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Current:US Representative of TX District 33 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
District: Composed of two counties in Texas—Dallas County and Tarrant County
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History: He graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications.
From 2005 to 2013, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
Veasey worked as a substitute teacher and sportswriter, as well as writing scripts for an advertising agency. One summer, he volunteered for U.S. Representative Martin Frost, and was hired as a field representative
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About
Rep. Veasey is an advocate for Texas’ middle-class families and is committed to creating jobs, improving public education, fighting for immigration reform, and ensuring access to quality healthcare and women’s reproductive rights.
Congressman Veasey was appointed in the 117th Congress to serve on the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services Comittee. Prior to his committee appointments, Rep. Veasey served on the Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Science Space and Technology.
Throughout his time in Congress, Rep. Veasey founded the first Congressional Voting Rights Caucus to address the immediate need to eliminate the barriers and discrimination too many Americans face at the polls. In the 117th Congress, he accepted his appointment as an Assistant and Regional Whip. In the 117th Congress, the Congressman was appointed to serve as a Whip for the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce.
Rep. Veasey is currently a member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Congressional Black Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition. He also co-launched the Blue Collar Caucus with Congressman Brendan Boyle to find solutions to problems too many middle-class Americans are facing. The Blue Collar Caucus supports unions and focuses on addressing wage stagnation, offshoring, and job insecurity for those in the manufacturing and building trades.
First elected to the Texas State House in 2004, Congressman Veasey represented District 95 – an area now part of the 33rd Congressional District. As a member of the Texas State House, Rep. Veasey served in a number of leadership positions including Democratic Whip and Chair of the Democratic Caucus.
Issues he championed included fighting for affordable healthcare, funding for better schools, and advocating for a livable wage. Prior to serving four terms in the Texas House of Representatives, Rep. Veasey worked as a congressional staffer in North Texas for Congressman Martin Frost.
The Congressman was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife Tonya live in the Metroplex and have a thirteen-year-son, Adam.
Rep. Veasey earned a BS from Texas Wesleyan University, where he majored in Mass Communication.
Personal
Full Name: Marc A. Veasey
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Tonya; 1 Child: Adam
Birth Date: 01/03/1971
Birth Place: Fort Worth, TX
Home City: Fort Worth, TX
Religion: Christian
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Education
BS, Mass Communication, Texas Wesleyan University, 1995
Political Experience
Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 33, 2013-present
Former Democratic Whip, Texas State House of Representatives
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 33, 2024
Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 2005-2013
Professional Experience
Former Employee, Polytechnic High School
Former Sports Writer, Source Media’s Information Technology (IT) Network
Former Sports Writer, Star-Telegram
Realtor, The Woodmont Company, 2006-2012
Legislative Aide, Democratic Congressmember Martin Frost, 1998-2004
Offices
Washington, DC Office
2348 Rayburn
Washington, DC 20515
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm
Phone Number:
(202) 225-9897
Fax Number:
(202) 225-9702
Dallas District Office
JP Morgan Chase Building
1881 Sylvan Ave, Ste. 108
Dallas, TX 75208
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm
Phone Number:
(214) 741-1387
Fax Number:
(214) 741-2026
Fort Worth District Office
6707 Brentwood Stair Rd.
Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76112
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm
Phone Number:
(817) 920-9086
Fax Number:
(817) 920-9324
Contact
Email: Government
Web Links
Politics
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Finances
Source: Open Secrets
Committees
As a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Veasey is committed to creating jobs, encouraging economic growth, improving public education, supporting the passage of comprehensive immigration reform, promoting health and wellness, and ensuring access to quality healthcare.
Many of the issues Congressman Veasey works on are related to his committee and subcommittee assignments. Congressman Veasey is proud to represent the people of North Texas on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the longest standing committee in the House of Representatives. In this appointment, Rep.Veasey is working to protect the ACA for two million Texans and Americans nationwide, fight for Medicare for All, advance America’s leadership on clean energy and energy security, restore net neutrality, and ensure families have access to clean water and air for generations to come.
Addittionally, Congressman Veasey serves on the Committee on Armed Services. On this Committee, Congressman Veasey creates jobs in the North Texas defense sector and ensures our brave servicemembers have the resources they need to protect us, because we need a multifaceted approach to bolstering our national security.
He is actively engaged in various congressional member organizations including the Congressional Army Aviation Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, and the Congressional Blue Collar Caucus.
