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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Michael Jonathan Cloud
|image =
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 27th congressional district
|term_start = July 1, 2018
|term_end =
|preceded=[[Blake Farenthold]]
|birth_place=
|residence=Victoria, Texas
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Rosel Cloud
|children=Three children
|education =Miamisburg ([[Ohio]]) High School<br>
[[Oral Roberts University]]
}}
'''Michael Cloud''' is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Texas]]'s 27th congressional district. The winner of a special election on June 30, 2018, Cloud fills the remaining six months in the seat vacated by fellow Republican [[Blake Farenthold]], who resigned earlier amid controversy over his legal settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit with public funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/polls-close-in-special-election-to-replace-texas-gop-congressman/2018/06/30/ae0aede2-7c51-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html |title=Republican wins Texas special election for House seat |author=Sean Sullivan|date=June 30, 2018|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]'' |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Politico-2017-12-01">{{cite news | last1=Bade | first1=Rachael | title=Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458 | date=December 1, 2017 | publisher=Politico}}</ref>
Cloud is a former chair of the Victoria County Republican Party. In the special election, he polled about 54 percent of the ballots cast in a field of nine candidates. The second place candidate, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Eric Holguin, received just under one-third of the vote. The two meet again in the November 6 [[general election]] as their respective party nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/jun30_329_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=675|title=2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>
Cloud carries the endorsement of the [[conservative]] Club for Growth [[Political Action Committee]] as well as the [[House Freedom Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-hold-on-to-farenthold-seat-in-texas-special-election/ar-AAzoK5m?ocid=spartandhp|title=Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election|author=Bridget Bowman|publisehr=Msn.com|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Ohio]]
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|name = Michael Jonathan Cloud
|image =
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 27th congressional district
|term_start = July 1, 2018
|term_end =
|preceded=[[Blake Farenthold]]
|birth_place=
|residence=Victoria, Texas
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Rosel Cloud
|children=Three children
|education =Miamisburg ([[Ohio]]) High School<br>
[[Oral Roberts University]]
}}
'''Michael Cloud''' is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Texas]]'s 27th congressional district. The winner of a special election on June 30, 2018, Cloud fills the remaining six months in the seat vacated by fellow Republican [[Blake Farenthold]], who resigned earlier amid controversy over his legal settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit with public funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/polls-close-in-special-election-to-replace-texas-gop-congressman/2018/06/30/ae0aede2-7c51-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html |title=Republican wins Texas special election for House seat |author=Sean Sullivan|date=June 30, 2018|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]'' |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Politico-2017-12-01">{{cite news | last1=Bade | first1=Rachael | title=Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458 | date=December 1, 2017 | publisher=Politico}}</ref>
Cloud is a former chair of the Victoria County Republican Party. In the special election, he polled about 54 percent of the ballots cast in a field of nine candidates. The second place candidate, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Eric Holguin, received just under one-third of the vote. The two meet again in the November 6 [[general election]] as their respective party nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/jun30_329_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=675|title=2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>
Cloud carries the endorsement of the [[conservative]] Club for Growth [[Political Action Committee]] as well as the [[House Freedom Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-hold-on-to-farenthold-seat-in-texas-special-election/ar-AAzoK5m?ocid=spartandhp|title=Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election|author=Bridget Bowman|publisehr=Msn.com|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cloud, Michael}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]