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Maureen Galindo has lived in San Antonio for 10 years. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2010 and later earned a master's degree in community psychology and a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. Maureen is a single mother of three children.

Maureen currently works as a marriage and family therapist and housing justice organizer.

Maureen Galindo's campaign for U.S. House to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District is her first entry into politics.

Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 ...

Maureen previously ran for San Antonio city council for District 1 but did not win. 

Plans to address affordability by "ending government-driven inflation and speculation."

Plans to ensure tax dollars are spent serving the people instead of corporate profits.

Plans to strengthen labor protections and "aggressively" enforce anti-trafficking laws.

Supports stopping corporate subsidies, no-bid contracts, and special favors that hurt small and locally owned businesses.

Supports providing one full year of paid parental leave for the first three years of a child's life.

- Plans to address affordability by "ending government-driven inflation and speculation."
- Plans to ensure tax dollars are spent serving the people instead of corporate profits.
- Plans to strengthen labor protections and "aggressively" enforce anti-trafficking laws.
- Believes in strengthening union rights.
- Supports stopping corporate subsidies, no-bid contracts, and special favors that hurt small and locally owned businesses.
- Supports providing one full year of paid parental leave for the first three years of a child's life.

Economy

Supports ending for-profit prisons and detention centers.

Supports community violence intervention programs, keeping firearms away from violent offenders, and promoting education.

Believes in investing in "systemic prevention" of gun violence with a focus on mental health, suicide prevention, family support, and community.

Believes in reshaping the gun industry so it shifts away from a profit-driven structure.

Believes in protecting LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, violence, and hate crimes.

Believes in requiring cultural competency, de-escalation training, and accountability for police.

- Supports ending for-profit prisons and detention centers.
- Supports community violence intervention programs, keeping firearms away from violent offenders, and promoting education.
- Believes in investing in "systemic prevention" of gun violence with a focus on mental health, suicide prevention, family support, and community.
- Believes in reshaping the gun industry so it shifts away from a profit-driven structure.
- Believes in protecting LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, violence, and hate crimes.
- Believes in requiring cultural competency, de-escalation training, and accountability for police.

Public Safety

Supports accessible public healthcare for all and removing public-subsidized profit incentives.

Supports abortion and contraception access; prevention through education, healthcare, and social support; and removing profit from reproductive care.

- Supports accessible public healthcare for all and removing public-subsidized profit incentives.
- Supports abortion and contraception access; prevention through education, healthcare, and social support; and removing profit from reproductive care.

Healthcare

Opposes censorship and banning information on gender and sexual diversity while keeping education appropriate and locally accountable.

Supports increasing teacher salaries, funding mental health in schools, rebuilding public schools, and investing in the arts, sports, and "hands-on programs."

Plans on advocating for regulation on "school choice" schools.

Believes in eliminating student loan debt and making public colleges and universities affordable and accessible for all.

- Opposes censorship and banning information on gender and sexual diversity while keeping education appropriate and locally accountable.
- Supports increasing teacher salaries, funding mental health in schools, rebuilding public schools, and investing in the arts, sports, and "hands-on programs."
- Plans on advocating for regulation on "school choice" schools.
- Believes in eliminating student loan debt and making public colleges and universities affordable and accessible for all.

Education

Opposes private profit from oil, gas, and mineral extraction.

Supports investing in a diversified clean energy system that is publicly accountable and not driven by profit.

Supports community decisions regarding artificial intelligence data centers construction decisions.

- Opposes private profit from oil, gas, and mineral extraction.
- Supports investing in a diversified clean energy system that is publicly accountable and not driven by profit.
- Supports community decisions regarding artificial intelligence data centers construction decisions.

Energy & the Environment

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Values liberation, participatory democracy, and community care.

Values liberation, participatory democracy, civic education, and community care. 

- Values liberation, participatory democracy, civic education, and community care. 

Voting & Elections

Supports veteran healthcare and housing for life, free higher education for the entire family, and fully funding disability benefits and eliminating backlog.

Opposes funding Israel with American tax dollars, instead stating the funds should be invested toward a "stronger America."

Supports taxing the weapons industry to use for veteran care.

Supports veterans themselves restructuring and designing Veterans Affairs.

Supports dismantling Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its entirety.

Supports ending U.S. economic and political involvement in Central and South America that "destabilizes nations."

- Supports veteran healthcare and housing for life, free higher education for the entire family, and fully funding disability benefits and eliminating backlog.
- Opposes funding Israel with American tax dollars, instead stating the funds should be invested toward a "stronger America."
- Supports taxing the weapons industry to use for veteran care.
- Supports veterans themselves restructuring and designing Veterans Affairs.
- Supports dismantling Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its entirety.
- Supports ending U.S. economic and political involvement in Central and South America that "destabilizes nations."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Maureen Galindo

Maureen has lived in San Antonio for 10 years. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2010 and later earned a master's degree in community psychology and a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. Maureen is a single mother of three children.

Maureen currently works as a marriage and family therapist and housing justice organizer. She specializes in liberation-based psychology and runs a private practice in sex therapy focused on trauma recovery. 

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As of January 22, 2026, Maureen Galindo’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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