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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Ryan Anthony Guillen
|image=Ryan Guillen of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[Hispanic]] [[United States|American]]
|office=Texas State Representative for District 31
|term_start=January 14, 2003
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2021)
|preceded=Judy Hawley
|succeeded=
|birth_date=October 27, 1977
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|birth_place=[[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Texas
|occupation=Rancher, educator, and small businessman
|residence=Rio Grande City, Starr County
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]
|spouse=Dalinda L. Guillen
|children=Two children
}}
'''Ryan Anthony Guillen''' (born October 27, 1977) has been since 2003 the state representative for [[Texas]] House District 31, which encompasses his own Starr County as well as Atascosa, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, LaSalle, Live Oak, McMullen, and Willacy counties. He was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] while in his early twenties in 2002, but on November 15, 2021, he switched affiliation to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/15/ryan-guillen-texas-house-switch-party/|date=November 15, 2021|publisher=The Texas Tribune |accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
Guillen <ref>{{cite web|title=Legislative Reference Library {{!}} Legislators and Leaders {{!}} Member profile|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5552&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=31~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|punlidhrt=lrl.texas.gov |accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref> was born in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Texas, where [[Texas A&M University]] is located. His parents attended TAMU and returned to their home town of Rio Grande City, where he was reared. He attended school there with his future wife, Dalinda, who is two weeks older than her husband. Like his parents, Guillen graduated from TAMU. He is a rancher, former [[educator]], and small businessman in Starr County.
In his first election in 2002, he defeated two other Democrats and won the runoff election. and was unopposed in the [[general election]]. He has rarely faced serious challengers for his House seat. In 2012, he defeated Republican Ann Matthews, a small business owner and single mother from Charlotte in Atascosa County,<ref>Ann Matthews announces campaign for Texas House of Representatives | Pleasanton Express, accessed November 16, 2021.</ref> in the general election, 27,856 votes (66 percent) to 14,163 (34 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 6, 2012.</ref>
==References==
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|name=Ryan Anthony Guillen
|image=Ryan Guillen of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[Hispanic]] [[United States|American]]
|office=Texas State Representative for District 31
|term_start=January 14, 2003
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2021)
|preceded=Judy Hawley
|succeeded=
|birth_date=October 27, 1977
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|birth_place=[[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Texas
|occupation=Rancher, educator, and small businessman
|residence=Rio Grande City, Starr County
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]
|spouse=Dalinda L. Guillen
|children=Two children
}}
'''Ryan Anthony Guillen''' (born October 27, 1977) has been since 2003 the state representative for [[Texas]] House District 31, which encompasses his own Starr County as well as Atascosa, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, LaSalle, Live Oak, McMullen, and Willacy counties. He was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] while in his early twenties in 2002, but on November 15, 2021, he switched affiliation to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/15/ryan-guillen-texas-house-switch-party/|date=November 15, 2021|publisher=The Texas Tribune |accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
Guillen <ref>{{cite web|title=Legislative Reference Library {{!}} Legislators and Leaders {{!}} Member profile|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5552&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=31~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|punlidhrt=lrl.texas.gov |accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref> was born in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Texas, where [[Texas A&M University]] is located. His parents attended TAMU and returned to their home town of Rio Grande City, where he was reared. He attended school there with his future wife, Dalinda, who is two weeks older than her husband. Like his parents, Guillen graduated from TAMU. He is a rancher, former [[educator]], and small businessman in Starr County.
In his first election in 2002, he defeated two other Democrats and won the runoff election. and was unopposed in the [[general election]]. He has rarely faced serious challengers for his House seat. In 2012, he defeated Republican Ann Matthews, a small business owner and single mother from Charlotte in Atascosa County,<ref>Ann Matthews announces campaign for Texas House of Representatives | Pleasanton Express, accessed November 16, 2021.</ref> in the general election, 27,856 votes (66 percent) to 14,163 (34 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 6, 2012.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillen, Ryan}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Republicans]]