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Richard Arlin Green, known as Rick Green (born March 23, 1971), is an attorney and politician from Dripping Springs in Hays County, Texas, who is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. Green was defeated in the April 13, 2010, Republican runoff election for the Place 3 seat on the Texas Supreme Court by Judge Debra Lehrmann of Colleyville near Fort Worth, Texas. Green graduated from high school in 1989 in Wylie in Collin County, Texas, and entered Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Having carried a double-course load, Green received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1991 and then entered the University of Texas Law School where at the age of twenty he was the youngest student in law school. He subsequently focused his law practice on contract law and assisting entrepreneurs in the establishment of their own businesses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rick Green )〕 Green and his wife, Kara R. Green (born October 30, 1974), have four children, Trey, Reagan, Kamryn, and Rhett.〔 ==Legislator and religious right advocate== Green won his first term in the legislature by 36 votes over the incumbent Democrat Alec Rhodes. He served from 1999-2003 in District 45, which comprises Blanco, Caldwell, and Hays counties in Central Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Texas State House Districts ) 〕 He sponsored legislation in 1999 to exempt gun and ammunition manufacturers, traders, and sellers from frivolous lawsuits in Texas. In the 2001 session, he sponsored "Celebrate Freedom Week", with emphasis on the teaching of the United States Declaration of Independence. Green was defeated for a third two-year term in 2002 by Democrat Patrick Rose, who received 48.81 percent of the vote to Green's 47.93 percent. Green Party nominee John D. Schmidt received 3.24 percent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010 )〕 Green is associated with WallBuilders, an organization that seeks to present America's "forgotten" history as a Christian nation.〔http://www.wallbuilders.com/〕 WallBuilders was founded by former Texas Republican vice-chairman David Barton of Aledo, Texas. Green has shared the lecture stage with, among others, Zig Ziglar and Alan Keyes.〔 Green produced the 1994 video ''The Legacy of President Ronald Reagan: The Truth About the Eighties'', developed in the aftermath of the 1992 U.S. presidential election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rick Green: Inspiring every citizen to live the American Dream )〕 In 2000, Green founded the Torch of Freedom Foundation, which trains and equips young people to become more involved in the political process.〔 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「Rick Green (Texas politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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