Bryan Hughes (Texas politician)
| Bryan Hughes | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 1st district |
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Assumed office January 10, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Eltife |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 5th district |
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In office January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Bob D. Glaze |
| Succeeded by | Cole Hefner |
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July 21, 1969 Quitman, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Mineola, Wood County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Tyler Junior College University of Texas at Tyler Baylor Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Non-denominational Christian |
Bryan Hughes (born July 21, 1969) is an American attorney and politician in Mineola, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 1. Elected in November 2016, he succeeded the retiring Republican Kevin Eltife of Tyler. Previously, Hughes was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 through January 2017.
In 2002, Hughes was elected as state representative for District 5, which includes Camp, Harrison, Upshur, and Wood counties in the northeastern section of Texas. In 2016, he did not seek House reelection in order to run for the open state Senate seat.
Hughes was born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, but reared in a blue-collar family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.
In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas William M. Steger of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party of Texas, who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor Price Daniel. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County, but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."
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