Marc Allison Veasey is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 33rd congressional district.
18 Facts About Marc Veasey
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Marc Veasey graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications.
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Marc Veasey worked as a substitute teacher and sportswriter, as well as writing scripts for an advertising agency.
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In 2004, Marc Veasey challenged Democratic State Representative Glenn Lewis for Texas's 95th House district.
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Marc Veasey was reelected in 2006,2008, and 2010.
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Marc Veasey represented Texas House District 95 from 2005 to 2013.
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Marc Veasey was the chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
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Marc Veasey sponsored measures to create career and technology training in high schools, and authored HB 62, which honored Tim Cole, a Texas Tech University student wrongly convicted of raping a fellow student in 1985.
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Marc Veasey authored a bill requiring a study to lead to greater enforcement of the James Byrd Jr.
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Marc Veasey declared his candidacy for Texas's 33rd congressional district, a new congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that was created by reapportionment following the 2010 United States census.
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Marc Veasey is the first African-American US Representative elected from Tarrant County.
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Marc Veasey faced no Republican opponent in the general election but Jason Reeves qualified for the ballot as a Libertarian.
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Marc Veasey is a supporter of a woman's right to choose.
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Marc Veasey voted for the Violence Against Women Act and was rated the "preferred" candidate in 2020 by Feminist Majority Foundation.
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Marc Veasey has joined the Heritage Foundation and opposed the Sierra Club on Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Marc Veasey defended Texas oil and interests in February 2021 when President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and issued a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.
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Marc Veasey is married to Tonya Jackson, a former Texas Senate aide.
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Marc Veasey's uncle, Robert James English, was a television reporter and worked for Jim Wright, a former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.