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'''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>

'''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''', known as '''Van Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), is a departing [[RINO]] [[U.S. Representative]] for the 3rd congressional district of his native [[Texas]]. 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 [[Donald Trump]], his family, and his supporters.  Van Taylor was opposed by many [[conservative]] groups when he sought a third House term. These dissidents included advocates

of patent rights of small inventors and those who oppose mandatory [[coronavirus]] vaccines. His district, which is north of his native [[Dallas]], is more conservative than he is and was made even more conservative by the redistricting in 2021.</ref>

From 2015 to 2019, Taylor was 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

From 2015 to 2019, Taylor was 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]] 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]].

Taylor was born 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]].

==Career==

==Career==