Harry Teague
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Pearce |
| Succeeded by | Steve Pearce |
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June 29, 1949 Gracemont, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Teague |
| Residence | Hobbs, New Mexico |
| Occupation | Oil company executive |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Harry for Congress |
Harry Teague (born June 29, 1949) is the former U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district is located in the southern part of the state and includes Hobbs, Roswell, Carlsbad, Las Cruces and the southern fourth of Albuquerque.
Teague grew up in an impoverished family of sharecroppers and lived the first nine years of his life in rural central Oklahoma without running water. His family moved to Hobbs, New Mexico when he was nine years old. He attended Hobbs High School but dropped out at the age of 17 to work in the oil fields to support his sick parents. He is married to Nancy Teague and has two children and five grandchildren. Teague is a small business owner of a company that now employs 250 people and is a member of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.
Teague was elected as a Democrat to the Republican-controlled Lea County Board of Commissioners. He served on the Board for eight years, and was elected chairman by his fellow Board members for three and a half of those years.
Early in the 111th Congress, Teague introduced legislation that would modify the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by providing for the refundability of the child tax credit for five years and extending credit for electricity produced using certain renewable resources. This legislation has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.
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