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Robin has a bachelor's degree in media arts and creative writing and a law degree from the University of Arizona.

Robin has worked for the U.S. State Department, the ACLU, and the U.S. Senate. She has also prosecuted human traffickers, built civil society in fragile states, and worked in conflict zones from Kosovo to Baghdad. In Texas, she has developed international partnerships and alliances for universities.

Robin currently works as the senior director of academic engagement for Microsoft. She previously worked as the president of the Texas International Education Consortium, an acting director, deputy assistant secretary of state, senior congressional advisor, assistant information officer, and senior reporting officer for the U.S. Department of State, counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, legal and human rights advisor for the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, and a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi.

Robin previously worked for the U.S. State Department.

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Robin's campaign for Texas state representative for District 49 is her first run for public office.

Supports regulating artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and ensure that workers are not displaced.

Supports transportation credits for working parents.

Supports creating communities with market-priced homes near schools.

- Supports regulating artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and ensure that workers are not displaced.
- Supports transportation credits for working parents.
- Supports creating communities with market-priced homes near schools.

Economy

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Public Safety

- Supports increased access to healthcare.

Healthcare

Supports universal pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Supports fully funding public schools and creating industry partnerships to prepare students for careers.

- Supports universal pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade.
- Supports fully funding public schools and creating industry partnerships to prepare students for careers.

Education

Said "[w]e must lead the world in climate resilience."

- Said "[w]e must lead the world in climate resilience."

Energy & the Environment

Said she would work to protect voting rights and academic freedom while limiting state and federal overreach.

- Said she would work to protect voting rights and academic freedom while limiting state and federal overreach.
- Supports online voter registration.

Voting & Elections

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Robin Jennifer Lerner

- Supports fully funding public schools and creating industry partnerships to prepare students for careers.

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Robin is an attorney and public servant. She previously worked for the U.S. State Department, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the U.S. Senate. 

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- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.