Kenny Marchant

Kenny Marchant
U.S. House, Texas, District 24
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 2005-present
Term ends
January 3, 2015
Years in position	8
Party	Republican
Predecessor	Martin Frost (D)
Compensation
Base salary	$174,000/year
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2004
Next election	November 4, 2014
Campaign $	$3,494,438
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives
1987-2004
Mayor of Carrollton, Texas
1984-1987
Member of Carrollton, Texas' City Council
1980-1984
Education
Bachelor's	South Nazarene University
Other	Nazarene Theological Seminary (did not earn degree)
Personal
Birthday	February 23, 1951
Place of birth	Bonham, Texas
Profession	Real Estate Developer
Net worth	$23,304,732
Religion	Church of the Nazarene
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Kenny Marchant (b. February 23, 1951) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Texas. Marchant represents Texas' 24th congressional district and was first elected to the House in 2004. He won re-election on November 6, 2012.

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Marchant is a "far-right Republican".

Biography

Marchant was born in Bonham, Texas. He earned his B.A. from South Nazarene University in 1974, and attended Nazarene Theological Seminary from 1975 to 1976.

Career

• 2005-Present: U.S. House of Representatives, Texas' 24th congressional district
• 1987-2004: Texas House of Representatives
• 1984-1987: Mayor, Carrollton, Texas
• 1980-1984: City Council, Carrollton, Texas

After earning his bachelor's degree, Marchant started a roofing and construction business.

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2013-2014

Marchant serves on the following committees:

• Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• Ways and Means Committee
  • Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

2011-12

Marchant was a member of the following House committees:

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
  • Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Social Security

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Kenny Marchant endorsed Rick Perry in the 2012 presidential election.

Campaign themes

2012

Marchant's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Economy

Excerpt: "In February 2009, President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. This $787 billion bill is the largest spending bill in American history. The stimulus bill contained such wasteful spending as $2.5 million for mozzarella cheese, $16.8 million for canned pork, $2.2 million to water a golf course in California, and $3.1 million to study seaweed in Corpus Christi, Texas."

• Health Care

Excerpt: "Congressman Marchant is strongly opposed to government-controlled health care. Congressman Marchant believes that our current health care system is the envy of the world; and while there are some aspects of the system that need reform, a massive government overhaul of our health care system would result in the destruction of American medicine through individual and employer mandates, devastating cuts to Medicare, and increased taxes on individuals and small businesses."

• Federal Government Spending

Excerpt: "Since Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, non-defense discretionary spending has increased by 85%. Some examples of spending by Democrats in 2009 include $350 billion for a second installation of TARP, $787 billion for a stimulus package, $409 billion for an omnibus spending bill, $33 billion for an expansion of the SCHIP program, and $17 billion for an auto bailout package."

• Second Amendment

Excerpt: "As a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and lifelong advocate of the Second Amendment, Congressman Marchant believes in an individual right to keep and bear arms. "

• Energy

Excerpt: "Congressman Marchant believes that excessive government regulation and increased taxes have led to a distortion of the energy market, causing prices to exceed what they would be in a free market."

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Marchant voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.

Elections

2012

See also: Texas' 24th congressional district elections, 2012

Marchant ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 24th District. He defeated Grant Stinchfield in the May 29, 2012, Republican primary. He defeated Tim Rusk (D) and John Stathas (L) in the November 6, 2012, general election.

U.S. House, Texas, District 24 General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant Incumbent	61%	148,586
	Democratic	Tim Rusk	36%	87,645
	Libertarian	John Stathas	3%	7,258
Total Votes				243,489
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Kenny Marchant, click [show] to expand the section.

2010 On November 2, 2010, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Sparks (L) in the general election. U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Kenny Marchant incumbent 81.6% 100,078      Libertarian David Sparks 18.4% 22,609 Total Votes 122,687 2008 On November 4, 2008, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Love (D) and David Casey (L) in the general election. U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Kenny Marchant incumbent 56% 151,434      Democratic Tom Love 41.1% 111,089      Libertarian David Casey 2.9% 7,972 Total Votes 270,495 2006 On November 7, 2006, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Page (D) and Mark Frohman (L) in the general election. U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Kenny Marchant incumbent 59.8% 83,835      Democratic Gary Page 37.2% 52,075      Libertarian Mark Frohman 3% 4,228 Total Votes 140,138 2004 On November 2, 2004, Kenny Marchant won election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Page (D) and James Lawrence (L) in the general election. U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Kenny Marchant 64% 154,435      Democratic Gary Page 34.2% 82,599      Libertarian James Lawrence 1.8% 4,340 Total Votes 241,374

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Marchant is available dating back to 2004. Based on available campaign finance records, Marchant raised a total of $3,494,438 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.

