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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Phillip Wayne "Phil" Stephenson
|name=Phyllip Wayne "Phil" Stephenson
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 85 (Fort Bend, Jackson, and Wharton counties)
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 85 (Fort Bend, Jackson, and Wharton counties)
}}
}}
'''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|Republican]] 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>
'''Phyllip 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|Republican]] 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>
He was re-nominated for a fifth term with 78 percent of the primary vote and is running in the [[general election]] scheduled on November 3, 2020.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (District 85), March 3, 2020.</ref>
He was re-nominated for a fifth term with 78 percent of the primary vote and is running in the [[general election]] scheduled on November 3, 2020.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (District 85), March 3, 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/> Since 1976, Stephenson has owned the CPA firm, Stephenson and Company. After college, he worked as senior accountant for Main Lafrentz and Company in [[Dallas]], Texas. He is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.<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/> Since 1976, Stephenson has owned the CPA firm, Stephenson and Company. After college, he worked as senior accountant for Main Lafrentz and Company in [[Dallas]], Texas. He is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.<ref name=votesmart/>
Stephenson and his wife, the former Barbara Lynn Jarvis (1948-2016), have two children, Scott and Allison LeGrand. He is a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=votesmart/> Upon his death Stephenson will be interred alongside his wife at the Texas State Cemetery in [[Austin]]. His gravestone has the correct spelling of his first name as "Phyllip."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/pub/user_form822.asp?pers_id=12063|title=Barbara Lynn Stephenson|publisher=Texas State Cemetery ([[Austin]])|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Most sources cited, however, use "Phillip."
Stephenson and his wife, the former Barbara Lynn Jarvis (1948-2016), have two children, Scott and Allison LeGrand. He is a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=votesmart/> Upon his death Stephenson will be interred alongside his wife at the Texas State Cemetery in [[Austin]]. His gravestone has the correct spelling of his first name as "Phyllip."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/pub/user_form822.asp?pers_id=12063|title=Barbara Lynn Stephenson (spouse)|publisher=Texas State Cemetery ([[Austin]])|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Most sources cited, however, use "Phillip."
==Political life==
==Political life==