Committees
Congressional Member Organizations
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
- Congressional TRIO Caucus
- Congressional Small Business Caucus
- Congressional Taskforce on Childhood Obesity
- Congressional Army Aviation Caucus
- Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus
- U.S. Mexico Friendship Caucus
- Congressional Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity
- Congressional Career & Technical Education Caucus
- Congressional Fire Services Caucus
- Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
- Congressional Taiwan Caucus
- Congressional United Service Organization (USO)
- Congressional Urban Caucus
- Democratic Israel Working Group
- Next Gen 911
- Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
- Congressional Military Family Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
- Congressional Maritime Caucus
- Texas Maritime Caucus
- German American Caucus
- USO Congressional Caucus
New Legislation
Issues
Source: Government page
Congressman Veasey believes it is important for the people of Texas’ 33rd congressional district to know his legislative record and where he stands on the issues.
As a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Veasey is committed to creating jobs, encouraging economic growth, improving public education, supporting the passage of comprehensive immigration reform, promoting health and wellness, and ensuring access to quality healthcare.
Many of the issues Congressman Veasey works on are related to his committee and subcommittee assignments. Congressman Veasey is proud to represent the people of North Texas on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the longest standing committee in the House of Representatives. In this appointment, Rep.Veasey is working to protect the ACA for two million Texans and Americans nationwide, advance America’s leadership on clean energy and energy security, restore net neutrality, and ensure families have access to clean water and air for generations to come.
He is actively engaged in various congressional member organizations including the Congressional Army Aviation Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Small Business Information Technology Caucus.
This section of the website contains Congressman Veasey’s positions on some of the major issues facing Texas’ 33rd congressional district and our country such as job creation, consumer protection, education, energy and the environment, and national security. Several of the issues listed below have sub-topics, which can be accessed by clicking on the main issue.
More Information
Services
Source: Government page
Texas’s 33rd congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 census.[3] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and were seated for the 113th United States Congress.
Texas’s 33rd congressional district is composed of two counties in Texas—Dallas County and Tarrant County. In Dallas County, the district covers parts of Dallas, Irving, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Carrollton and all of Cockrell Hill. In Tarrant County, the district includes parts of Arlington, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Haltom City, Saginaw and Sansom Park, and all of Everman.[needs update]
It is currently represented by Democrat Marc Veasey.
District
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Wikipedia
Marc Allison Veasey (/ˈviːsɪ/; born January 3, 1971) is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas’s 33rd congressional district. From 2005 to 2013, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
Early life and education
Veasey was born on January 3, 1971,[1] to Connie and Joseph Veasey. With his parents and brother, Ryan, Veasey and his family lived in numerous rental houses in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas. When he was ten years old, his parents divorced, and Marc, Ryan and their mother moved in with their maternal grandmother in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth.[2]
Veasey attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.[3] He graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications.[2][4]
Early career
Veasey worked as a substitute teacher and sportswriter, as well as writing scripts for an advertising agency. One summer, he volunteered for U.S. Representative Martin Frost, and was hired as a field representative.[2] Veasey worked for Frost for five years.[5][6]
Texas House of Representatives
Elections
As a result of the 2003 Texas redistricting, Frost lost his reelection effort in 2004 to Pete Sessions. In 2004, Veasey challenged Democratic State Representative Glenn Lewis for Texas’s 95th House district.[5] He defeated Lewis 54%-46% in the primary[7] and won the general election unopposed. He was reelected in 2006 (91%), 2008 (96%), and 2010 (100%).[2][8]
Tenure
Veasey represented Texas House District 95 from 2005 to 2013.[9] He was the chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.[10] He sponsored measures to create career and technology training in high schools, and authored HB 62, which honored Tim Cole, a Texas Tech University student wrongly convicted of raping a fellow student in 1985. Veasey also authored a bill requiring a study to lead to greater enforcement of the James Byrd Jr. hate crime bill.[11]
Committee assignments
- Elections Committee
- Environmental Regulation Committee
- Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services Committee
- Redistricting Committee
- Voter Identification & Voter Fraud Select Committee (Vice Chair)[12]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2012
Veasey declared his candidacy for Texas’s 33rd congressional district, a new congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that was created by reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. The district is based in Tarrant and Dallas counties.[13] It is heavily Democratic: the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) was D+14. It is also highly diverse: 66% Hispanic and 17% African American.[14]
Eleven candidates filed to run in the Democratic primary. Veasey finished first, with 37% of the vote, less than the 50% needed to win the primary outright. State Representative Domingo García ranked second with 25% of the vote, qualifying for the runoff election. Veasey won Tarrant with 49% of the vote, while Garcia won Dallas with 44% of the vote.[15] In the runoff, Veasey defeated Garcia, 53%-47%. He carried Tarrant with a 68% of the vote, as opposed to Garcia’s 70% in Dallas.[16] In the general election, he defeated Republican Chuck Bradley, 73%-26%. He won Tarrant with 78% of the vote and Dallas with 66% of the vote.[17][18] Veasey is the first African-American U.S. Representative elected from Tarrant County.[19]
2014
Veasey won re-nomination in the March 4 primary, defeating Tom Sanchez, 13,285 votes (73.5%) to 4,797 (26.5%).[20] He faced no Republican opponent in the general election but Jason Reeves qualified for the ballot as a Libertarian.[21]
2016
Veasey won re-nomination in the March 1 primary against activist Carlos Quintanilla with 63% of the vote. He lost Dallas County but won Tarrant County. He defeated Republican M. Mark Mitchell in the general election, 74% to 26%. Veasey spent $1.5 million on his campaign.
