Dade Phelan
| Matthew McDade Phelan | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 21 (Jefferson and Orange counties) | |
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Assumed office January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Allan Ritter |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1975 Beaumont, Jefferson County Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Phelan |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Beaumont, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Matthew McDade Phelan, known as Dade Phelan (born 1975), is a real estate developer from Beaumont, Texas and a member of the Texas House of Representatives. from District 21, which encompasses half of Jefferson County and all of neighboring Orange County in the far southeastern corner of the state.
Background
Phelan is a 1994 graduate of Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont and a 1998 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He is a senior partner and broker at his family-owned Phelan Investments, a real estate development company. He was a staff member for former District 4 State Senator Tommy Williams, U.S. Representative Dick Armey of Texas's 26th congressional district and District 21 State Representative Mark Stiles. Governor Rick Perry twice named him to the Lower Neches Valley Authority; he was the board president in 2013. He is a former board secretary to Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas and a member of the St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Beaumont. He has served on the board of the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Phelan and his wife, Kim, live in Jefferson County with their four young boys.[1]
State legislator
Phelan succeeds former Democrat Allan Ritter , who was first elected in 1998 and switched to Republican affiliation late in his tenure in November 2010. Ritter announced in October 2013 that he would not run for a ninth two-year term. The district includes all of Orange County and the cities of Groves, Port Neches, and Nederland, and part of Beaumont, all in Jefferson County.
In the 2014 Republican primary, Phelan defeated Judy L. Nichols (born 1961), a businesswoman and the favorite of the Tea Party movement, 7,940 votes (59.9 percent) to 5,314 votes (40.1 percent).[2] Phelan then handily prevailed over the Democrat Gavin Vance Bruney (born 1958) of Nederland, 74.4 to 25.6 percent, in the November 4 general election in which Republican candidates again swept all statewide elected offices.[3]
Representative Phelan has been appointed to the Appropriations Committee, Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and the Elections Committee as well as the State Water Infrastructure Fund for Texas Advisory Committee.[4]
Phelan faced no opposition in the 2016 primary or general election contests. [5]
References
- ↑ "About Dade Phelan". texansfordade.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Republican primary election return, March 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ↑ "General election returns, November 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/CommitteesMbrs.aspx?Chamber=H
- ↑ http://apps.texastribune.org/2016-texas-primaries/
| Preceded by Allan Ritter |
Texas State Representative from District 21 (Jefferson and Orange counties)
Matthew McDade "Dade" Phelan |
Succeeded by Incumbent |