Chip Roy

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Chip Roy (2019)

Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy (born August 7, 1972 in Bethesda , Maryland , United States ) is an American politician . As a member of the Republican Party , he has held the 21st seat of the State of Texas in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 . He was elected to this office on November 6, 2018 and was sworn in on January 3, 2019.

Life

Chip Roy was born on August 7, 1972 in Bethesda , Maryland , and grew up in Lovettsville , Virginia . He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Virginia and spent three years as an analyst for investment banks . He later received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law .

Roy met his wife at the University of Texas and they have two children. In 2011 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma .

Political career

Chip Roy worked for the Texas Attorney General , John Cornyn . He supported him in the election campaign for the United States Senate in 2002 . He served on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas .

He later served on the State and Federal Relations Office of Texas Governor Rick Perry . In 2010 he was Perry's ghostwriter for his book Fed Up! . The Texan Senator Ted Cruz selected Roy as Chief of Staff in 2012 . After Ken Paxton was elected Texas Attorney General, Roy became the first assistant attorney general. In 2016, Roy chaired the Trusted Leadership - Political Action Committee , which Ted Cruz supported in the 2016 US presidential election .

Chip Roy won the Republican primary on March 6, 2018 for the election of the 21st seat of the state of Texas in the United States House of Representatives with 27.1 percent of the vote, ahead of Matt McCall, who got 16.9 percent. Third place went to William Negley with 15.5 percent.

He won the election for the 21st seat of the state of Texas in the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 2018 against Joseph Kopser of the Democratic Party with 50.2 percent of the vote. Third place went to Lee Santos from the Libertarian Party .

Web links

Commons : Chip Roy  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Chip Roy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jasper Scherer: Chip Roy's plan to get Washington out of the way includes going there himself. (PHP) Chip Roy didn't expect everyone to rejoice in Donald Trump's presidential victory. But to Roy, the "hand-wringing and consternation" from Trump's detractors was further proof that America had strayed from the Founding Fathers' vision for a decentralized government. In: expressnews.com. San Antonio Express-News , May 13, 2018, p. 12 , accessed April 17, 2019 .
  2. ^ Patrick Svitek: Chip Roy, former chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz, is running for Congress. Chip Roy - a former staffer to multiple top Texas Republicans - is looking to replace retiring US Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio. In: texastribune.org. The Texas Tribune , December 6, 2017, p. 3 , accessed April 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia : Texas' 21th Congressional District election (March 6, 2018 Republican primary). Elections in Texas, 2018. In: ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia, p. 26 , accessed April 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia : Texas' 21th Congressional District election, in 2018. Elections in Texas, 2018. In: ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia, p. 14 , accessed on April 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Roy, Chip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chip, Charles Eugene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethesda , Maryland , United States