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===State representative===
In 1984, at the age of twenty-five, she became the second female [[Hispanic]] to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives. She defeated five male opponents in a then Anglo-but-Democratic-majority district. No [[Republican Party|Republican]] contested the seat despite the landslide victory that year of [[Ronald W. Reagan]] as [[U.S. President]].<ref name=austin>"Lena Guerrero, once a rising star in Texas politics, dies after battling cancer," ''the The Austin American-Statesman,'' April 25, 2008.</ref> Guerrero's district included parts of Central and East Austin.<ref name=TSC/>
In 1989, Guerrero was named among the "Top 10" legislators by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]. She was cited in ''[[Newsweek]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'' and, having left the legislature, was awarded a speaking slot at the 1992 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[New York City]],<ref name=chron/> which nominated [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] to oppose [[incumbent]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] of Texas. She was also executive director of the Texas Women's Political Caucus.<ref name=austin/>
