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Ron Reynolds
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Reynolds in 2021
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 27th district |
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| Assumed office January 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dora Olivo |
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Ronald Eugene Reynolds
September 18, 1973 Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jonita Bernice Wallace Reynolds |
| Children | 3 |
| Residences | Missouri City, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Texas Southern University Texas Tech University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Ronald Eugene Reynolds (born September 18, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician who is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing state District 27. He was first elected in 2010. Reynolds was also an attorney in private practice with the Brown, Brown & Reynolds law firm, but was suspended from the practice of law. He was disbarred on July 29, 2019. Additionally, Reynolds has served as a Houston Associate Municipal Judge.
Education
Reynold went to Texas Southern University and graduated in 1996. He then joined Texas Tech University School of Law and graduated in 1999
Political career
Reynolds first vied in the Democratic party primary elections for the representative of Richmond, Texas in 2008 against the incumbent, Dora Olivo. Reynolds garnered 14,634 votes (49.7%) to Olivo's 14,821 (50.3%). In 2010, he vied in the Democratic primaries again and unseated Olivo after polling 5,158 (57.6%) to 3,791 (42.4%). In the same year’s general elections, he beat Derek Dean Grayson of the Libertarian Party. He was sworn in on 10th January 2011 as State Representative, House District 27.
In 2012, he ran unopposed in the Democratic Party primaries and won re-election with 69% of the votes in the general elections. Reynolds was elected for a third term during the 2014 general elections after polling 24,326 (67%) against David Wayne Hamilton’s 11,990. During the Democratic primaries in 2018, he beat his opponent Wilvin Carter with 61.37%. He won the general elections unopposed as the republican party did not field a candidate.
During the 2020 primaries, general elections, he defeated Tom Virippan to win re-election. In 2021, he founded the Texas House Progressive Caucus and in 2022, he polled 70.3% of the votes to beat the Republican Party, Sohrab Gilani. Reynolds was elected Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus in August 2022.
Awards and honors
In December 2022, Reynolds was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.
Conviction
In November 2015, Reynolds was convicted on multiple misdemeanor counts under Texas' Barratry & Solicitation of Professional Employment statute. He was fined and sentenced to 365 days in county jail. On November 29, 2017, the El Paso Court of Appeals, hearing the case on transfer from the Beaumont Court of Appeals, affirmed the conviction. On May 23, 2018, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused Reynold's appeal, meaning he will need to serve his year-long jail sentence. Since he was convicted of a misdemeanor, he continued to hold office during his jail sentence and was released on January 2019.
