Rep. Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) kicked off his 2024 re-election campaign for the March 5 Democratic Primary and marked his 50th birthday Tuesday with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County and Fort Bend Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Grady Prestage, dozens of other officials from both counties and hundreds of constituents. “I am so thrilled so many folks are here to help me celebrate this milestone including two of my biggest mentors Mayor Turner and Commissioner Ellis. My other two mentors Congress Members Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green are in Washington. Otherwise, they would be here at Sugars in Missouri City too. I want to be like them, to learn from them. I am committed to fight for high quality public education, women’s rights, public safety, economic growth, affordable health care and criminal justice reform,” said Reynolds who grew up attending Blueridge Elementary, Quail Valley Junior High and Willowridge High in his district before graduating at Texas Southern and Texas Tech Law School. Turner said Reynolds was key to his winning his third run over three decades for mayor and Ellis said he always is grateful to have Reynolds at his side in Fort Bend and Austin.

“Rep. Reynolds, the first African American State Rep. from Fort Bend County since Reconstruction is a role model to us in what it takes to get back in the saddle when you are thrown over and repeatedly off your horse and onto the ground. He does not give up and never should we ever give up on him,” said Turner after being told by Ellis and Reynolds he is among the best mayors in the country and the best in city history.

Reynolds said legendary Constable Ruben Davis had told him when he was a happy lawyer that may have run for judge someday that he should run for state representative

“I ran in 2008 when President Obama first ran for President. I ran against incumbent State Rep. Dora Olivo and won 49.68 percent in the Democratic Primary and was told I lost and should give it up and not come back. I came the next week to the Democratic meeting and kept coming back. I ran again in the next election and beat her this time with 57.64 percent of the vote,” said the Representative who like Rocky Balboa facing many challengers in the ring and coming out as the champion, Reynolds has in 12 years many different challengers and continues to survive and succeed despite different elections and election environments. He stays consistent and he cares about communities in his district.

“Constituent service, listening to my neighbors who agree with me and more important listening to those that may not agree with me is the bedrock of what I do,” said Reynolds who has never had a negative word to say about anyone, but he keeps going and going forward for Missouri City, Stafford and Houston and for all of Texas.