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'''Bryan Lee Slaton''' (born February 2, 1978) is a [[business]]man and a [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man  who is the state representative for House District 2, which encompasses Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties in the northeastern portion of [[Texas]]. He is the financial administrator at the Arapaho Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bryan-slaton/bryanslaton?valid=true&|title=Bryan Slaton|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

'''Bryan Lee Slaton''' (born February 2, 1978) is a [[business]]man and a [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man  who is the former state representative for House District 2, which encompasses Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties in the northeastern portion of [[Texas]]. He is the financial administrator at the Arapaho Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bryan-slaton/bryanslaton?valid=true&|title=Bryan Slaton|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

On July 14, 2020, in his third attempt to be elected to the state House, Slaton unseated incumbent Representative [[Dan Flynn]] by a 22-point margin in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] runoff..  On November 3, 2020, he defeated Democrat Bill Brannon in the [[general election]], 62,903 votes (81 percent) to 14,410 (19 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representative), July 14 and November 3, 2020.</ref>

On July 14, 2020, in his third attempt to be elected to the state House, Slaton unseated incumbent Representative [[Dan Flynn]] by a 22-point margin in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] runoff..  On November 3, 2020, he defeated Democrat Bill Brannon in the [[general election]], 62,903 votes (81 percent) to 14,410 (19 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representative), July 14 and November 3, 2020.</ref>

In March 2021, Representative Slaton, a [[conservative]], proposed that Texas establish a fund to pay for border security that would include completion of the wall on the southern border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightspeak.net/2021/03/texas-bill-opens-up-loophole-on-biden.html|title=Texas Bill Opens up Loophole on Biden: The Border Wall Might Get Built After All; Wall Construction Under Biden? Red States Can Complete Border Wall in Texas and Arizona|publisher=rightspeak.net|date=March 15, 2021|accessdate=March 19, 2021}}</ref>

In March 2021, Representative Slaton, a [[conservative]], proposed that Texas establish a fund to pay for border security that would include completion of the wall on the southern border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightspeak.net/2021/03/texas-bill-opens-up-loophole-on-biden.html|title=Texas Bill Opens up Loophole on Biden: The Border Wall Might Get Built After All; Wall Construction Under Biden? Red States Can Complete Border Wall in Texas and Arizona|publisher=rightspeak.net|date=March 15, 2021|accessdate=March 19, 2021}}</ref>

In April 2023 the Texas House Committee on General Investigating (which oversees all complaints against House Members) began an investigation into Slaton after reports surfaced that he had an "inappropriate relationship" with a 19-year-old intern.  On May 6, the Committee published its report on the matter and determined that the reports were true, and unanimously recommended that Slaton be expelled from the House.<ref>https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/report.pdf</ref> The Committee then submitted a resolution calling for his expulsion<ref>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HR01542I.pdf#navpanes=0</ref>, signed by all five members. The vote to expel, if Slaton does not resign beforehand, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

In April 2023 the Texas House Committee on General Investigating (which oversees all complaints against House Members) began an investigation into Slaton after reports surfaced that he had an "inappropriate relationship" with a 19-year-old intern.  On May 6, the Committee published its report on the matter and determined that the reports were true, and unanimously recommended that Slaton be expelled from the House.<ref>https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/report.pdf</ref> The Committee then submitted a resolution calling for his expulsion<ref>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HR01542I.pdf#navpanes=0</ref>, signed by all five members. The vote to expel, had Slaton not resigned beforehand, was scheduled for May 9, 2023.

 

Slaton abruptly resigned from the state House on May 8, the day before the expulsion vote could be held.  

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