Kenny Marchant's Campaign Contribution History
Year	Office	Result	Contributions
2012	US House (Texas, District 24)		$829,632
2010	US House (Texas, District 24)		$542,265
2008	US House (Texas, District 24)		$651,065
2006	US House (Texas, District 24)		$748,190
2004	US House (Texas, District 24)		$723,286
Grand Total Raised			$3,494,438

2012

Breakdown of the source of Marchant's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Marchant won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Marchant's campaign committee raised a total of $829,632 and spent $742,252.

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas' 24th Congressional District, 2012 - Kenny Marchant Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$829,632
Total Spent	$742,252
Total Raised by Election Runner-up	$6,252
Total Spent by Election Runner-up	$6,176
Top contributors to Kenny Marchant's campaign committee
Votesane PAC	$28,250
Credit Union National Assn	$12,250
AMR Corp	$11,950
Chesapeake Energy	$10,000
Every Republican is Crucial PAC	$10,000
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Insurance	$71,712
Oil & Gas	$62,500
Commercial Banks	$50,250
Health Professionals	$44,500
Real Estate	$37,750

2010

Breakdown of the source of Marchant's campaign funds before the 2010 election.

Marchant won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that re-election cycle, Marchant's campaign committee raised a total of $542,265 and spent $438,728.

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 2010 - Kenny Marchant Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$542,265
Total Spent	$438,728
Total Raised by General Election Opponent	$0
Total Spent by General Election Opponent	$0
Top contributors to Kenny Marchant's campaign committee
Credit Union National Assn	$10,500
Energy Future Holdings Corp	$10,500
American Bankers Assn	$10,000
AT&T Inc	$10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$10,000
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Commercial Banks	$45,150
Insurance	$39,000
Securities & Investment	$36,850
Air Transport	$27,498
Oil & Gas	$25,150

Analysis

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Marchant missed 468 of 6,440 roll call votes from January 2005 to March 2013. This amounts to 7.3%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Marchant paid his congressional staff a total of $816,142 in 2011. Overall, Texas ranks 27th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.

Net worth

See also: Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Marchant's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $6,717,250 to $39,892,215. That averages to $23,304,732, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 52.77% from 2010.

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Marchant's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $28,276,794 to $70,403,757. That averages to $49,340,275.50 which is higher than the average net worth of Republican Representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Marchant ranked 72nd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Marchant was tied with one other member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 183rd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.

Percentage voting with party

November 2011

The website Open Congress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Marchant voted with the Republican Party 92.0% of the time, which ranked 133 among the 242 House Republican members in November 2011.

Recent news

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Kenny Marchant News Feed

• Texas delegation could play key role in House immigration reform debate - Houston Chronicle (blog)
• Former Texas House members now in Congress make pitch for unity - Dallas Morning News (blog)
• Texas Republicans in Congress seethe over IRS tea party scandal - Dallas Morning News
• Obama Announces Resignation Of Acting IRS Commissioner - NPR (blog)
• The IRS targeting controversy: A timeline - CBS News
• Holder launches probe into IRS targeting of Tea Party groups - Fox News
• Rep. Gene Green says IRS scandal reminds him of Richard Nixon's 'Enemies List' - Houston Chronicle (blog)
• IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings - 9NEWS.com
• Companies' Plea for Tax Reform?for Everyone Else - Businessweek
• Justice probes IRS targeting of tea party groups - Herald Times Reporter

Personal

Marchant and his wife, Donna, have four children and two grandchildren.

External links

• Official House website
• Official campaign website

• Social media:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
• Biographies:
  • U.S. Congress
• Political profiles:
  • GovTrack
  • OpenCongress
  • Project Vote Smart
  • CongressMerge
• Financial:
  • FEC
  • OpenSecrets.org
  • Follow The Money
  • LegiStorm.com
• Interest group ratings:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions:
  • On The Issues
  • Project Vote Smart
• Public statements:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Voting record:
  • Project Vote Smart
  • Washington Post
• Media appearances:
  • C-SPAN
• Media coverage:
  • Washington Post

• Official Flickr account

References

Political offices
Preceded by Martin Frost	U.S. House of Representatives - Texas, District 24 2005-Present	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Texas House of Representatives 1987-2004	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Mayor of Carrollton, Texas 1984-1987	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Member of Carrollton, Texas' City Council 1980-1984	Succeeded by '