Esperanza Andrade
Esperanza "Hope" Andrade | |
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Ruth Hughs | |
Succeeded by | Tom Pauken |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1, 1949 |
Political party | San Antonio, Texas |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Esperanza "Hope" Andrade (born July 1, 1949)
Texas Workforce Commissioner
An entrepreneur and business and community leader in San Antonio for more than three decades, Andrade was confirmed by the
Texas Secretary of State
Andrade was appointed secretary of state by Governor Perry in 2008.[2] As secretary of state, she was the state's chief elections officer, chief international protocol officer, and border commerce coordinator for the governor's office.[3]
As the elections officer, she toured the state encouraging registration and high voter turnout. She supported the removal of nearly seventy thousand names from the voter rolls of individuals believed to be deceased, based largely on Social Security death records. However, some of the deleted names were of the living, and four individuals sued the state for having been wrongfully stricken from the rolls. Andrade also encountered controversy when prior to the November 6, 2012 general election she objected to the use of international observers examining Texas voting procedures.[4]
She vacated the secretary of state's office on November 23, 2012, after nearly four-and-a-half years on the job. She was the sixth and longest-serving Texas Secretary of State and the second of three women in the post under Perry. Andrade is the first Hispanic woman to have served as the Texas Secretary of State. However, two Hispanic men, Roy Barrera, Sr., of San Antonio and Henry Cuellar, now a U.S. representative from Laredo, held the position briefly in 1968 and 2001, respectively.
On November 27, 2012, Perry appointed John Thomas Steen, Jr., also of San Antonio, to succeed Andrade as secretary of state. He is an attorney who previously served on the Texas Public Safety Commission and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Steen contributed $56,000 to Perry's past gubernatorial campaigns.[5]
Texas Transportation Commissioner
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State, Andrade was appointed by Governor Perry to the
Contract for River Walk barges
On May 25, 2017, Andrade and Lisa Wong, her business partner in their company called Go Rio San Antonio, prevailed in a 10-1 vote from the San Antonio City Council for the $100 million contract to operate the barges on the
References
- ^ Net Detective, People Search
- ISBN 978-1-136-81515-7.
- ^ "Biography of Secretary of State John B. Scott".
- ^ "Hope Andrade resigns as Texas secretary of state", Laredo Morning Times, November 21, 2012, p. 5A.
- ^ "Perry picks Steen as Texas secretary of state", Laredo Morning Times, November 28, 2012, p. 2A.
- ^ a b c "Ex-transportation chairwoman named secretary of state". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 24, 2008. p. 4B.
- ^ "Texas and Southwest briefs". The Dallas Morning News. January 29, 2008.
- ^ Josh Baugh, "Go Rio wins barge contract: Council scorns Chicago-based firm backed by Sculley," San Antonio Express-News, May 26, 2017, pp. 1, A6.