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Pedro (Pete) Ruiz is from Midland. He earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Texas Permian Basin. Pedro lives with his wife, Amber, and two kids in Midland.

Pedro is a mental health therapist. He works in private practice, where he sits with clients in their darkest moments, helps them rebuild, and helps them believe again. He previously served in the United States Marine Corps.

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Pedro works as a mental health therapist at Texas Tech Psychiatric. He previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Pedro's campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Texas District 11 is his first run for public office.

Supports policies to curb inflation on food staples, expand tax relief for working families, and crack down on price gouging.

Supports policies to curb inflation on groceries, expand tax relief for working families, and crack down on price gouging.

Aims to tackle the full cost of living with solutions for housing, energy, and wages to help Texas families thrive.

Supports policies that provide "real solutions for housing, energy, and wages."

Supports ensuring data centers pay their fair share for grid upgrades and operate responsibly during peak demand.

Plans to ensure data centers pay "their fair share for grid upgrades and operate responsibly during peak demand."

- Supports policies to curb inflation on groceries, expand tax relief for working families, and crack down on price gouging.
- Supports policies that provide "real solutions for housing, energy, and wages."
- Plans to ensure data centers pay "their fair share for grid upgrades and operate responsibly during peak demand."

Economy

Supports bipartisan efforts to protect Texans from AI risks, including banning AI-generated child exploitation material, prohibiting discriminatory algorithms, preventing harmful deepfakes, and shielding privacy from Big Tech overreach.

Supports protecting constituents from "AI's real risks", such as 
AI-generated child exploitation material and deepfakes, discriminatory algorithms,  and Big Tech privacy overreach.

- Supports protecting constituents from "AI's real risks", such as 
AI-generated child exploitation material and deepfakes, discriminatory algorithms,  and Big Tech privacy overreach.

Public Safety

Supports lowering healthcare costs by protecting access to affordable coverage, capping out-of-pocket expenses, and reducing prescription drug prices.

Supports lowering healthcare costs by protecting and strengthening affordable coverage access, capping out-of-pocket expenses, and reducing prescription drug prices.

Supports full funding for VA medical care, including rural access and toxic exposure claims under the PACT Act.

Supports full funding for Veterans Affairs medical care, expanded mental health and suicide prevention resources, and additional support for caregiver programs, homelessness initiatives, and home modifications.

- Supports lowering healthcare costs by protecting and strengthening affordable coverage access, capping out-of-pocket expenses, and reducing prescription drug prices.
- Supports full funding for Veterans Affairs medical care, expanded mental health and suicide prevention resources, and additional support for caregiver programs, homelessness initiatives, and home modifications.

Healthcare

Supports increased federal investment in Title I schools to support low-income students.

Supports increased federal investment in Title I schools "to support low-income students."

Supports competitive teacher salaries and professional development to attract and retain the best educators.

Supports increased teacher salaries and professional development.

For Candidate Pedro (Pete) Ruiz on Issue education: Supports expanding access to career readiness programs, STEM, and vocational training.

Supports students by expanding access to career readiness programs, STEM, and vocational training, along with disabilities and mental health resources.

For Candidate Pedro (Pete) Ruiz on Issue education: Supports protections for local control while ensuring accountability and transparency.

Supports protections for local control by schools while ensuring accountability and transparency.

- Supports increased federal investment in Title I schools "to support low-income students."
- Supports increased teacher salaries and professional development.
- Supports students by expanding access to career readiness programs, STEM, and vocational training, along with disabilities and mental health resources.
- Supports protections for local control by schools while ensuring accountability and transparency.

Education

Supports responsible infrastructure development with reliable and affordable energy solutions, including natural gas, nuclear, and renewables.

Supports infrastructure development with "reliable, affordable energy solutions", including natural gas, nuclear, and renewables.

- Supports infrastructure development with "reliable, affordable energy solutions", including natural gas, nuclear, and renewables.

Energy & the Environment

As of January 22, 2026, Pedro (Pete) Ruiz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Supports robust border security funding, advanced technology, and training for border patrol agents and immigration enforcement organizations.

Supports border security funding, advanced technology, and training for border patrol agents and immigration enforcement organizations.

Supports fair reforms that promote legal immigration, including more visas for skilled workers, streamlined processes for contributors, and protections for Dreamers.

Supports reforms that promote legal immigration, including more visas for skilled workers, streamlined processes for contributors, and protections for Dreamers.

- Supports border security funding, advanced technology, and training for border patrol agents and immigration enforcement organizations.
- Supports reforms that promote legal immigration, including more visas for skilled workers, streamlined processes for contributors, and protections for Dreamers.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Pedro (Pete) Ruiz

Supports expanded mental health and suicide prevention resources.

Supports caregiver programs, homelessness initiatives, and home modifications.

Supports students with disabilities and mental health resources.

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