation of Teachers. She is currently a CWA 1180 shop steward. Representative Simmons’ life experiences give her a perspective that serves many of those in District 146 well. She knows what it’s like to be without power and keep fighting. Lauren went literally overnight from being a comfortable middle-class kid to a 19-year-old mom on food stamps.
On the record
- Profession
- Union organizer
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas
- Family
- One child.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room E2.314, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711 · 512-463-0518
- Phone
- 512-463-0518
- laurena.simmons@house.texas.gov