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Tracy Ogden King (born November 9, 1960) is a businessman from Batesville, Texas, who has been since 1995 a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 80. Beginning in January 2013, the revised District 80 includes these counties south of San Antonio: Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde, Zapata, Zavala plus the rural portions of Webb County outside Laredo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tracy O. King files for re-election )〕 King is one of only five Anglo Democrats in the 2015 Texas House; there are two others in the Texas State Senate, Kirk Watson of Austin and John Whitmire of Houston.〔Jonathan Tilove, "Only seven white Democrats left", ''Laredo Morning Times'', November 10, 2014, p. 9A〕 He is the only Anglo Democrat from a heavily rural district. By contrast, there were eighty-five Anglo Democrats in the House in 1985, eighty-three in 1987, with fifty-six of those from primarily rural areas.〔Gary Scharrer, "Election trends reflect change", ''Laredo Morning Times'', January 5, 2013, pp. 1, 14A〕 King was initially elected to the House on November 8, 1994, when he unseated the one-term Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Pedro G. Nieto. King received 15,072 votes (61.8 percent) to Nieto's 9,321 (38.2 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Texas general election returns, November 8, 1994 )〕 With his 2014 victory, King has been elected to a total of ten two-year terms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=TX. Rep. Tracy King Biography )〕 ==Background== King graduated from Carrizo Springs High School in Carrizo Springs, the seat of Dimmit County. He then attended Southwest Texas Junior College, and Texas A&M University at College Station, from which he received his Bachelor of Science in agricultural engineering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Tracy King )〕 In 1983, King was employed by the Beltone Hearing Aid Center in San Antonio, which serves sixteen counties in southwestern Texas. King purchased the Beltone center in 1987 and sold it in 2008.〔 King and his wife, the former Cheryl Baker, originally from Hondo, the seat of Medina County, have two children, Katelyn Marie King and Clayton Baker King.〔 King is a former trustee of the First United Methodist Church. He is a past president of the Uvalde Kiwanis Club. He is a former president of the Texas Hearing Aid Association.〔 In the House, King is the chairman of the powerful House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock; a member of the Natural Resources Committee; He is a member of the Edwards Aquifer Legislative Oversight Committee and the Energy Council.〔 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「Tracy King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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