What Does a County Judge Do in Texas?
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- Presiding officer of the commissioners court
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- Represents the county in many administrative functions
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- Serves as budget officer in counties with fewer than 225,000 residents
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- Most have broad judicial duties, such as presiding over misdemeanor criminal and small civil cases, probate matters and appeals from the Justice of the Peace Court
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- Serves as head of emergency management
Early life and career
Hidalgo was born in
Bogota, Colombia, on February 19, 1991. Her family left Colombia when she was five years old, and lived in Peru and Mexico City before moving to
Houston,
Texas, when she was 15 years old.
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Hidalgo graduated from
Seven Lakes High School in
Greater Katy, Texas, and then attended
Stanford University, graduating with a degree in Political Science in 2013.
[2] That same year, Hidalgo became a U.S. citizen.
[3][4][5][6] Upon graduation from
Stanford University, Hidalgo received the Omidyar Network Postgraduate Fellowship to work with an international organization.
[7] She moved to
Thailand where she worked for the Internews Network, an international non-profit dedicated to training journalists and advocating for press freedom.
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After returning to the United States from
Thailand, Hidalgo worked as a medical interpreter at the
Texas Medical Center in Houston and volunteered for the Texas Civil Rights Project.
[8][9][10] During this time, Hidalgo was accepted into the Master's/Juris Doctor Joint Program in law and public policy at
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and
New York University School of Law. Though Hidalgo originally planned to pursue a career in health care and criminal justice, the 2016 election inspired her to put her degree on hold and run for public office instead.
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en.wikipedia.org
Lina Maria Hidalgo (born February 19, 1991) is an American politician from the
state of
Texas. She is the
county judge for
Harris County, Texas. She is the first woman and the first Latina to be elected to the position of Harris County Judge, a nonjudicial position that functions as the County's Chief Executive and oversees a budget of over $4 billion.
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29 years old in charge of 4billion NOT HER dollars!
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