State Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos will be at Alexandre’s, 4026 Cedar Springs Road, at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 12) to make a “special announcement,” Alexandre’s owner Lee Dougherty said this afternoon.
No definite word yet on what that announcement might entail, but the speculation is that Ramos will be officially annoncing her campaign to replace Nathan Johnson as the state senator from Texas’ District 16 in an upcoming special election. Johnson is stepping down from the State Senate after defeating Republican Mayes Middleton to the midterms race to become the state’s next attorney general.
Anyone interested in attending the press conference for that announcement should RSVP by text to 956-266-7475,
Ramos currently represents District 102 in the Texas House, where she is chair of the Texas Legislative Progressive Caucus.
Senate District 16 includes the Oak Lawn Gayborhood, along with parts of north and east Dallas and parts of Mesquite and Richardson. Dallas attorney John Turner, who represented Texas House District 114 until 2021, announced his campaign for the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat on Tuesday, Nov. 12. There will likely be other candidates announcing their own Senate campaigns soon.
— Tammye Nash