16 Facts About Wayne Christian

In June 2019, Wayne Christian was elected commission chairman by his two colleagues, fellow Republicans Christi Craddick and Ryan Sitton.

Walter Wayne Christian was born in Center but reared in nearby Tenaha.

Wayne Christian was inducted into the Texas Gospel Music Hall Of Fame in November 2015.

Wayne Christian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches, where he minored in marketing.

Wayne Christian became a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 9 on January 14,1997.

Wayne Christian is a conservative Christian and opposed to abortion.

Wayne Christian is the former president of the Texas Conservative Coalition, a bipartisan caucus of conservative legislators.

Wayne Christian was a board member of the Texas TEA Party Caucus.

Wayne Christian served as Vice Chairman of the Criminal Jurisprudence committee and on the Ways and Means Committee.

Wayne Christian was one of several senior House Republicans who were either paired with other members of their party or relocated into largely new population districts.

Wayne Christian was unseated in the Republican primary held on May 29,2012, by the Straus-endorsed Chris Paddie, 8,552 votes to 9,327 ballots.

Wayne Christian ran unsuccessfully for one of the three elected seats on the Texas Railroad Commission in the Republican runoff election held on May 27,2014.

In 2016, Christian became the Republican nominee for the commissioner spot held by David J Porter, who did not seek re-election to a second term.

In December 2015, Wayne Christian temporarily suspended his campaign to care for his elderly mother but was back soliciting supporters.

Wayne Christian was endorsed by the political action committee, Texas Patriots Tea Party.

Wayne Christian polled 4,648,841 votes ; Yarbrough, 3,362,041 ; Miller, 462,251, and Salinas, 287,105.