Filemon Vela Jr.

Filemón Bartolomé Vela Jr. (born February 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the U.S. Representative for from 2013 until his resignation in 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
He served as an intern in Congressman Solomon P Ortiz’s Washington, D.C. office. Vela earned his J.D. from University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1987.
From 2021 until 2022, Vela Jr. was the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
In March 2022, Vela Jr. resigned from the House of Representatives to go work at a law firm.