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Kenny Marchant (Kenny Ewell Marchant) was born on 23 February, 1951 in Bonham, Texas, U.S., is an American politician (born 1951). Discover Kenny Marchant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Kenny Ewell Marchant
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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 23 February 1951
Birthday 23 February
Birthplace Bonham, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1503

Marchant cosponsored legislation H.R. 1503 to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates for the presidency "to include with the campaign committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate" plus supporting documentation.

1924

The old 24th had covered mostly Democratic areas around Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington.

However, the reconfigured district shed its portions of Arlington and Fort Worth, replacing them with more suburban and Republican territory around Dallas.

1951

Kenny Ewell Marchant (born February 23, 1951) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district, from 2005 to 2021.

A member of the Republican Party, he represented several areas around Dallas and Fort Worth.

1980

Marchant served on the Carrollton City Council from 1980 to 1984, and was mayor of Carrollton from 1984 to 1986, both nonpartisan positions.

1987

He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 2004.

During three of his nine terms in the Texas House, Marchant served as chairman of the Committee on Financial Institutions.

He pushed for legislation that reorganized the Texas Banking Code.

2000

Had the district existed in 2000, George W. Bush would have won it with 68 percent of the vote.

2002

In 2002, he was chosen as Chairman of the Texas House Republican Caucus.

2003

During the 2003 Texas redistricting, the 24th District, represented by 13-term Democrat Martin Frost, was reconfigured to be significantly more Republican.

2004

In 2004, he was named a Top Ten Legislator by Texas Monthly and Legislator of the Year by the Texas Municipal League.

Marchant was also a member of the Republican Study Committee, the Tea Party Caucus and the U.S.-Japan Caucus.

Marchant ran for the redrawn district and was elected to Congress in 2004.

2006

He was reelected in 2006 (with 60% of the ballots cast) and 2008 (with 56% of the ballots cast).

2008

Introduced without the Republican leadership being informed, Florida Today commented that the bill "stems from fringe opponents of President Barack Obama who, during the 2008 election campaign, questioned whether Obama was born in Hawaii."

2011

In the 110th Congress, Marchant served on the United States House Committee on Financial Services, Committee on Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Marchant worked closely with Bush when he was governor of Texas, and bills himself as a staunch conservative.

However, he has occasionally broken ranks with the GOP, as he did to increase the minimum wage.

He has said that his top priority on Capitol Hill will be cutting the federal deficit with fiscal conservative policies.

2014

In 2014 he joined the newly founded Friends of Wales Caucus.

2016

Marchant won his seventh term in the House in the general election held on November 8, 2016.

With 154,845 votes (56.2 percent), he defeated Democrat Jan McDowell, who received 108,389 (39.3 percent).

Two other candidates held the remaining 4.5 percent of the ballots cast.

The margin of victory of 3.1% over his Democratic opponent was a marked reduction from the same campaign between the two in 2016, with a difference of 16.9% then.

Libertarian Mike Kolls received 4,870 votes, 1.8%.

2017

In 2017, he voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

2018

Marchant narrowly won his eighth term in the House in the general election held on November 6, 2018.

With 133,317 votes, 50.6%, with Democrat Jan McDowell receiving 125,231 votes, 47.5%.

2019

On August 5, 2019, Marchant announced that he would not seek re-election to Congress in 2020.

He was succeeded by fellow Republican Beth Van Duyne.

Marchant was born in Bonham, Texas, but grew up in Carrollton, a Dallas suburb.

He graduated from R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton and attended college at Southern Nazarene University (SNU) in Bethany, Oklahoma, at which he graduated with a Business Administration degree.

He worked as a real estate developer and he owned a homebuilding company prior to entering politics.

Marchant expressed opposition to the proposed "Green New Deal" resolution in 2019, alleging that it would cost up to $93 trillion without having any effect on the global climate.

On December 18, 2019, Marchant voted against both articles of impeachment against Trump.

Of the 195 Republicans who voted, all voted against both impeachment articles.

2020

In December 2020, Marchant was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state.