A Representative from Texas. Born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex. , February 23, 1951. B. A. , Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University), Bethany, Okla. , 1974. Attended Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. , 1975-1976. Real estate developer. Member of the Carrollton, Tex. , city council, 1980-1984. Mayor of Carrollton, Tex. , 1984-1987. Member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1987-2004. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-January 3, 2021). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.