Ron Wright

A Representative from Texas. Born in Cherokee County, Tex. , April 8, 1953. Graduated from Azle High School, Azle, Tex. , 1971. Attended University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Sales executive. Business manager. Newspaper columnist. Member of the Arlington, Tex. , city council, 2000-2008. Mayor pro tempore and member of the Arlington, Tex. , city council, 2004-2008. Staff, United States Representative Joe Linus Barton of Texas, 2000-2011. Tax assessor-collector, Tarrant County, Tex. , 2011-2017. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress. Served until his death on February 7, 2021 (January 3, 2019-February 7, 2021), died on February 7, 2021, in Dallas, Tex. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.