Paul Sadler
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Russell |
| Succeeded by | Byron Cook |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Jim McWilliams |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Johnson |
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Paul Lindsey Sadler April 29, 1955 Freer, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | San Antonio, Texas |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Paul Lindsey Sadler (born April 29, 1955) is an American attorney from Henderson, Texas, now residing in San Antonio, Texas who served from 1991 to 2003 in the Texas House of Representatives. He was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2012. In the November 6 general election, he lost against the Republican Ted Cruz, a former state Solicitor General.
Sadler was born in Freer east of Laredo in South Texas, to Harold Sidney and Bessie Mae "Pete" Sadler. His father worked for Sun Oil Company and moved his family throughout Texas, California and Louisiana.
In 1977, Sadler graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In 1979, he graduated from Baylor Law School. He is an active member of the Texas Bar. He has been admitted to practice in many federal courts, such as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
He was first elected in 1990 to represent Texas' 9th House District. After redistricting, he ran in the newly redrawn Texas' 8th House District and won re-election in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. He was unopposed in all but two years: 1996 (when he won with 61 percent) and 1998 (62 percent).
In 1995, he co-sponsored (with Republican state senator Bill Ratliff) the Ratliff–Sadler Act. This act gave some of the Texas Education Agency's former powers to locally-controlled agencies.
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