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* Though a staunch [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Guerrero crossed party lines in 2006 to endorse an old friend for reelection, then [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].}}

* Though a staunch [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Guerrero crossed party lines in 2006 to endorse an old friend for reelection, then [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].}}

'''Lena Guerrero Aguirre''' (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as '''Lena Guerrero''', was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the [[Texas]] Railroad Commission,> an elected body that currently regulates the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries. In 1992, her once promising political career ended over a falsified résumé. Sixteen years later she died of [[brain cancer]] at the age of fifty.

'''Lena Guerrero Aguirre''' (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as '''Lena Guerrero''', was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the [[Texas]] Railroad Commission, an elected body that currently regulates the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries. In 1992, her once promising political career ended over a falsified résumé. Sixteen years later she died of [[brain cancer]] at the age of fifty.

==Background==

==Background==