Everything about John Carter Texas Politician totally explained
John Rice Carter (born
November 6 1941) is the
Republican United States Congressional Representative from (
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). Carter was elected Secretary of the House Republican Conference by his colleagues on November 17, 2006.
Carter was born in
Houston, but has spent most of his life in central Texas. Since
1971, he's lived in
Round Rock, just north of
Austin. He has been married to Erika Carter for almost 40 years, and they've four grown children.
Carter graduated from
Texas Tech University with a degree in history in
1964, and earned a law degree from the
University of Texas at Austin in
1969. After graduating from law school, Carter served as the first general counsel to the
Texas House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee. Carter later began a successful private law practice in Round Rock.
In 1981, Carter was appointed as judge of the 277th District Court of
Williamson County. He was elected to the post a year later — the first Republican elected to a countywide position in Williamson County. He was reelected four times, usually with 60% of the vote.
Carter retired from the bench in
2001 in order to run for Congress in the newly created 31st District. After finishing second in the primary, he defeated Peter Wareing in the runoff — which was tantamount to election in this heavily Republican district. He has been reelected twice without facing serious opposition.
Carter originally represented a district that stretched from the suburbs of Austin to the fringes of the Houston suburbs, and also included
College Station, home of
Texas A&M. As a result of the
2003 Texas redistricting, however, Carter now represents a district stretching from the fringes of the
Metroplex through more rural portions of Central Texas. The 31st District now includes Ft. Hood, home of the US Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Division.
Carter is best known as the author of a law that made it easier to prove
identity theft and provides stiff penalties for the offense. It was signed into law by
George W. Bush in
2004.
Carter serves on the House Appropriations Committee. His subcommittees include Homeland Security and Military Construction. He also serves on the House Republican Steering Committee and as a member of the House Republican Leadership as Secretary of the House Republican Conference.
A staunch fiscal and social conservative, Carter prides himself on having raised a family built on "Texas Values."
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