Ruth Torres has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Mountain View College and Dallas Baptist University, and a master's degree in international management from Florida International University. She is mother to five children.

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Ruth is the chief human resources officer for The HR Doctor, LLC. She is also executive director of Successful Careers. Previously she was an adjunct professor at Miami Dade College and a senior human resources consultant at HR Strategic Consulting.

Ruth previously ran for representative in Texas District 5 in 2022 and 2024, but did not win.

Supports reducing corporate welfare, price-gouging, monopolies, and special interests.

- Supports reducing corporate welfare, price-gouging, monopolies, and special interests.

Economy

As of January 22, 2026, Ruth "Truth" Torres’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports affordable and accessible healthcare with consumer control, no plan restrictions, and an option for businesses to provide designated funds for benefit plans.

- Supports affordable and accessible healthcare with consumer control, no plan restrictions, and an option for businesses to provide designated funds for benefit plans.

Healthcare

Opposes school vouchers, which are programs and policies that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools.

- Opposes school vouchers, which are programs and policies that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools.

Education

Supports fiscal and services accountability for government agencies.

- Supports fiscal and services accountability for government agencies.

Energy & the Environment

Supports term limits, voter rights, and campaign finance reform.

- Supports term limits, voter rights, and campaign finance reform.

Voting & Elections

Supports a balanced approach to immigration that protects borders, is humane, and aligns with American values.

- Supports a balanced approach to immigration that protects borders, is humane, and aligns with American values.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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