Chris Paddie

Chris Paddie
Texas State Representative for District 9 (Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, and Shelby counties)
Assumed office
January 2013
Personal details
Born (1974-02-18) February 18, 1974[1]
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Brooke[1]
Children 2 sons[1]
Residence Marshall, Harrison County, Texas[1]
Alma mater Texas A&M University[1]
Occupation Radio broadcaster

Chris Paddie is an American politician who is the current Texas state representative for District 9.[1] He serves on the Energy Resources and Land & Resource Management committees.[1]

Service

Paddie is a former mayor, and city commissioner of Marshall in Harrison County and the current general manager of KMHT radio, for which he hosts a daily talk show.[1] He is the former chairman of the Greater Marshall Chamber of Commerce and president of the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Pines.[1]

Political views

Paddie is considered a fiscal and social conservative Republican.[1] He voted for SB5, which would ban abortions after twenty weeks and require doctors to be registered at hospitals within thirty miles of their office.[2]

Personal life

Chris Paddie was born in Center, Texas and raised in Carthage. He graduated from Carthage High School and went on to graduate from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Distribution.[3]

After graduation, Paddie moved to Houston where he worked selling safety equipment and industrial products. While in Houston, Chris married Brooke Hanszen, his high school sweetheart.[3] The Paddies returned home to East Texas and settled in Marshall, where Chris became the general manager of the KMHT radio station.[3]

Paddie was elected to the Marshall City Commission in 2008. He was selected by his colleagues to be Mayor of Marshall. On the Commission and as Mayor.[3]

Paddie was first elected to the Texas House, District 9, in November 2012 and was re-elected to subsequent terms in 2014 and 2016.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "State Rep. Chris Paddie". Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Record Vote Taken". Texas Legislature Online. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Representative Paddie". chrispaddie.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Wayne Christian		 Texas State Representative for District 9 (Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, and Shelby counties)

Christ Paddie
2013–

Succeeded by
Incumbent
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