Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones is an Air Force intelligence veteran who served in the Obama administration. She’s the daughter of a Filipina immigrant single mother, and she’s openly LGBTQ.
An LPAC endorsee in 2018, Jones lost her race by less than 1,000 votes to incumbent Will Hurd, despite being an extremely qualified candidate to represent Texas's 23rd Congressional District. She is running again in 2020.
Jones earned a four-year Air Force ROTC scholarship and attended Boston University, where she earned a BA in Economics, a BA in East Asian studies, and an MA in economics. She also earned graduate degrees from the University of Kansas and the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies.
Upon graduation from BU, she was commissioned as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force and deployed to Iraq. She served under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and she supported close air support operations while deployed.
In the 12 years following her active duty service, Jones advised on operations in Latin America and Africa, and worked at the intersection of economic and national security issues. Her final assignments were in the Executive Office of the President where she served as the Intelligence Community's Senior Advisor for Trade Enforcement and later as Director of Investment at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Jones lives in San Antonio.
Ran for:
House of Representatives
Location:
Texas
Status: Running for U.S. House in 2020 election
Past LPAC Endorsement: 2018