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How the leaders of the state's biggest counties are navigating the pandemic.
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Hidalgo was elected to the Harris County Commissioners Court in 2018 and is the first woman to be elected Harris County judge. As judge, she is the head of Harris County's governing body and leads the county’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Hidalgo previously worked at the Texas Civil Rights Project and as a Spanish-English medical interpreter at the Texas Medical Center.
Jenkins has served as Dallas County judge since 2011. He was the first leader in Texas to put restrictions in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, such as limiting crowd size and issuing a shelter-in-place order. Jenkins is chair of the Enroll North Texas Coalition, where he has led efforts to increase health insurance enrollment. He has also worked as an attorney and a small business owner.
