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Bean completed a bachelor's degree in Spanish and music at [[Austin College]] in 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-02-05|title=Lydia Bean ’02'02|url=https://www.austincollege.edu/lydia-bean/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Austin College|language=en-US}}</ref> She earned a Ph.D. in [[sociology]] from [[Harvard University]] in June 2009. Bean's dissertation on the politics of [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] identity in the United States and Canada became the basis of her 2014 book, ''[[The Politics of Evangelical Identity]]''. The book incorporates [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] research from her time in Evangelical communities on both sides of the US-Canada[[Canada–United States border]].<ref>Reviews of ''The Politics of Evangelical Identity'':

Bean was an [[assistant professor]] of sociology at [[Baylor University]]. She later became a fellow at [[New America (organization)|New America]] and a faculty [[research associate]] at the [[University of Texas at Arlington]].<ref name=":1" />

=== 2020 Texas House of Representatives campaign election===

Bean iswas a Democratic candidate campaigning against incumbent Republican [[Matt Krause]] for District 93 in the 2020 Texas House of Representatives election.<ref name="fox4news.com">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Democratic allies fighting to flip Texas House join forces for $1.1 million digital ad campaign|url=https://www.fox4news.com/news/democratic-allies-fighting-to-flip-texas-house-join-forces-for-1-1-million-digital-ad-campaign|access-date=2020-10-07|website=FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth|language=en-US}}</ref> AlongPriorities withof numerousher othercampaign Democraticincluded politiciansMedicaid campaigningexpansion toand unseatfully Republicanfunding incumbents,public schools.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=2020 Election War Room|url=https://thetexan.news/2020-election-war-room/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=The Texan|date=7 February 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> Bean has been endorsed by pro-LGBT rights group [[Equality Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|lastdate=SepSeptember 2|last2=, 2020 {{!}} 0|title=Equality Texas endorses state House candidates {{!}} |website=Dallas Voice|url=https://dallasvoice.com/equality-texas-endorses-state-house-candidates/|access-date=2020-10-07|language=en-US}}</ref> She has also been endorsed by the advocacy group, the [[National Democratic Redistricting Committee]] (NDRC), an advocacy group chaired by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-29|title=The Back Mic: Eric Holder Endorses in Texas, Watchdog Group Highlights TxDOT Spending, Sid Miller Makes 10 Percent Budget Cuts|url=https://thetexan.news/the-back-mic-eric-holder-endorses-in-texas-watchdog-group-highlights-txdot-spending-sid-miller-makes-10-percent-budget-cuts/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=The Texan|language=en-US}}</ref> Priorities of her campaign include Medicaid expansion and fully funding public schools.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=2020 Election War Room|url=https://thetexan.news/2020-election-war-room/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=The Texan|language=en-US}}</ref>

A coalition that includes the NDRCNational Democratic Redistricting Committee, the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, the Future Now Fund, The People PAC, and The Creative Resistance included Lydia Bean, along with 10 other Democratic candidates, in a $1.1 million [[digital advertising]] campaign.<ref name="fox4news.com"/> Two years agoprior, Bean's mother ran for the statehouse seat, spending $30,000 and receiving 46 percent of the vote; Bean plans to raise almost 20 times that amount.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Craig|first=Tim|title=In fight for the political soul of Texas, Democrats seize on diversity in bid to flip state House|language=en-US|worknewspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-fight-for-the-political-soul-of-texas-democrats-seize-on-diversity-in-bid-to-flip-state-house/2020/03/02/83e9968a-5422-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html|access-date=2020-10-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

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