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David McAdams Sibley, Sr. (born 1948), is a lobbyist and attorney in Austin and Waco, Texas, who served from 1991 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate. Previously, he was from 1987 to 1988 the mayor of Waco, then an unelected and still a nonpartisan position, as are all elected municipal offices in Texas. On June 22, 2010, Sibley unsuccessfully sought to return to the state Senate in District 22, but he lost a special election runoff to fellow Republican Brian Birdwell of Granbury in Hood County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special election returns, Senate District 22, June 22, 2010 )〕 The seat became vacant when Republican Kip Averitt, a former aide to Sibley, resigned because of health issues. Sibley's opponents disclosed in 2010 that as a lobbyist he had contributed to two liberal Democratic lawmakers, State Senator Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio and State Representative Jim Dunnam of Waco. Dunnam in the spring of 2003 led Democratic lawmakers on a sojourn to Ardmore, Oklahoma, in an ultimately failed bid to deny a legislative quorum as the lawmakers redistricted the thirty-two seats that Texas has in the United States House of Representatives. Otherwise, it was noted that 97 percent of Sibley's contributions had gone to his fellow Republicans.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Sibley: Dances with Democrats? )〕 Sibley carried the backing in the 2010 election of former U.S. President George W. Bush, who had earlier befriended Birdwell, a burn victim of the terrorist attack on The Pentagon on September 11, 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome, Face the Fire Ministries )〕 Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, is located within the senatorial district. Birdwell, who carried the support of the Tea Party movement, was unopposed for the seat in the November 2, 2010, general election. ==Background== Sibley was born to J. Dale Sibley and the former Marilyn McAdams (1921–2006), a native of Walker County who was a historian at Houston Baptist University in Houston. The couple later returned and retired to Huntsville, the county seat of Walker County. David Sibley is the oldest of their three sons; his brothers are Dr. Stuart Dale Sibley and Dr. Mark McAdams Sibley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary of Dr. Marilyn McAdams Sibley )〕 Sibley is a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Baylor University in Waco, where he was the captain of the basketball team and was named "Honorable mention" by the All-Southwestern Conference." Originally an oral surgeon, he was sidelined by a ruptured disc and switched professions. He attended Baylor University Law School in Waco, was admitted to the bar, and then worked as a criminal prosecutor for the district attorney of McLennan County.〔 Prior to his state Senate service, he was the mayor of Waco from 1987 to 1988, then an appointed position. He was the District III city council member from 1984 until he became mayor for a year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of Waco, Texas, Mayor and Council since 1895 )〕 As a senator, he was recognized three times by ''Texas Monthly'' magazine as among the "Top 10" legislators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State Rep. Byron Cook Endorsed David Sibley for May 8 State Senate Special Election )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Sibley (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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