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'''Douglas Bryan Hughes''', known as '''Bryan Hughes''' (born July 21, 1969),<ref>"Representative Bryan Hughes". votesmart.org. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=50173. Retrieved September 26, 2011.</ref> is an attorney in Mineola, [[Texas]], who has been since 2003 a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 5, which includes Camp, Harrison, Upshur, and Wood counties in the northeastern section of his state.<ref>"Bryan Hughes". lrl.state.tx.us. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5544&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=5~first=Bryan~gender=~last=Hughes~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref><ref name=house>"Rep. Hughes, Bryan". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5 Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>He is among the most outspoken [[conservative]]s in the Texas legislature.

'''Douglas Bryan Hughes''', known as '''Bryan Hughes''' (born July 21, 1969),<ref>"Representative Bryan Hughes". votesmart.org. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=50173. Retrieved September 26, 2011.</ref> is an attorney in Mineola, [[Texas]], who has been since 2003 a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 5, which includes Camp, Harrison, Upshur, and Wood counties in the northeastern section of his state.<ref>"Bryan Hughes". lrl.state.tx.us. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5544&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=5~first=Bryan~gender=~last=Hughes~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref><ref name=house>"Rep. Hughes, Bryan". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5 Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>He is among the strongest [[conservative]]s in the Texas legislature.

==Background==

==Background==

Hughes was born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, but reared in a blue collar family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. A fifth-generation Texan, Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.<ref name=bio>"Bryan Hughes biography". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5#member-biography. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>

Born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, Hughes was reared in a blue collar family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. A fifth-generation Texan, Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.<ref name=bio>"Bryan Hughes biography". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5#member-biography. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>

In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas [[William M. Steger]] of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor [[Price Daniel]]. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County,<ref name=bio/> but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."<ref name=mesot>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesotheliomalawfirm.com/_d_bryan_hughes.htm|title=D. Bryan Hughes|publisher=mesotheliomalawfirm.com|accessdate= September 26, 2011}}</ref>

In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas [[William M. Steger]] of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor [[Price Daniel]]. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County,<ref name=bio/> but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."<ref name=mesot>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesotheliomalawfirm.com/_d_bryan_hughes.htm|title=D. Bryan Hughes|publisher=mesotheliomalawfirm.com|accessdate= September 26, 2011}}</ref>