Ed Espinoza is a media professional and political analyst based in Austin, TX.

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He has been a political analyst for Fox 7 Austin since 2014, and has previously worked with CNN, KVUE News, and Spectrum News.

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His experience includes serving as a staffer to more than 50 political campaigns in 15 states (including five presidential efforts), serving as one of the youngest Superdelegates in America for Barack Obama in 2008, and as the Western States Director at the Democratic National Committee from 2009-2011.

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From 2013 through 2022 he served as President of Progress Texas, a non-profit media organization working in message development and media amplification for progressive issues. In this position he led a digital newsroom and the organization’s public opinion polling.

 

Ed is of Peruvian heritage and originally from Long Beach, California, where he grew up in a union household and got his start in political campaigns in the Los Angeles area. He went on to spend seven years in Washington, DC before settling down in Austin in 2011. He lives with his wife, Paige Ellis, who serves as Mayor Pro Tem of Austin.

 

The first in his family to go to college, he went to UCLA and the London School of Economics and is an alum of Leadership Austin Class of 2019. He is a financial supporter of Caritas, KUT, Planned Parenthood, the Texas Observer, Texas Tribune, and The Other Ones Foundation. He is an avid UCLA sports fan, and also spends time listening to live music and hiking trails.