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| name=Nicolas Van Campen Taylor

| name=Nicolas Van Campen Taylor

| image=Van Taylor.jpg

| image=Van Taylor.jpg

| office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]] District 3

| office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 3rd congressional district

| term_start=January 3, 2019

| term_start=January 3, 2019

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| term_end=January 3, 2023

| preceded=[[Sam Johnson]]

| preceded=[[Sam Johnson]]

| office2=Texas State Senator for<br>District 8 ([[Plano]])

| office2=Texas State Senator for<br>District 8 ([[Plano]])

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'''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''', known as '''Van Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), is a [[RINO]] congressman representing the Texas 3rd congressional district, who was one of only 35 [[liberal]] [[Republican]]s who voted for [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s [[1/6 Select Committee]] to engage in a witch-hunt against [[Trump]], his family, and his supporters.  Van Taylor is opposed by many [[conservative]] groups for reelection, including the leader of US Inventor (for refusing to support small inventors' patent rights) and vaccine choice groups (for refusing to oppose mandates).  His district, which is north of [[Dallas]], is more conservative than he is and was made even more conservative by the redistricting in 2022.</sup>

'''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''', known as '''Van Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), is a departing [[RINO]] [[U.S. Representative]] for the [[Texas]] 3rd congressional district. He was one of only thirty-five [[liberal]] [[Republican Party|Republicans]] who voted for [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s [[1/6 Select Committee]] to engage in a witch-hunt against [[Trump]], his family, and his supporters.  Van Taylor is opposed by many [[conservative]] groups for reelection, including the leader of US Inventor (for refusing to support small inventors' patent rights) and vaccine choice groups (for refusing to oppose mandates).  His district, which is north of [[Dallas]], is more conservative than he is and was made even more conservative by the redistricting in 2022.</sup>

Since 2015, Taylor has been a state senator in the heavily Republican District 8. He succeeded Sam Johnson, the retiring Republican congressman, on January 3, 2019.  In the November 6, 2018, general election, Van Taylor defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Lorie Burch, 168,775 (54.3 percent) to 137,547 (44.2 percent). He resides in [[Plano]] in Collin County

Since 2015, Taylor has been a state senator in the heavily Republican District 8. He succeeded Sam Johnson, the retiring Republican congressman, on January 3, 2019.  In the November 6, 2018, general election, Van Taylor defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Lorie Burch, 168,775 (54.3 percent) to 137,547 (44.2 percent). He resides in [[Plano]] in Collin County

==Background==

==Background==

Taylor was born in [[Dallas]], Texas, to [[attorney]] Nicholas Cowenhoven Taylor and the former Catherine Hepburn Blaffer, the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist in Humble, near [[Houston]], Texas;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/catherine-blaffer-bride-of-lawyer.html|title=Catherine Blaffer Bride of Lawyer|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 5, 1970|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref>

Taylor was born in [[Dallas]] to [[attorney]] Nicholas Cowenhoven Taylor and the former Catherine Hepburn Blaffer, the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist in Humble, near [[Houston]], Texas;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/catherine-blaffer-bride-of-lawyer.html|title=Catherine Blaffer Bride of Lawyer|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 5, 1970|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref>the couple divorced in 1999. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a preparatory school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Van Taylor graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service as a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader in [[Iraq]].

the couple divorced in 1999. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a preparatory school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Van Taylor graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service as a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader in [[Iraq]].

==Career==

==Career==

He was one of thirty-five Republicans to vote for the Partisan Hack resolution calling for an Investigation on Capital Hill.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll154.xml</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/</ref>.

He was one of thirty-five Republicans to vote for the Partisan Hack resolution calling for an Investigation on Capital Hill.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll154.xml</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/</ref>.

In March 2022, Taylor failed to obtain at least 50% of the vote in the primary election for his district. Consequently, he must run in a runoff election against Keith Self, a former judge for Collin County, in order to be re-nominated.[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/01/rep-van-taylor-fights-to-overcome-trump-snub-and-other-texas-gop-congressional-primaries-to-watch/] This turn of events can be attributed to the revelation of an extramarital affair between Taylor and “ISIS bride” Tania Joya just days before the election.[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/28/exclusive-isis-bride-says-texas-congressman-van-taylor-paid-her-to-keep-quiet-about-affair/]

On March 2, 2022, Taylor announced that he was leaving his reelection bid though he finished first the previous day with 49 percent of the primary vote. The second-placed candidate, Keith Self, a former judge for Collin County, will hence be the Republican nominee in thge November 8 general election.<ref>[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/01/rep-van-taylor-fights-to-overcome-trump-snub-and-other-texas-gop-congressional-primaries-to-watch/]</ref> This turn of events can be attributed to the revelation of an extramarital affair between Taylor and “ISIS bride” Tania Joya just days before the election.[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/28/exclusive-isis-bride-says-texas-congressman-van-taylor-paid-her-to-keep-quiet-about-affair/]

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