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'''Kenneth Broderick Mercer''', known as '''Ken Mercer''' (born 1955), is a technology project manager and a [[Republican]] politician from his native [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. For one term from 2003 to 2005, he was the District 117 member of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=

'''Kenneth Broderick Mercer''', known as '''Ken Mercer''' (born 1955), is a technology project manager and a [[Republican]] politician from his native [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. For one term from 2003 to 2005, he was the District 117 member of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=

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Ken Mercer|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 2004, he won the first of his currently three terms on the elected Texas State Board of Education as the representative for District 5, which includes all of eleven counties plus portions of populous Bexar and Travis counties.

Ken Mercer|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 2004, he won the first of his currently three terms on the elected Texas State Board of Education as the representative for District 5, which includes all of eleven counties plus portions of populous Bexar and Travis counties.

==Background==

==Background==

Mercer and his two sisters, Patricia (husband Phillip) Dapeer and Sharon (husband Bobby) Barnes, are the children of Daniel Hall Mercer (1919-2002), who served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] in [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]] and was thereafter a career technical sergeant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mercer&GSfn=Daniel&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72735817&df=all&|title=Daniel Hall Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 1950, Daniel Mercer married the former Mary Dalia Almaguer (1929-2015). The couple is interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150252299|title=Mary Dalia Almaguer Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}]</ref>

Mercer and his two sisters, Patricia (husband Phillip) Dapeer and Sharon (husband Bobby) Barnes, are the children of Daniel Hall Mercer (1919-2002), who served in the United States Army Air Corps in [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]] and was thereafter a career technical sergeant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mercer&GSfn=Daniel&GSmn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72735817&df=all&|title=Daniel Hall Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 1950, Daniel Mercer married the former Mary Dalia Almaguer (1929-2015). The couple is interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150252299|title=Mary Dalia Almaguer Mercer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 22, 2016}]</ref>

Mercer holds a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[biology]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], a [[Bachelor of Business Administration]] from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] (2005 "Alumnus of the Year"), and a [[Master of Business Administration]] in finance and management from [[St. Mary's University, Texas|St. Mary's University]], also in San Antonio. He is a member of the [[Delta Mu Delta]] Graduate Business Honor Society.<ref name=sboe>{{cite web|url=http://tea.texas.gov/index4.aspx?id=3421|title=SBOE Member District 5|publisher=tea.tsxas.gov|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>

Mercer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [[biology]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio (2005 "Alumnus of the Year"), and a Master of Business Administration in finance and management from [[St. Mary's University]], also in San Antonio. He is a member of the Delta Mu Delta Graduate Business Honor Society.<ref name=sboe>{{cite web|url=http://tea.texas.gov/index4.aspx?id=3421|title=SBOE Member District 5|publisher=tea.tsxas.gov|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==