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David Philip Simpson (born June 27, 1961)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.txdirectory.com/online/person/?id=39654&office=24253 )〕 is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 7th District based in Gregg and Upshur counties. In 2010, he unseated the incumbent, Tommy Merritt of Longview, in the Republican primary with 52.88 percent of the vote and then prevailed in the general election for the 82nd Texas Legislature on November 2, 2010 with 91.28 percent of the vote, having had no Democrat opponent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-simpson/ )〕 ==Life and career== Simpson was born in Lubbock in West Texas. He was the mayor of Avinger in Cass County from 1993 to 1998 before he relocated in 2000 to Longview, the seat of government of Gregg County. He and his wife, Susan, have seven children. Simpson is a Christian and has published a Statement of Faith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.simpsonfortexas.net/about/ )〕 He has been described as someone who "did exactly what he said he would do in his campaign and stood for limited government". Simpson's website states that he "will steadfastly fight for limited government and freedom under the rule of law." Simpson again defeated Merritt in the 2012 Republican primary to secure his second term and was then unopposed in the November 6 general election in which Barack H. Obama defeated Mitt Romney. In December 2012, Simpson announced his candidacy for Texas House Speaker in a conservative bid to oust the moderate Republican Joe Straus of San Antonio from the top position in the leadership of the chamber. As Simpson entered the contest for speaker, his East Texas colleague, Bryan Hughes of Mineola, exited the race, having tried for six months previously to line up commitments from colleagues to oust Straus. Hughes immediately endorsed Simpson "wholeheartedly" over Straus, and called him an "eminently fair, highly principled, and hardworking legislator".〔 However, Simpson withdrew before the balloting for Speaker began, and Straus was reelected without opposition on January 8, 2013.〔"Legislature opens; Straus re-elected", ''Laredo Morning Times'', January 9, 2013, p. 10A〕 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 Simpson (Texas politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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