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Joseph M. Nixon, known as Joe Nixon (born September 15, 1956), is a lawyer in Houston, Texas, who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Nixon's Biography )〕 Elected in 1994, with the rise of George W. Bush to the Texas governorship, Nixon from 1995 to 2007 represented House District 133 in Harris County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Nixon )〕 Nixon did not seek reelection to a seventh House term in 2006 because he ran instead unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the Texas State Senate. The position was instead won by the radio commentator and businessman Dan Patrick, a Republican candidate for state lieutenant governor against the incumbent David Dewhurst in the May 27, 2014 runoff election. ==Background== Though his place of birth is not listed in Internet websites, Nixon spent at least part of his childhood in Corpus Christi, Texas, before he moved with his parents and three sisters to the Memorial and Tanglewood areas of Houston. Nixon's parents were Hershell Nixon, a United States Navy officer and a geologist, and Joan Lowery Nixon, a Los Angeles native who penned 140 books, mostly historical fiction and mysteries for young adults. In 1978 Nixon graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Texas A&M University in College Station. In 1982 he obtained his Juris Doctor from the private St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio. At St. Mary's, he was a member of the Order of the Barrister and Phi Delta Phi. He served too as the associate editor from 1981 to 1982 of the ''St. Mary's Law Journal.'' Nixon is an attorney with Beirne Maynard Parsons, LLP in Uptown Houston and has also done work for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joseph M. Nixon )〕 Nixon and his wife, Allyson D. Nixon, have three sons, Nicholas, Stewart, and Matthew/ He is a Roman Catholic.〔 According to intelius.com, Nixon previously resided in New Orleans, Louisiana, but no dates are provided.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joseph M. Nixon )〕 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「Joe Nixon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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