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In [[Iraq]], Taylor was a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader.

In [[Iraq]], Taylor was a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader.

Taylor was in [[Dallas]], Texas, to Nicholas Cavenhove Taylor and Catherine Blaffer. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a prep school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Taylor attended and graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the United States Marine Corps, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Co. in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service in Iraq.

Taylor was in [[Dallas]], Texas, to Nicholas Cavenhove Taylor the former Catherine Blaffer. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a prep school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Taylor attended and graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Bachelor of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service in Iraq.

He served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a Captain, Taylor led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the Task Force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued 31 wounded men-under-fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers.

He served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, Taylor led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor a major in the Marine Corps Reserves.

[[Angela Paxton]], wife and political advisor of Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], is the Republican nominee in the November 6 general election to succeed Taylor in state Senate District 8.  

 

[[Angela Paxton]], wife an political advisor of Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], is the Republican nominee in the November 6 general election to succeed Taylor in state Senate District 8.  

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