Scott Sanford
| William Scott Sanford | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 70 (part of Collin County) | |
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Assumed office January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ken Paxton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Shelly Lee Sanford |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence |
McKinney, Collin County Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
| Occupation | Executive pastor, Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
William Scott Sanford (born 1963) is an accountant and pastor from McKinney, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 70 based in a portion of Collin County north of Dallas.
A native Texan, Sanford graduated from Southern Baptist-affiliated Baylor University in Waco, with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a master's degree in Taxation. Formerly with Ernst & Young, Sanford has his own CPA business. Since 1997, he has also been the executive pastor of the Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church in Allen, Texas, formerly the First Baptist Church of Fairview. Cottonwood moved into its current facility in 2002.
Sanford and his wife, Shelly Lee Sanford (born c. 1964), have two children, Ryan and Lauren.
When Ken Paxton, a candidate for state attorney general in the May 27, 2014 runoff election, left the House District 70 seat in 2012 to run successfully for the District 8 seat in the Texas State Senate vacated by another Republican, Florence Shapiro, two Republicans with backgrounds in the ministry, Scott Sanford of McKinney and Bracy M. Wilson (born c. 1974) of Frisco, filed to run for the open seat. Wilson, a graduate of Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas, is engaged in providing consulting and support services for charter schools. His Bracy Wilson Ministries, Inc., is a non-profit organization that serves children with autism. Sanford handily outpolled Wilson, 6,018 votes (60.6 percent) to 3,909 (39.4 percent). Sanford was then unopposed in the general election held on November 6, 2012.
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