J. M. Lozano

Jose Manuel Lozano Jr., known as J. M. Lozano (born 1980), is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 43, which consists of Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg and San Patricio Counties. He serves as chairman of the House Committee on Redistricting and vice-chair of the Committee on International Trade. Lozano is a restaurateur and lives in Kingsville with his wife and three children.

A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Lozano became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1986, when he was six years of age. His father, J. M. Lozano Sr., entered the country with a Mexican medical degree. Lozano was reared in Premont in Jim Wells County, where he graduated from Premont High School. He received a bachelor's degree in government in 2003 from the University of Texas, where he was affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and interned in the Austin of State Senator Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi. After his UT studies, Lozano worked in McAllen in the office of U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa. He left that post to pursue his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. He is a restaurant owner. Lozano resides in Kingsville with his wife, Avelina "Abby" Rodriguez, and their three children.

Lozano first won election by defeating an incumbent politician. He has membership in the Eagle Ford Shale Caucus, Tourism Caucus, Rural Caucus, and House Republican Policy Committee, and at various times he has been appointed to the positions of Deputy Floor Leader, chairman of the Committee on Redistricting, and vice-chairman of the Committee on International Trade.

Lozano first ran for office in 2010, defeating the incumbent. He has continued to win House District 43, despite challenges from other politicians.