2018
Veasey again defeated Quintanilla in the primary, with 70% of the vote. In the general election he defeated Republican Willie Billups and Libertarian Jason Reeves with 76%.
2020
Veasey defeated Sean Segura in the primary, 64% to 36%. He was endorsed by the Dallas Morning News, which claimed Segura “lacks a cohesive knowledge of the district’s public policy needs.”[22]
In the general election, Veasey beat Republican Fabian Cordova Vasquez and three minor candidates, including Quintanilla, with 67% of the vote, his weakest showing to date, largely due to Quintanilla’s independent candidacy.[23]
Political positions
Veasey voted with President Joe Biden‘s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[24]
On July 19, 2024, Veasey called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.[25]
Civil rights
Veasey is a supporter of a woman’s right to abortion.[26]
Veasey voted for the Violence Against Women Act and was rated the “preferred” candidate in 2020 by Feminist Majority Foundation.[27] He co-sponsored the Student Non-Discrimination Act.[27]
Energy and oil
Veasey has agreed with The Heritage Foundation and opposed the Sierra Club on Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico.[28]
Veasey defended Texas oil and interests in February 2021 when President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and issued a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.[29]
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
- Congressional Black Caucus[30]
- LGBT Equality Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus[31]
- Blue Collar Caucus[32]
- Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus[33]
- U.S.-Japan Caucus[34]
- New Democrat Coalition[35]
- Medicare for All Caucus
Personal life
Veasey is married to Tonya Jackson, a former Texas Senate aide.[36] They have a son.[37] Veasey’s uncle, Robert James English, was a television reporter and worked for Jim Wright, a former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.[2]
Electoral history
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| Year | Office | Election | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 2004 | State Representative | Primary | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 4,880 | 54.29% | Glenn Lewis (i) | Democratic | 4,109 | 45.71% | |||||||
| 2004 | State Representative | General | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 33,769 | 100.00% | |||||||||||
| 2006 | State Representative | General | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 18,259 | 90.53% | John Paul Robinson | Libertarian | 1,909 | 9.47% | |||||||
| 2008 | State Representative | General | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 39,150 | 95.52% | Hy Siegel | Libertarian | 1,838 | 4.48% | |||||||
| 2010 | State Representative | General | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 19,835 | 100.00% | |||||||||||
| 2012 | U.S. Representative | Primary | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 6,938 | 36.77% | Domingo Garcia | Democratic | 4,715 | 24.99% | Kathleen Hicks | Democratic | 2,372 | 12.57% | |||
| David Alameel | Democratic | 2,064 | 10.94% | Manuel Valdez | Democratic | 884 | 4.69% | ||||||||||
| Steve Salazar | Democratic | 482 | 2.56% | Chrysta Castaneda | Democratic | 395 | 2.09% | ||||||||||
| Jason E. Roberts | Democratic | 342 | 1.81% | Carlos Quintanilla | Democratic | 286 | 1.52% | ||||||||||
| Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. | Democratic | 201 | 1.07% | J. R. Molina | Democratic | 189 | 1.00% | ||||||||||
| 2012 | U.S. Representative | Primary Runoff | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 10,766 | 52.73% | Domingo Garcia | Democratic | 9,653 | 47.27% | |||||||
| 2012 | U.S. Representative | General | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 85,114 | 72.51% | Chuck Bradley | Republican | 30,252 | 25.77% | Ed Lindsay | Green | 2,009 | 1.71% | |||
| 2014 | U.S. Representative | Primary | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 13,292 | 73.48% | Tom Sanchez | Democratic | 4,798 | 26.52% | |||||||
| 2014 | U.S. Representative | General | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 43,769 | 86.51% | Jason Reeves | Libertarian | 6,823 | 13.49% | |||||||
| 2016 | U.S. Representative | Primary | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 20,526 | 63.41% | Carlos Quintanilla | Democratic | 11,846 | 36.59% | |||||||
