Joe Moody represents Texas's District 78, a mixed urban and rural district covering swaths of northern El Paso County. He is a lifelong El Pasoan and a second generation public servant. In 2011, Joe was married to Adrianne Riley, and in 2014 they welcomed their first child, William.

Joe returned to the 84th Session of the Texas House of Representatives after serving in the 81st and 83rd Legislatures. During those sessions, Joe served on the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, the Committee on Border and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee. He was also tapped by the Speaker to work on the Select Committees on Criminal Procedure and Healthcare Education and Training and the Joint Committee on Human Trafficking.

During the 84th session, Joe returned to the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee as vice chair, where he continued to advocate for the rights of crime victims and promoted smart criminal justice responses and procedural reforms, including major marijuana policy reform. Joe remains one of the most respected voices on criminal justice in the House.

At the close of his first session, Joe was awarded Freshman of the Year by two non-partisan groups: the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA). His efforts have continued to be recognized by TDCAA, which gave him their Law and Order Award the past two sessions, and by the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, which named him Representative of the Year last session.

Outside of the Legislature, Joe is an attorney. He served as a prosecutor for many years at the El Paso County District Attorney's Office before entering private practice, where his focus has been probate and estate planning as well as criminal defense. He is a partner at the Law Offices of Neill & Moody, P.C.

Zoe Russell is the Assistant Director of Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (RAMP). She is a native Houstonian and current law school student at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. Her background in economics led her to embrace small government, fiscally conservative principles, and Republican politics. As a believer in free markets and capitalism, she has long been opposed to marijuana prohibition for the simple reason that it doesn’t work.

After joining Ann Lee, the founder of RAMP, in January 2014, Zoe has met a great number of Republicans that agree marijuana prohibition is unfair and ineffective.

Before law school, Zoe worked in transportation and logistics during the day while volunteering for Republican city, county, state, and national campaigns in the evenings and weekends. She was a state delegate to the 2012 and 2014 Republican conventions, where RAMP pushed for a medical marijuana resolution in the Republican platform, and will be back again in 2016.