- For the Major League Baseball player, see Gene Green (baseball).
| Gene Green |
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In office
1993–present |
| Preceded by |
None (District Created After 1990 Census) |
| Succeeded by |
Incumbent |
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| Born |
October 17 1947 (1947--) (age 60)
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.
He voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution in 2002, and gave a speech on the house floor linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11
bombings.
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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 |
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Texas's current
delegation to the United States Congress |
| Senators |
Kay Bailey
Hutchison (R), John Cornyn (R) |
| Representative(s) |
Louie
Gohmert (R), Ted Poe (R), Sam Johnson (R),
Ralph Hall (R), Jeb Hensarling (R), Joe Barton (R),
John Culberson (R), Kevin Brady (R), Al Green (D),
Michael McCaul (R), Mike Conaway (R), Kay Granger (R),
Mac Thornberry (R), Ron Paul (R),
Rubén Hinojosa (D), Silvestre Reyes (D), Chet Edwards (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D), Randy Neugebauer (R), Charlie Gonzalez (D), Lamar Smith (R),
Nick Lampson (D), Ciro D. Rodriguez (D), Kenny Marchant (R), Lloyd Doggett (D),
Michael Burgess (R), Solomon Ortiz (D), Henry Cuellar (D),
Gene Green (D), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), John Carter (R), Pete Sessions (R) |
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