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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGrace Garcia, Texas Political Leader, Dies at 59
Grace Garcia, Texas Political Leader, Dies at 59
Grace Garcia, a powerful supporter of women political candidates, died Monday in a car crash outside Dallas at age 59. Garcia was instrumental in founding the National Latina Political Action Committee (PODER PAC) and advocated for abortion rights as executive director of Annies List, an organization that supports pro-choice, Democratic women candidates for state office in Texas.
Annies List board chair Amber Anderson Mostyn said in a statement:
Grace Garcia was the passionate, tough, visionary leader we needed at Annies List. The best possible tribute to her life is to continue the work Grace started on behalf of Annies List and women across Texas.
Prior to joining Annies List, Garcia served as a top aide to President Bill Clinton, working from the start of his presidential campaign to his last day in office. An integral part of the Clinton administrations staff, Garcia was once introduced as Amazing Grace by the president, according to former chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party, Choco Gonzales Meza. After founding PODER PAC, a fundraising committee for Latina political candidates, Garcia joined the White House staff once again as a senior adviser to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Garcia returned to her home state of Texas last year to lead Annies List, a political action committee named in honor of Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, the first woman elected to statewide office in Texas. Essentially a regional version of EMILYs List, the Texas PAC supports pro-choice women candidates for state office. In the last decade, it has helped to elect or re-elect 22 women candidates to office in Texas.
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http://msmagazine.com/blog/2014/06/04/grace-garcia-texas-political-leader-dies-at-59/
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Grace Garcia, Texas Political Leader, Dies at 59 (Original Post)
niyad
Jun 2014
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theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)1. RIP, Amazing Grace.
And thank you so much for your efforts on behalf of women's rights.
niyad
(113,049 posts)5. you are most welcome. and thank you for yours, as well.
LoisB
(7,175 posts)2. Rest in peace, Grace.
Gothmog
(144,908 posts)3. She was a great lady
She will be missed
May she rest in peace
Rest in Peace Grace Garcia