Gina Ortiz Jones

**Gina Maria Ortiz Jones** (an haife ta a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1981) 'yar siyasa ce 'yar Amurka kuma tsohuwar rundunar sojin saman Amurka, wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin magajin gari na 184 na San Antonio, Texas tun daga 2025. Mamba ce a jam'iyyar Democrat, a baya ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Sakatare ta Rundunar Sojan Sama daga 2021 zuwa 2023.

Jones ita ce 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Democrat a shekarar 2018 a gundumar 23 ta majalisar dokoki ta Texas, inda ta sha kaye a hannun Will Hurd na jam'iyyar Republican mai ci.  Ta sake tsayawa takara a matsayin wadda za ta tsaya takarar kujerar a shekarar 2020, inda ta sha kaye a hannun Tony Gonzales a babban zaben.   Bayan rashin nasararta ta biyu, ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Rundunar Sojan Sama a gwamnatin Biden daga 2021 zuwa 2023.

Ta tsaya takarar magajin garin San Antonio a zaɓen 2025, inda ta yi nasara a zagaye na biyu. Ita ce magajin garin mace 'yar Asiya-Amurka ta farko a wani babban birni a Texas, magajin garin San Antonio na farko da ya fito fili ya bayyana ma'aurata, kuma magajin garin mace ta farko a Texas da ta yi aiki a yaƙi. Jones ita ce magajin garin farko tun daga 2005 da ba ta taɓa yin aiki a majalisar birnin San Antonio ba a baya.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1981, a Arlington, Virginia,  Jones ta girma a San Antonio, Texas, a matsayin 'yar Amurka ta farko ga uwa ɗaya tilo, Victorina Ortiz, 'yar Ilocano daga Pangasinan, Philippines .  Mahaifiyarta ta yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka kuma ta sami takardar shaidar koyarwa.  Jones tana da ƙanwarta, Christi Ann. 

Jones ta kammala karatunta a Makarantar Sakandare ta John Jay a shekarar 1999.  Ta sami tallafin karatu na tsawon shekaru huɗu na Rundunar Sojojin Sama (AFROTC),   wanda hakan ya ba ta damar yin rajista a Jami'ar Boston . Ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin nazarin tattalin arziki da tattalin arziki na Gabashin Asiya da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin tattalin arziki tare a shekarar 2003.   Wata 'yar madigo wacce ta fito wurin mahaifiyarta tana da shekaru 15, Jones ta yi aiki a karkashin manufar " kada ku tambaya, kada ku fada " ta soja, inda take cikin haɗarin rasa tallafin karatunta na AFROTC idan aka bayyana yanayin jima'inta . 

Daga baya ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin nazarin duniya da na ƙasa da ƙasa daga Jami'ar Kansas a shekarar 2012 da kuma wani digiri na biyu a fannin fasahar soja da kimiyya daga Makarantar Nazarin Soja Mai Ci Gaba a Rundunar Sojojin Amurka da Kwalejin Janar Staff a shekarar 2013. 

## Farkon aikina
Bayan kammala karatunta daga kwaleji, Jones ta shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka, ta zama jami'ar leƙen asiri. Daga baya aka tura ta zuwa Iraki  tare da Rukunin Ayyukan Tallafawa Jiragen Sama na 18, suna tallafawa ayyukan tallafawa jiragen sama kusa .  Bayan shekaru uku na aiki kuma ta kai matsayin kyaftin, Jones ta koma Texas a shekara ta 2006, tana aiki a wani kamfanin ba da shawara yayin da take kula da mahaifiyarta, wacce ke da cutar kansar hanji (wanda daga ƙarshe ta warke).   

Daga nan ta koma aiki a matsayin mai nazarin leƙen asiri na rundunar sojojin Amurka a Afirka a Jamus.  A shekarar 2008, Jones ta shiga Hukumar Leƙen Asiri ta Tsaro, inda ta ƙware a kan batutuwan Latin Amurka;  daga ƙarshe ta zama mai ba da shawara ta musamman ga mataimakiyar darakta. A watan Nuwamba na 2016, ta koma Ofishin Shugaban Ƙasa don yin aiki a matsayin darakta a Ofishin Wakilin Ciniki na Amurka . Bayan ta yi aiki a ƙarƙashin shugabannin ɓangarorin biyu, Jones ta ci gaba da aikinta a lokacin gwamnatin Trump har zuwa watan Yuni na 2017, lokacin da ta bar aikinta, tana gaya wa *HuffPost*, "Irin mutanen da aka kawo su zama ma'aikatan gwamnati ba su da sha'awar jama'a ko kuma aikin gwamnati."&nbsp;... Wannan, a gare ni, alama ce da ke nuna cewa dole ne in yi aiki ta wata hanya daban."  Ta koma San Antonio don tsayawa takarar Majalisar Dokoki,   tana zaune a gidan da ta girma. 

### Yaƙin neman zaɓen 'yan majalisa

#### 2018
A shekarar 2017, Jones shi ne ɗan jam'iyyar Democrat na farko da ya sanar da ƙalubale [1] ga wakilin jam'iyyar Republican Will Hurd a gundumar majalisa ta 23 da ke Texas, wacce ta ƙunshi mafi yawan iyakokin Texas da Mexico. [2] Hillary Clinton ta lashe gundumar da maki uku a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na Amurka na 2016 [3] kuma babu wata jam'iyya da ta mallaki gundumar swing fiye da wa'adi biyu a jere tun daga shekarar 2007. [4]

Jones ta zo na farko a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat na ranar 6 ga Maris, 2018,  ya sami kashi 41 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada a cikin filin zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat.  An gudanar da zaben zagaye na biyu a ranar 22 ga Mayu, wanda Jones ya lashe.  Ta fafata da Hurd a babban zaben da aka gudanar a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, a cikin abin da ake kira takarar 'yan majalisa mafi gasa a jihar.   Ya zuwa ranar 30 ga Yuni, Jones ya tara dala miliyan 2.2 yayin da Hurd ya tara dala miliyan 2.4 ban da dala miliyan 1.5 da ya shiga takarar da ita. Bayan watanni hudu da suka rage, Jones ya kusa cimma tarihin gundumar na tara kudaden zabe ta hannun wani dan Democrat ($2.7 miliyan). 

An amince da Jones daga EMILY's List,  Asusun Tallafawa 'Yan Asalin Amurka, Asusun Daidaito na PAC,  VoteVets, da Asusun Nasara na LGBTQ, da kuma Wendy Davis da Khizr Khan . 

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