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'''Joe B. Phillips''' (March 11, 1925 – January 24, 2012) was a [[real estate]] agent from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who was a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in West Texas and an active figure in his later years in the [[pro-life]] movement.

'''Joe B. Phillips''' (March 11, 1925 – January 24, 2012) was a [[real estate]] agent from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who was a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in West Texas and an active figure in his later years in the [[pro-life]] movement.

Phillips was born in Temple in Bell County in Central Texas, to J. A. Phillips and the former Kate Hooker, but he was reared in Lubbock, where he graduated in 1942 from Lubbock High School. He studied animal husbandry at [[Texas Tech University]] until his education was interrupted by [[United States Army]] service in [[World War II]] in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Released from the military, he wed the former Mary Frances Crush in Baytown, Texas. They lived in Lubbock, where Phillips was a developer and operated Phillips Agency Realtors. He was the youngest president of the Texas Association of Realtors and was affiliated as well with the National Association of Realtors.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2012-01-26/joe-b-phillips?v=1327541570|title=Joe B. Phillips obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

Phillips was born in Temple in Bell County in Central Texas, to J. A. Phillips and the former Kate Hooker, but he was reared in Lubbock, where he graduated in 1942 from Lubbock High School. He studied animal husbandry at [[Texas Tech University]] until his education was interrupted by [[United States Army]] service in [[World War II]] in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Released from the military, he wed the former Mary Frances Crush in Baytown, Texas. They lived in Lubbock, where Phillips was a developer and operated Phillips Agency Realtors. He was the youngest president of the Texas Association of Realtors and was affiliated as well with the National Association of Realtors.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2012-01-26/joe-b-phillips?v=1327541570|title=Joe B. Phillips obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 1962, Phillips ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the first Republican primary held in Texas since 1926. Though he lost his party's nomination to Dennis Taylor, he was slated in 1964 as the GOP candidate against long-term Representative George Mahon, also of Lubbock. In an era before Texas had a large number of Republican congressmen, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mahon prevailed, 87,555 (77.6 percent) to Phillips's 25,243 (22.4 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections'', Vol. 2, U.S. House, 6th ed. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 2010), p. 1270</ref> Mahon did not again face a Republican challenger until his last congressional race in 1976, when he defeated [[Jim Reese]], the former mayor of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]].

In 1962, Phillips ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the first Republican primary held in Texas since 1926. Though he lost his party's nomination to Dennis Taylor, he was slated in 1964 as the GOP candidate against long-term Representative George Mahon, also of Lubbock. In an era before Texas had a large number of Republican congressmen, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mahon prevailed, 87,555 (77.6 percent) to Phillips's 25,243 (22.4 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections'', Vol. 2, U.S. House, 6th ed. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 2010), p. 1270</ref> Mahon did not again face a Republican challenger until his last congressional race in 1976, when he defeated [[Jim Reese]], the former mayor of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]].