Our Elected Officials

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U.S. Senators
U.S. Senators represent the entire state. Texas’ current U.S. Senators are Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz.

John Cornyn

John Cornyn is the senior United States Senator from Texas, serving since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Senate Majority Whip for the 115th Congress. Cornyn previously served as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007 to 2011.

More information about Senator Cornyn’s position on issues affecting Texans can be found on his website at https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/issues.  To contact Senator Cornyn, please visit https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact.

 

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is the junior United States Senator from Texas and has served in this position since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

More information about Senator Cruz’s position on issues affecting Texans can be found on his website at https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=issues.  To contact Senator Cruz, please visit https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator.

U.S. Representative
The Windsor Park neighborhood currently falls into U.S. Congressional District 37.

Lloyd Doggett

Congressman Lloyd Doggett has been the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 37th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Democrat Party.

More information about Congressman Doggett’s position on issues affecting his district can be found on his website at US Representative District 37 | Issues.  To contact Congressman Doggett, please visit US Representative District 37 | Contact.

Texas State Senator

Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt is the Texas State Senator from District 14.  She is a member of the Democratic Party.

After receiving an LBJ School Master of Public Affairs and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, Eckhardt worked for eight years as an Assistant Travis County Attorney. From 2006-2013 she served as Travis County Commissioner representing 300,000 people. From 2015-2020 she served as the Travis County Judge presiding over the Commissioners Court and representing 1.3 million people. She was elected the Senator for Bastrop and Travis Counties in July of 2020.

Contact information and Senator Eckhardt’s position on issues affecting her district can be found at The Texas State Senate – Senator Sarah Eckhardt: District 14.

Texas State Representative

Sheryl Cole

Sheryl Cole is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, serving from the 46th District since 2018. Representative Cole currently serves as a member of the Ways and Means, Agriculture & Livestock, and House Administration committees.

To contact Representative Cole or learn more about her position on issues affecting her district, please visit Texas State Representative | District 46.

Austin City Council Members

The Windsor Park neighborhood falls into two City Council Districts, represented by Jose “Chito” Vela and Zohaib “Zo” Qadri.


Jose “Chito” Vela

Jose “Chito” Vela represents District 4 on the Austin City Council. He was sworn into office on February 4, 2022.

More information about Council Member Vela’s position on issues affecting his district can be found on the District 4 website at District 4 | AustinTexas.gov


Zohaib “Zo” Qadri

Zohaib “Zo” Qadri represents District 9 on the Austin City Council. He was sworn into office on January 6, 2023.

Contact information and more information about Council Member Qadri’s position on issues affecting his district can be found on the District 9 website at District 9 | AustinTexas.gov.

AISD Board of Trustees
The Windsor Park neighborhood falls into Districts 1 & 3 of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees. There are two At-Large representatives on the AISD Board of Trustees.

Candace Hunter (District 1)

Candace Hunter is a third-generation East Austinite. She has advocated for public education, students, teachers, and their families over her 25-year career as an educator. Much of that work has been in Austin ISD, where she has been privileged to be a teacher, instructional coach, administrative intern, tutor, vendor, and parent.

Ms. Hunter is employed as a field supervisor by the Austin Community College Teacher Certification Program. She also coaches teachers privately, through her Teacher Boot Camp. Ms. Hunter looks forward to continuing her advocacy work at the board level to ensure that everyone in Austin ISD receives the support they need.

Trustee Hunter is a member of the following Austin ISD Board committees: Intergovernmental Relations, Policy, and Austin Partners in Education.

Term Expires: November 2026
4000 S. I-H 35 Frontage Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
candace.l.hunter@austinisd.org


Kevin Foster (District 3)

Kevin Foster was elected to the Austin ISD Board of Trustees in 2020. He represents District 3 (the Lanier Vertical Team and Riley and Ridgetop Elementaries and the Mueller community). He is an educational anthropologist who has developed and run several programs that promote student academic engagement and leadership.

In addition to working for years with middle and high school students in Austin ISD and Houston ISD, he also has decades of experience supporting teachers and teacher leaders, including consulting Texas principals and superintendents in several cities throughout Texas.

Term Expires: November 2024
4000 S. I-H 35 Frontage Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
kevin.foster@austinisd.org


Noelita Lugo (At-Large Position 8)

Ms. Lugo served the state of Texas for 20 years, working on family-centered programs aimed at strengthening the parent-child bond, increasing economic stability and self-sufficiency and improving co-parenting relationships. She currently works as a public policy and management consultant primarily working with child support and foster care/child welfare agencies.

Ms. Lugo holds a deep commitment to public service and to practicing the tenets of servant leadership. She remains active in public education and youth-serving advocacy coalitions.

Term Expires: November 2024
4000 S. I-H 35 Frontage Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
noelita.lugo@austinisd.org


Arati Singh (At-Large Position 9)

Arati Singh was elected to the Austin ISD Board of Trustees in December 2018. In 2018, Arati received the PTA Honorary Life Award for her legislative advocacy work for school finance reform. As a member of the Texas PTA advocacy committee, she has testified several times at the state Capitol for more school funding, and mobilized hundreds of AISD parents for school finance reform as the Austin Council of PTAs advocacy chair. In 2015, under her presidency, Oak Hill Elementary School’s PTA won a National PTA School of Excellence award, one of only 11 in the state, for its grassroots outreach to Spanish-speaking families. 

Term Expires: November 2026
4000 S. I-H 35 Frontage Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
arati.singh@austinisd.org

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