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==Background==

==Background==

Hughes was born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, but reared in a [[blue collar]] family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. A fifth-generation Texan, Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.<ref name=bio>"Bryan Hughes biography". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5#member-biography. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>

Hughes was born in Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, but reared in a blue collar family in nearby Mineola. He graduated in 1987 from Mineola High School and thereafter enrolled at Tyler Junior College. In 1992, he earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Tyler. A fifth-generation Texan, Hughes was the first member of his family to receive a college education.<ref name=bio>"Bryan Hughes biography". house.state.tx.us. http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=5#member-biography. Retrieved September 26, 2011</ref>

In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas [[William M. Steger]] of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor [[Price Daniel]]. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County,<ref name=bio/> but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."<ref name=mesot>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesotheliomalawfirm.com/_d_bryan_hughes.htm|title=D. Bryan Hughes|publisher=mesotheliomalawfirm.com|accessdate= September 26, 2011}}</ref>

In 1995, Hughes completed his Juris Doctor degree from Baptist-affiliated Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. For the next two years, Hughes was a law clerk and briefing attorney for the late U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas [[William M. Steger]] of Texas, a pioneer in the Republican Party who was his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee against Governor [[Price Daniel]]. The federal courthouse in Tyler, the county seat of Smith County is named for Judge Steger. For a time Hughes practiced law in Marshall in Harrison County,<ref name=bio/> but in 2003, he joined the Lanier law firm in Mineola. He describes his practice as one dedicated to "representing working families and small businesses."<ref name=mesot>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesotheliomalawfirm.com/_d_bryan_hughes.htm|title=D. Bryan Hughes|publisher=mesotheliomalawfirm.com|accessdate= September 26, 2011}}</ref>

Hughes is an active member of the nondenominational Golden Bible Chapel in Golden in Wood County.<ref name=bio/> Among his other affiliations are the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, several bar associations, the American Red Cross,<ref name=mesot/> the [[National Rifle Association]], Mineola Rotary,<ref name=bio/> and the Stewards Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to aid churches and their employees financially.<ref name=mesot/>

Hughes is an active member of the nondenominational Golden Bible Chapel in Golden in Wood County.<ref name=bio/> Among his other affiliations are the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, several bar associations, the American Red Cross,<ref name=mesot/> the [[National Rifle Association]], Mineola Rotary,<ref name=bio/> and the Stewards Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to aid churches and their employees financially.<ref name=mesot/>

==Legislative service==

==Legislative service==