| 2016 | U.S. Representative | General | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 93,147 | 73.71% | M. Mark Mitchell | Republican | 33,222 | 26.29% | |||||||
| 2018 | U.S. Representative | Primary | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 15,175 | 70.32% | Carlos Quintanilla | Democratic | 6,405 | 29.68% | |||||||
| 2018 | U.S. Representative | General[38] | Marc Veasey (i) | Democratic | 90,805 | 76.16% | Willie Billups | Republican | 26,120 | 21.91% | Jason Reeves | Libertarian | 2,299 | 1.93% | |||
See also
References
- ^ “State Rep. Marc Veasey”. texastribune.org. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Tinsley, Anna M. (July 22, 2012). “Marc Veasey hopes his years in politics will help open a new chapter | Local Elections |”. Star-telegram.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ “Marc Veasey: Leader and Candidate for District 33 – Metropolitan – Daily Campus – Southern Methodist University”. Smudailycampus.com. October 30, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ “Star Telegram: Search Results”. December 14, 2008.
- ^ a b Mosier, Jeff (March 10, 2004). “Archives | The Dallas Morning News, dallasnews.com”. Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ “Star Telegram: Search Results”. January 3, 2004.
- ^ “Our Campaigns – TX State House 095 – D Primary Race – Mar 09, 2004”.
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- ^ “Texas – Congressional District 33” (PDF). www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ ftp://ftpgis1.tlc.state.tx.us/DistrictViewer/Congress/PlanC235r100.pdf
- ^ “Our Campaigns – TX District 33 – D Primary Race – May 29, 2012”.
- ^ “Our Campaigns – TX District 33 – D Runoff Race – Jul 31, 2012”.
- ^ “Our Campaigns – TX District 33 Race – Nov 06, 2012”.
- ^ Tinsley, Anna M. (August 28, 2010). “Marc Veasey, Roger Williams set to join North Texas congressional delegation | Elections &”. Star-telegram.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ Tinsley, Anna M. (August 28, 2010). “Fort Worth’s Veasey wins runoff for U.S. House seat | Elections & Politics | News from F”. Star-telegram.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ “Democratic primary election returns”. team1.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ Young, Stephen (July 10, 2014). “Meet Jason Reeves, the Guy Guaranteed to Finish at Least Second to Marc Veasey”. Unfair Park. Dallas Observer. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ “We recommend Marc Veasey in the 33rd Congressional District Democratic primary”. The Dallas Morning News. January 30, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ “TX District 33 2020”. Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Bycoffe, Aaron; Wiederkehr, Anna (April 22, 2021). “Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?”. FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ “Rep. Mark Pocan calls on Biden to drop out, saying concerns are ‘jeopardizing’ Dem chances”. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ “Marc Veasey on the Issues”. ontheissues.org. On the Issues. 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ a b “Marc Veasey on Civil Rights”. ontheissues.org. On the Issues.
- ^ “Marc Veasey on Energy & Oil”. ontheissues.org. On the Issues. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ Greene, Richard (February 5, 2021). “When Biden put the squeeze on Texas’ oil and gas industry, Democrats squealed, too”. news.yahoo.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ “Membership”. Congressional Black Caucus. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ^ “Membership”. Congressional Arts Caucus. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ “Boyle and Veasey form “Blue Collar Caucus” in Congress”. Congressman Brendan Boyle. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ “Members”. Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ “Members”. U.S. – Japan Caucus. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ “Members”. New Democrat Coalition. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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- ^ “The Graham Leader”. The Graham Leader. March 20, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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External links
- Congressman Marc Veasey official U.S. House website
- Marc Veasey for Congress campaign website
- Marc Veasey at Curlie
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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