Gene Green

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Gene Green

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 29th district
In office 1993 - present
Preceded by	None (District Created After 1990 Census)
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	October 17, 1947 (age 59) Houston, Texas
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Helen Green
Religion	United Methodist

Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green (born October 17, 1947) is a Democratic politician and a U.S. Congressman from the state of Texas, representing that state's 29th Congressional District. (map). The district includes most of eastern Houston, along with large portions of Houston's eastern suburbs.

Green was born in Houston and he graduated from the University of Houston with degrees in business administration and law. He held positions as a business manager and a private attorney prior to his election to Congress.

Green was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972. Green rose to the Texas State Senate in 1985 and to the U.S. House in 1992. Although the district was drawn as a majority-Latino district, Green has never faced substantive opposition in the Democratic primary, which is the real contest in this heavily Democratic district. He has a moderate-to-liberal voting record in the House.

In 2007, he became vice-chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. He also serves as a deputy whip.

A highly controversial mid-decade redistricting engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who also represented a Houston-based district, left Green as the only white Democrat representing a significant portion of Houston after the 2004 elections. This changed at the start of the 110th Congress, when Nick Lampson took office, representing DeLay's former district.

In September 2004, he proposed the Every Vote Counts Amendment, which would have abolished the U.S. electoral college in United States presidential elections.

[edit] External links

U.S. Congressman Gene Green official House site
Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Federal Election Commission - Raymond E. 'Gene' Green campaign finance reports and data
On the Issues - Gene Green issue positions and quotes
OpenSecrets.org - Gene Green campaign contributions
Project Vote Smart - Representative Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX) profile
SourceWatch Congresspedia - Gene Green profile
Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Gene Green voting record

Preceded by J. W. Buchanan	Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 95 (Houston) 1973–1981	Succeeded by Reby Cary
Preceded by New district	Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 140 (Houston) 1981–1985	Succeeded by Eugene R. “Gene” Haney
Preceded by Lindon Williams	Texas State Senator from District 6 (Houston) 1987–1993	Succeeded by Dan Shelley
Preceded by New district	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 29th congressional district 1993–Present	Incumbent