Kenny Marchant

Kenny Marchant, a Republican, has represented the Twenty-Fourth Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.

Environmental record
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Bio
Marchant was born February 23, 1951 in Bonham, Texas. Prior to being elected to the U.S. House, Marchant was a real estate developer and owned a homebuilding company. Marchant served a councilman on the Carrollton, Texas City Council from 1980-1984, was mayor of Carrollton from 1984-1986 and was a member of the Texas House from 1987-2004.

Texas' 24th Congressional District was created as a result of redistricting. Marchant had planned to run for Congress in 2002 in a bid to represent suburban Dallas, but fellow Republican Pete Sessions, an incumbent, chose to run there instead. But in 2004, Marchant, in his position on the Texas House's Redistricting Committee, was ideally positioned to oversee the drawing of a new seat that helped tilt the odds in his favor. The 24th District, as re-drawn, is centered in Carrollton, where Marchant has held local office for a quarter-century.

Congressional career
Marchant is a staunch George W. Bush supporter and worked with him when he was governor of Texas. Marchant has said the two of them agree on social and fiscal policy "99 percent of the time." He has said that his top priority on Capitol Hill will be cutting the federal deficit.

2006 elections
In 2006, Democrats nominated Gary R. Page to face Marchant in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) Marchant retained his seat.

Money in politics
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Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

 * House Committee on Education and Labor
 * Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
 * Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 * Subcommittee on Aviation
 * Subcommittee on Economic Development Public Buildings & Emergency Management
 * Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines
 * House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
 * Subcommittee on National Security and International Relations
 * Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia -Ranking

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * House Committee on Education and the Workforce
 * Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations
 * Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
 * House Committee on Government Reform
 * Subcommittee on Energy and Resources
 * Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization
 * Subcommittee on National Security Emerging Threats and International Relations
 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 * Subcommittee on Aviation
 * Subcommittee on Economic Development Public Buildings & Emergency Management
 * Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines

Articles and resources

 * Official website
 * Campaign website
 * Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Jobs Anger
 * Burnt Orange Report