Alejandro "Alex" Mendoza is an American

United States

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  ex-Marine

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, owner of a lawn care business and democratic socialist

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 politician from Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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, Texas

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 who is the vice presidential

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 candidate for the 2012 elections

United States presidential election, 2012

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, with the nomination of the Socialist Party USA

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. Mendoza, of Texas, is running with Stewart Alexander

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 of California for President. Mendoza is currently serving as the State Chair for the Socialist Party of Texas

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Mendoza was born in Riverside, California to parents who immigrated from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Mendoza graduated from Palm Springs High School in 1995. Shorty after graduation, Mendoza joined the United State Marine Corps for four years, and served with the most decorated regiment in the Marine Corps, the 5th Marine Regiment. Mendoza moved to Texas shortly after honorably serving in the Marines. Mendoza has spent the previous years working in the Information Technology field and has worked all over the world (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, England, and Argentina). Mendoza is now an independent business owner of a local, sustainable, lawn care business.

Currently, Alejandro Mendoza is attending University of Texas at Dallas pursuing a Masters degree in Geosciences with emphasis in Environmental Geology.

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