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|name=Kenneth Broderick "Ken" Mercer<br>

|name=Kenneth Broderick "Ken" Mercer<br>

|office=Member of the<br>Texas State Board of Education

|office=Member of the<br>Texas State Board of Education

|term_start=January 2005

|term_start=January 2007

|preceded=Dan Montgomery

|preceded=Dan Montgomery

|office2=Texas State Representative for<br> District 117 (Bexar County)

|office2=Texas State Representative for<br>District 117 (Bexar County)

|term_start2=January 2003

|term_start2=January 2003

|term_end2=January 2005

|term_end2=January 2005

'''Kenneth Broderick Mercer''', known as '''Ken Mercer''' (born July 1955), is a technology project manager and a [[Republican]] politician from his native [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. For one term from 2003 to 2005, he was the District 117 member of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=

'''Kenneth Broderick Mercer''', known as '''Ken Mercer''' (born July 1955), is a technology project manager and a [[Republican]] politician from his native [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. For one term from 2003 to 2005, he was the District 117 member of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=

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Ken Mercer|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 2004, he won the first of his currently four terms on the elected Texas State Board of Education as the representative for District 5, which includes all of eleven counties plus portions of populous Bexar and Travis counties.

Ken Mercer|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> In 2006, he won the first of his currently four terms on the elected Texas State Board of Education as the representative for District 5, which includes all of eleven counties plus portions of populous Bexar and Travis counties.

==Background==

==Background==