He's a U.S. Army veteran who works as a plumber in El Paso.
Humberto Perez is a U.S. Army veteran and plumber challenging incumbent Vince Perez for Texas House District 77. He describes himself as a Latino former Democrat who moved to El Paso from New York, and he's running on a platform of lower property taxes, government-efficiency cuts, and opposing what he calls curriculum "indoctrination" in schools. He has been endorsed by the Hispanic Republicans of Texas.
Perez’s take on Texas values
His campaign platform names "stop the indoctrination of our youth" as a top priority, signaling he wants to restrict what public schools teach rather than expand public education funding and curriculum as described in these statements. [El Paso GOP / LinkedIn campaign materials]