| − | '''Phillip Wayne Stephenson''', known as '''Phil Stephenson''' (born February 4, 1945),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/49730/phil-stephenson#.UyEhtstOUfg|title=Phil Stephenson's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from Wharton, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party]] member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] for District 85 based in Wharton, Fort Bend, and Jackson counties in the southeastern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5743&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Stephenson~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Phil Stephenson|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> | + | '''Phillip Wayne Stephenson''', known as '''Phil Stephenson''' (born February 4, 1945),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/49730/phil-stephenson#.UyEhtstOUfg|title=Phil Stephenson's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from Wharton, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Part|Republicany]] state representative for District 85 based in Wharton, Fort Bend, and Jackson counties in the southeastern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5743&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Stephenson~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Phil Stephenson|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> |
| | Stephenson is a native of Duncan in Stephens County in southern [[Oklahoma]] southwest of Lawton. At some point, he moved to Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, where he graduated in 1964 from Plainview High School in Plainview. He then attended the two-year South Plains College in Levelland Texas, and then [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he received in 1969 a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.<ref name=votesmart/> | | Stephenson is a native of Duncan in Stephens County in southern [[Oklahoma]] southwest of Lawton. At some point, he moved to Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, where he graduated in 1964 from Plainview High School in Plainview. He then attended the two-year South Plains College in Levelland Texas, and then [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he received in 1969 a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.<ref name=votesmart/> |