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Jason Villalba (born March 26, 1971) is an attorney with the law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in his native Dallas, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jason Villalba's Political Summary )〕 He also is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 114 in Dallas County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jason Villalba )〕 Villalba is the only Hispanic Republican member of the Texas House in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adryana Boyne. Jason Villalba, A Rising Star in Politics and Already on the List of Legislators to Watch )〕 His district is affluent, largely Anglo, and spans north Dallas from Lake Highlands to Preston Hollow.〔 ==Background== As a child, Villalba became interested in the televised speeches of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan According to an interview in ''D Magazine'', Villalba saw an improvement in his own family's economic standing during the Reagan administration: "We could actually go on a vacation. Things changed for us for the better."〔 As a result, Villalba became a Republican at an early age. Unlike many Texas Republicans, he is not a former Democrat.〔 A fourth-generation Texan, Villalba graduated from South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie in the Mid-Cities section of Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties. He then studied economics and finance at Baylor University in Waco and subsequently earning his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin.〔 A corporate partner at Gardere since July 2015, Villalba represents clients in a wide array of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of public, private and middle-market companies; venture capital and private equity financing transactions; and transactions involving emerging growth and technology companies. He formerly practiced law at Haynes and Boone LLP. Villaba is a member of the Dallas Children’s Trust, the fund-raising mechanism for the Children's Medical Center. He has also served on the development committee for the Dallas Zoo. He became the chairman of the Dallas chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, a political outreach organization founded in 1967. Through this capacity be became a supporter of Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential campaign. Four years later, Romney repaid the favor, while on a stop in Texas, he took time to endorse Villalba in the state House primary. Romney called him "a capable and effective leader." Romney made no other endorsement of this kind while running for president for the second time in 2012.〔 Villalba and his wife, Brooke, reside with their three children in the Preston Hollow neighborhood in north Dallas. He is Methodist.〔 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「Jason Villalba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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