28 Facts About Mike Conaway

Kenneth Michael Conaway was born on June 11,1948 and is an American politician who was the US representative for from 2005 to 2021.

The district Mike Conaway represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Brownwood, and Granbury.

Mike Conaway led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections after the Intelligence Committee chair, Devin Nunes, recused himself.

Mike Conaway indicated in July 2019 that he would not be seeking reelection.

Mike Conaway was born in Borger in the Texas Panhandle northeast of Amarillo, the son of Helen Jean and Louis Denton Mike Conaway.

Mike Conaway graduated in 1966 from Permian High School in Odessa in Ector County, where he was a standout player for the Permian Panthers and a member of the first Permian State Championship team in 1965.

Mike Conaway served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972.

Mike Conaway served on the board as a volunteer for seven years, the last five as chairman.

Mike Conaway endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for president in 2008.

On May 13,2016, Mike Conaway endorsed the Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump for president in the 2016 US presidential election.

In 2006, Mike Conaway voted against extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Mike Conaway served on committees of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of the House Republican caucus.

In January 2007, Mike Conaway began chairing the three-member audit committee for the NRCC.

Mike Conaway introduced legislation to extend and reform the federal tax credit to support wide scale commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage.

In February 2018, Mike Conaway prevented efforts by the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee to investigate financial links between Trump, his businesses, his family and Russian actors.

Mike Conaway prevented subpoenas for related bank records, Trump's tax returns and witnesses.

In March 2018, Mike Conaway laid out the findings of a report by the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee.

In December 2020, Conaway 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.

Mike Conaway first ran for elective office in 2003, when he ran in a special election for the 19th Congressional District, which came open after 18-year Republican incumbent Larry Combest stepped down shortly after winning a 10th term.

Mike Conaway lost by 587 votes to fellow Republican Randy Neugebauer.

The race was essentially over when Mike Conaway announced his candidacy, though it was so heavily Republican that any Democrat would have faced nearly impossible odds in any event.

Mike Conaway won re-nomination to a sixth term in the US House in the Republican primary held on March 4,2014.

Mike Conaway polled 53,107 votes ; his challenger, Wade Brown, received 18,979 votes.

Mike Conaway won re-election in the general election held on November 4,2014.

Mike Conaway polled 107,752 votes ; his challenger, Libertarian Ryan T Lange, received 11,607.

Mike Conaway announced in July 2019 that he would not be running for reelection.

Mike Conaway served on the Midland Independent School District Board from 1985 to 1988.

Mike Conaway is married to Suzanne Kidwell Mike Conaway and their family includes two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.