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==Political life==
==Political life==
In 2012, [[Ken Paxton]] left the House District 70 seat in 2012 to run successfully for state senator for the District 8 seat vacated by another Republican, Florence Shapiro, two Republicans with backgrounds in the ministry, Scott Sanford of McKinney and Bracy M. Wilson (born c. 1974) of Frisco, filed for the open seat. Wilson, a graduate of Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie in Ellis County, is engaged in providing consulting and support services for [[charter school]]s. His Bracy Wilson Ministries, Inc., is a [[non-profit organization]] that serves children with [[autism]].<ref name=candidatesfile>{{cite web|url=http://www.baumbach.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2011/10/21/candidates_for_the_70th_district_of_the_|title=Candidates for House District 70|publisher=Baumbach.org|date=October 21, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Paxton served only two years in the Senate and in 2014 was elected state attorney general, a position which he still holds.
In 2012, [[Ken Paxton]] left the House District 70 seat in 2012 to run successfully for state senator for the District 8 seat vacated by another Republican, Florence Shapiro, two Republicans with backgrounds in the ministry, Scott Sanford of McKinney and Bracy M. Wilson (born c. 1974) of Frisco, filed for the open seat. Wilson, a graduate of Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie in Ellis County, is engaged in providing consulting and support services for [[charter school]]s. His Bracy Wilson Ministries, Inc., is a [[non-profit organization]] that serves children with [[autism]].<ref name=candidatesfile>{{cite web|url=http://www.baumbach.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2011/10/21/candidates_for_the_70th_district_of_the_|title=Candidates for House District 70|publisher=Baumbach.org|date=October 21, 2011; material no longer on-line.}}</ref> Paxton served only two years in the Senate and in 2014 was elected state attorney general, a position which he still holds.
Sanford is a member of the House committees on (1) Human Services and (2) Urban Affairs.<ref name=votesmart/>
Sanford is a member of the House committees on (1) Human Services and (2) Urban Affairs.<ref name=votesmart/>