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==U.S. Congress, Texas' 8th Congressional District==
Upon the retirement of Jack Fields, who represented the Texas Congressional District 8, Brady decided to run for the open seat. Brady did not receive 50% of the vote in the initial 1996 Republican primary, so he had to compete in a runoff against, Dr. Gene Fontenot. Brady won the runoff with a 53%–47% margin. Texas's Congressional District 8 is located in the eastern portion of the state and includes Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker counties along with parts of Harris and Leon counties, with Montgomery County being the most populous county by far.
After a Supreme Court case on congressional districts, Bush v. Vera, Texas was forced to hold a new election with redrawn congressional district lines. In the November general election, held in jungle primary format, Brady came in first with 41% of the vote. In the December 1996 runoff election, Brady defeated Fontenot again. This time it was a 59% to 41% victory for Brady.
{{Cquote |1=I can’t think of anything more dangerous and irresponsible to the economy than raising taxes and slowing this economy as we’re working our way out of a pandemic. What we don’t want to do is return to the battle of the days of the Obama-Biden administration, the slowest recovery since World War II, wages were stagnant, jobs were moving overseas — exactly the opposite of what we have seen under the Trump administration. So, I think Joe Biden simply doesn’t understand the economy. He’s shown that for many years. And right now, more than ever, what we need to be doing is making those tax cuts permanent, keeping dollars in the pockets of families of our small businesses, encouraging new investment. And obviously, we have already seen a number of jobs in dollars repatriated back to the United States under the Trump tax cuts. We want to continue that, not reverse it. |2=20 |4=Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) |5=[[Fox News|FOX Business]]<ref>Baker, Trent. [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/07/02/gop-rep-brady-on-biden-wanting-to-cancel-trump-tax-cuts-cant-think-of-anything-more-dangerous-and-irresponsible-to-the-economy/ GOP Rep. Brady on Biden Proposal to Cancel Trump Tax Cuts: ‘Can’t Think of Anything More Dangerous and Irresponsible’], Breitbart, July 2, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref> |QuoteWidth=20 |Width=20 |Size=20 }}
After Brady's reasonable slight move back to the right and strong support of President Trump, his performance in Republican primaries improved.He did not face a Republican opponent in 2018 and in 2020 he defeated his fellow Republican Kirk Osborn 81% to 16%.<ref>[https://results.texas-election.com/races House of Representatives, 8th Congressional District], ''State of Texas, Secretary of State's Office''. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>
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