Randy Weber

Randy Weber
U.S. House, Texas, District 14
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 2013-Present
Term ends
January 3, 2015
Years in position	0
Party	Republican
Predecessor	Ron Paul (R)
Compensation
Base salary	$174,000/year
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Campaign $	$1,334,236
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Texas State House
2009-2013
Personal
Birthday	July 2, 1953
Net worth	$600,501
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Randy Weber is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Texas' 14th congressional district. He formerly served in the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 29 from 2009 to 2013.

Weber is the owner of an air-conditioning company and Grand Jury Commissioner for Brazoria County. He served on the Pearland City Council from 1990-1996.

Weber is President/Vice-President of the Brazoria County Cities Association, Founder/Co-Chair of the Brazoria County Fun-Fest, member of Brazoria County Republican Party, Chair of the Lincoln Day Dinner, and Chair of the Pearland Area Republican Party Headquarters.

Weber ran for election to the U.S. House in 2012, rather than for re-election to the State House

In February 2012, the National Republican Congressional Committee advanced Weber to "On the Radar" status as part of the Young Guns Program, which is meant to recruit strong conservative candidates for Congress.

Weber won election on November 6, 2012.

Biography

Weber grew up in Pearland, Texas, and moved back when issues of residency came up in his 2012 campaign. He attended Alvin Community College, and earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

Career

• 2013-present: U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
• 2008-2013: Texas House of Representatives
• 1990-1996: Pearland City Council
• 1981-present: Owner, Weber’s Air and Heat

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2013-2014

Weber serves on the following committees:

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations
  • Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa
• House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Energy
  • Subcommittee on Environment

Texas House

2011-2012

Randy Weber served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

• Border & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Vice Chair
• Public Education Committee

Issues

Sponsored legislation

• HB 4009 - Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.
• HB 4011 - Relating to the use of money in the system benefit fund to purchase advanced meters for low-income customers.
• HB 4015 - Relating to reducing the written information that public school educators can be required to provide.

Campaign themes

2012

Weber's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Returning to Fiscal Discipline

Excerpt: "Our current fiscal path is unsustainable. Waste, fraud and abuse have plagued Washington for years, making balanced budgets seem impossible."

• Restoring National Pride

Excerpt: "America has long been an example to world, but that example is now being tarnished. Attempts to relinquish our American sovereignty to international organizations that constantly work against us must be stopped."

• Securing Our Nation’s Borders

Excerpt: "The federal government’s failure to secure our borders is a serious threat to our national security. The constant flow of illegal drugs and gang activity must stop now. Until we secure the borders, we cannot begin to address the issue of illegal immigration and its costs."

• Honoring Faith and Values

Excerpt: "Traditional American values have been the source of our strength throughout history. We must create a culture of life in America so that every life is cherished and protected."

• Rolling Back Regulation

Excerpt: "Federal regulation is killing the economic engine that keeps our great nation running. Misguided bureaucrats are creating new regulations that will kill small business and stifle job creation."

2010

On his website Weber listed six main issues and his positions:

• Lowering Property Taxes - "favors strictly limiting the taxing and spending authority of the Legislature. He supports an appraisal cap to protect recent tax cuts from being erased by appraisal creep."
• Eliminating Wasteful Government Spending - "state government's spending is excessive, out of control, and needs to be reduced. The taxpayers deserve greater accountability and efficiency from their elected officials."
• Improving Education - "supports local control for the schools by empowering locally elected school boards to make decisions affecting our children - and holding them accountable for the results."
• Securing Our Borders - "will look for ways to continue making advances in the technology and manpower needed to secure our southern borders."
• Protecting Our Children - "favors enacting mandatory minimum sentences for offenders who prey on our children. He supports increased funding for our prison systems, so our judges are not compelled to put these heinous offenders back on the streets due to prison crowding."
• Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage - "Randy believes life begins at conception, and that all innocent human life must be protected...He believes the institution of marriage is a legal and moral commitment between one man and one woman."

Elections

2012

See also: Texas' 14th congressional district elections, 2012

Weber ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 14th District. He and Felicia Harris defeated John Gay, Robert Gonzalez, George Harper, Tim Day, Mark Mansius, Jay Old, Bill Sargent, and Michael Truncale in the May 29, 2012, Republican primary. Weber then defeated Harris in the runoff election. He defeated Nick Lampson, (D), Zach Grady (L), and Rhett Rosenquest Smith (G) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

U.S. House, Texas, District 14 General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Randy Weber	53.5%	131,460
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	44.6%	109,697
	Libertarian	Zach Grady	1.5%	3,619
	Green	Rhett Rosenquest Smith	0.4%	1,063
Total Votes				245,839
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

U.S. House of Representatives Runoff Election, Texas, Congressional District 14 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Randy Webber	62.8%	23,295
Felicia Harris	37.2%	13,792
Total Votes		37,087

Endorsements

• Texas Governor Rick Perry
• Maricopa County Sheriff (AZ), Joseph Arpaio

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Weber won re-election to the 29th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the March 2nd primary. He defeated Libertarian Jim Foreman in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Texas House of Representatives, District 29 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Randy Weber (R)		33,011	84.68%
Jim Foreman (L)		5,969	15.31%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Weber won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas's 29th District, defeating Kevin Murphy (D). Weber received 40,439 votes in the election while Murphy received 26,433 votes. Weber raised $250,978 for his campaign; Murphy raised $30,997.

