Facts: - profession: attorney - caption: texas state representative aaron pena - state house: texas - successor: terry canales - party: republican -lrb- dec 2010 - present -rrb- - predecessor: chuy hinojosa - otherparty: democrat -lrb- until dec 2010 -rrb- - district: 40th - term end: january 8 , 2013 - family: monica , john austin , anthony -lrb- children -rrb- pena -lrb- wife -rrb- , adrienne , aaron - term start: january 14 , 2003 - state: texas - name: aaron pena , jr. . - birth date: june 8 , 1959 - image: aaronpena.jpg - birth place: austin , texas - religion: catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aaron pena .
aaron pena , jr. -lrb- born june 8 , 1959 -rrb- , is a former member of the texas house of representatives .he served in house district 40 -lrb- in hidalgo county -rrb- in deep south texas .representative pena was first elected to the texas house of representatives as a democrat in november 2002 .he was sworn into his first term on january 14 , 2003 .upon retirement , he had served five terms in office .representative pena is a board certified attorney in labor and employment law .he is married to the former monica solis and is the father of five children .on december 14 , 2010 , representative pena announced that he was joining the republican party for the 82nd legislative session , which convened on january 11 , 2011 .later that year , representative pena announced his plans to run for re-election in a new district created after the redistricting process despite it moving him to an entirely new voter base .those plans changed after a court-ordered redistricting plan moved him into a neighboring heavily democratic district .on november 25 , 2011 , rep. aaron pena announced that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term in office .he issued a letter that was published in the local newspaper , the monitor , that explained that his decision .his 10-year tenure with the texas house of representatives ended on january 8 , 2013 .