Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions
U.S. House, Texas, District 32
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 2003-present
Term ends
January 3, 2013
Years in position	10
Party	Republican
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
First elected	November 5, 2002
Next election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 5th District
1997-2003
Education
Bachelor's	Southwestern University
Personal
Birthday	March 22, 1955
Place of birth	Waco, TX
Profession	business executive
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Pete Sessions (b. March 22, 1955) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Texas. Sessions represents the 32nd congressional district of Texas and was first elected to the House in 1996. He represented the Texas's 5th district from 1997 to 2003, when he became the first representative of the newly created 32nd congressional district of Texas.

Biography

After earning his bachelor's degree, Sessions worked for Southern Bell Telephone Company, working his way up to district manager for marketing. He was also chairman of the Northeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

Career

• 2003-present: U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 32nd District
• 1997-2003: U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 5th District

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2011-12

Sessions is a member of the following House committees:

• House Committee on Rules Vice chair
  • Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Chair

Issues

Political positions

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, Sessions has voted with the Republican Party 93.3% of the time, which ranked 98 among the 242 House Republican members as of November 2011.

Presidential preference

2012

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

Pete Sessions endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Elections

2012

See also: Texas' 32nd congressional district elections, 2012

Sessions is running in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 32nd District. He is seeking the nomination on the Republican ticket.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Sessions won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Grier Raggio (D) and John Jay Myers (L).

U.S. House of Representatives General Election, Texas, Congressional District 32, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Sessions Incumbent	62.6%	79,433
	Democrat	Grier Raggio	34.9%	44,258
	Libertarian	John Jay Myers	2.5%	3,178
Total Votes				126,869

Campaign donors

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

Sessions won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that re-election cycle, Sessions's campaign committee raised a total of $2,153,120 and spent $1,932,339.

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 32nd District, 2010 - Pete Sessions Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$2,153,120
Total Spent	$1,932,339
Total Raised by General Election Opponent	$669,552
Total Spent by General Election Opponent	$657,354
Top contributors to Pete Sessions's campaign committee
Energy Future Holdings Corp	$24,150
Cash America International	$20,900
Bank of America	$19,350
JPMorgan Chase & Co	$14,950
Accenture	$12,100
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Health Professionals	$319,551
Misc Finance	$113,900
Insurance	$91,133
Oil & Gas	$89,400
Securities & Investment	$87,890

Personal

Sessions lives in Dallas, TX, and is active in the charities Adopt-A-Shoreline and Special Olympics.

External links

• Social media:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
• Biographies:
  • U.S. Congress
• Political profiles:
  • GovTrack
  • OpenCongress
  • Project Vote Smart
• Financial:
  • FEC
  • OpenSecrets.org
  • 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

References

Political offices
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