Anti-LGBTQ former San Antonio councilwoman Elisa Chan shows interest in running for Texas House
Elisa Chan, who expressed anti-LGBTQ views while she served on San Antonio City Council, says she wants to run for the Texas House District 122 seat currently held by Lyle Larson, Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia reports.
“Chan, 55, says she’s definitely running if Larson steps aside,” Garcia wrote in his September 11 column. At least two other local aspirants have expressed interest in running as well.
This isn't Chan’s first bid for state office. In 2014, she ran for Texas Senate District 25 but lost the primary to Tea Party Republican Donna Campbell.
Chan was elected to the council in 2010 representing District 9. During a staff meeting in July 2013, she was covertly recorded making anti-LGBTQ remarks. At the time, she was trying to formulate arguments against the then-proposed nondiscrimination ordinance that would give LGBTQ San Antonians equal rights.
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