Texas House of Representatives, District 29
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Randy Weber (R)		40,439	60.47%
Kevin Murphy (D)		26,433	39.52%

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Weber is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Weber raised a total of $1,334,236 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.

Randy Weber's Campaign Contribution History
Year	Office	Result	Contributions
2012	US House (Texas, District 14)		$1,334,236
Grand Total Raised			$1,334,236

2012

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

Weber won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Weber's campaign committee raised a total of $1,334,236 and spent $1,289,706.

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas' 14th Congressional District, 2012 - Randy Weber Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$1,334,236
Total Spent	$1,289,706
Total Raised by Election Runner-up	$2,299,794
Total Spent by Election Runner-up	$2,384,952
Top contributors to Randy Weber's campaign committee
McCorvey Sheet Metal Works	$27,500
Aces Ac Supply	$25,000
Every Republican is Crucial PAC	$15,000
Hydrocarb Corp	$12,500
State Farm Insurance	$11,700
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Leadership PACs	$131,500
Oil & Gas	$66,600
Lawyers/Law Firms	$49,683
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing	$49,000
Candidate Committees	$40,250

2010

Weber raised a total of $130,073 in 2010. Below are Eissler's top 6 campaign contributors in the 2010 election:

Contributor	2010 total
Randy Weber Campaign	$8,019
McCorvey, Anthony	$5,000
Perry, Bob J.	$5,000
Warren Chisum Campaign	$4,000
Friends of the University of Houston	$3,000
Waste Management	$3,000

2008

Below are Weber's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:

Contributor	2008 total
Stars Over Texas PAC	$45,000
Texas for Lawsuit Reform	$22,500
Bob J Perry	$20,000
Randy Weber	$15,000
Greater Houston Builders Assoc	$5,500

Analysis

Lifetime voting record

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

According to the website GovTrack, Weber missed 2 of 89 roll call votes from January 2013 to March 2013. This amounts to 2.2%, which is equal to the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.

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, Weber's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $351,004 to $849,999. That averages to $600,501, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232.

Scorecards

Empower Texans Fiscal Responsibility Index

Empower Texans produces the Fiscal Responsibility Index as "a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues." The index uses "exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that demonstrate legislators' governing philosophy." Legislators are graded along a standard grading scale, receiving grades A through F based on their performance during the legislative session.

2011

Randy Weber received a grade of A+ on the 2011 Fiscal Responsibility Index.

• 2011 Taxpayer Champion. Weber was named a "2011 Taxpayer Champion," which is "the top award presented by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility to legislators based on their rating on the most recent Fiscal Responsibility Index."

Personal

Weber is married to his wife, Brenda. Together, they have three children.

Recent news

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All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.

Randy Weber News Feed

• TexMessage: Randy Weber pushes Obama to approve '99.99525 percent' safe ... - Houston Chronicle (blog)
• Obama administration looks to cut Iran's access to gold - Washington Times
• GOP House members target Obama administration's fracking oversight - FuelFix (blog)
• EDITORIAL: Immigration compromise needs GOP support - Beaumont Enterprise
• Texas Republicans, Fox News criticize Obama's choice of Austin to kick off ... - Houston Chronicle
• Denny Hamlin passes first test in comeback - USA Today - USA TODAY
• What's Happenin': Summer 2013 - River Cities' Reader - River Cities Reader
• TexMessage: Who is bankrolling each Texas representative? - Houston Chronicle (blog)
• Philanthropic Couple Takes Free Afridi Campaign to the Military - Marketwire - Marketwire (press release)
• 2013 Central Oregon golf calendar - Bend Bulletin

External links

Suggest a link

• Randy Weber's campaign website
• Official U.S. House website

• Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at CongressMerge.com
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Campaign contributions at Follow The Money
• Profile at Facebook
• Profile at Twitter
• Profile at Wikipedia
• Texas State Directory profile
• Texas Political Almanac profile
• Texas Tribune profile & bio
• Vote-TX.org profile
• Texas Conservative Coalition profile

References

Political offices
Preceded by Ron Paul	U.S. House of Representatives - Texas District 14 2013-present	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Texas House District 29 2009–2013	Succeeded by '