Anna Eastman

Anna Eastman
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 148th district
In office February 11, 2020 – January 12, 2021
Preceded by	Jessica Farrar
Succeeded by	Penny Morales Shaw
Trustee, District I Houston Independent School District
In office 2010–2018
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Brad
Children	Ely Eastman Abigail Eastman Helen Eastman
Alma mater	University of Texas Austin (BFA) Our Lady of the Lake University (MSW)

Anna Eastman is an American politician. She represented the 148th district in the Texas House of Representatives for under a year from February 2020 to January 2021. On July 14, 2020, Eastman was defeated in her re-election attempt by Penny Morales Shaw.

Political career

In 2009, Eastman ran for the District I seat on the Houston Independent School District board. With 41.73% of the vote, she advanced to the December 12 runoff election, which she narrowly won with 50.98% of the vote. She ran for re-election to the school board in 2013, and won with 77.41% of the vote.

In 2019, Eastman ran in a special general election to finish Jessica Farrar's term as the District 148 representative in the Texas House of Representatives, after Farrar announced her retirement. Eastman got 20.6% of the vote, which was the most of any of the six candidates, and advanced to a runoff against Republican Luis LaRotta. The runoff was held on January 28, 2020, and Eastman won with 65.5% of the vote.

Eastman was a candidate for election to a full term in the District 148 seat. She faced off against former congressional advocate and attorney, Penny Morales Shaw. Both candidates had advanced to a runoff election for the Democratic nomination on July 14, 2020.

Eastman sat on the House committees:

• Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
• Natural Resources