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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Joseph M. "Joe" Nixon
|image=Joe Nixon of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative from District 133 ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
|term_start=January 10, 1995
|term_end=January 9, 2007
|preceded=Robert Eckels
|succeeded=Jim Murphy
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_date=September 15, 1956
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|spouse=Allyson D. Nixon (born c. 1958)
|children=Nicholas, Stewart, and Matthew Nixon<br>
| '''Parents''':<br>
Hershell and Joan Lowery Nixon
|religion=[[Roman Catholicc]]
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
St. Mary's University School of Law ([[San Antonio]])
}}
'''Joseph M. Nixon''', known as '''Joe Nixon''' (born September 15, 1956), is an [[attorney]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party)|Republican]] former state representative for House District 133 in Harris County, a post he filled from 1995 to 2007.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjeuctOUfg|title=Joe Nixon's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref> He was elected to the state House in 1994, with the rise of [[George W. Bush]] to the Texas governorship,
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=219&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Joe~gender=~last=Nixon~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=#bio|title=Joe Nixon|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>
Nixon did not seek reelection to a seventh House term in 2006 because he ran instead unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the state Senate. The position was instead won by the radio commentator and [[business]]man [[Dan Patrick (politician)|Dan Patrick]], who in 2014 was elected lieutenant governor, a post he currently fills, against the incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] David Dewhurst.
Two years before, Dewhurst was defeated in a bid for the [[U.S Senate]], a post filled by [[Ted Cruz]]
==Background==
Though his place of birth is not listed in [[Internet]] websites, Nixon spent at least part of his childhood in [[Corpus Christi]], Texas, before he moved with his parents and three sisters to the Memorial and Tanglewood areas of Houston. Nixon's parents were Hershell Nixon, a [[United States Navy]] officer and a [[geologist]], and Joan Lowery Nixon, a native of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], who penned 140 books, mostly historical fiction and mysteries for young adults.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Lowery Nixon |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=1125211#fbLoggedOut |accessdate=May 29, 2013|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle'' |date=June 30, 2003}}</ref>
In 1978 Nixon graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Economics]] from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. In 1982 he obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the private St. Mary's University School of Law in [[San Antonio]]. At St. Mary's, he was a member of the Order of the Barrister and Phi Delta Phi. He served too as the associate editor from 1981 to 1982 of the ''St. Mary's Law Journal.'' Nixon is an attorney with Beirne Maynard Parsons, LLP in Uptown Houston and has also done work for the [[conservative]] Texas Public Policy Foundation.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=attorneynixon>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmpllp.com/attorneys/joseph-nixon|title=Joseph M. Nixon |publisher=bmpllp.com|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
Nixon and his wife, Allyson D. Nixon, have three sons, Nicholas, Stewart, and Matthew. He is a [[Roman Catholicc]].<ref name=votesmart/> According to intelius.com, Nixon previously resided in [[New Orleans]], but no dates are provided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Joseph&qmi=M&qn=Nixon&qcs=Houston%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Joseph M. Nixon|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
==Political life==
In 1994, the six-term Republican Representative Robert Eckels did not seek reelection but instead won the first of three consecutive terms as county judge for Harris County. Nixon and three others sought the party nomination to succeed Eckels. Nixon led with 3,303 votes (31.3 percent) and was placed into a runoff election with the second-place contender, Steve Crawford, who polled 2,551 (24.2 percent). In third place was Jerry Hall with 2,384 votes (22.6 percent). In fourth place was Nixon's eventual successor in the House, Jim Murphy, a Houston businessman who received 2,317 votes (22 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican primary, March 8, 1994.</ref>
Nixon won the runoff against Crawford with 51.7 percent of the ballots cast; he then prevailed in the 1994 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district with 80.24 percent. He rarely had opposition thereafter. In the 2004 general election, his last victory at the polls, he finished with 78.3 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joe-nixon/|title=Joe Nixon|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>
In the state Senate primary in 2006, Nixon ran third in a four-candidate field with 3,630 votes (8.7 percent). Fellow state Representative Peggy Hamric ran a weak second with 6,904 votes (16.5 percent). Dan Patrick prevailed with 28,870 votes (68.8 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 7, 2006.</ref> and went on to win the first of his two state Senate victories, the second occurring in 2010.
Representative Nixon authored and procured passage of a comprehensive tort reform bill and the companion state constitutional amendment, known as Proposition 12. He also worked for passage of legislation to stem [[identity theft]] and child abduction.<ref name=attorneynixon/>
===Legislative voting records and ratings===
In the special legislative session of 2006 called by Governor [[Rick Perry]] to address public school funding issues, Representative Nixon voted to reduce [[property tax]]es but to increase [[tobacco]] taxes. He voted to revise business taxes. He sided with the House majority, 86-47, to adopt a conference report that establishes the minimum value of a motor vehicle, for purposes of [[sales tax]]es, as 80 percent of the "standard presumptive value," an amount determined by the Texas Department of Transportation. However, the purchaser may establish a lower value by a valid appraiser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjitMtOUfh|title=Joe Nixon's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
In 2001 the Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Representative Nixon a "C+"; his score improved to 113 percent in 2003 and 100 percent in his last regular session in 2005. The [[National Abortion Rights Action League]] rated him 0 percent in his last three legislative sessions. [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s conservative [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Nixon 92 percent favorable in 2001 and 77 percent in both 2003 and 2005. The Young Conservatives of Texas in 2005 scored Nixon 87 percent in 2005. The [[Christian Coalition]] of America rated him 100 percent in 1997 and 1999 and 88 percent in 2003. The Texas Association of Business scored him 92 percent in 2005. The Texas chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business ranked him 83 percent. In 2001, the [[NAACP]] scored Nixon 75 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 8 percent in 2005; the [[Sierra Club]], 0 percent in 2003. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated Nixon either "A" or "A+" in all sessions in which he was a representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjdyMtOUfg|title=Joe Nixon's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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|name=Joseph M. "Joe" Nixon
|image=Joe Nixon of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative from District 133 ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
|term_start=January 10, 1995
|term_end=January 9, 2007
|preceded=Robert Eckels
|succeeded=Jim Murphy
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_date=September 15, 1956
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|spouse=Allyson D. Nixon (born c. 1958)
|children=Nicholas, Stewart, and Matthew Nixon<br>
| '''Parents''':<br>
Hershell and Joan Lowery Nixon
|religion=[[Roman Catholicc]]
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
St. Mary's University School of Law ([[San Antonio]])
}}
'''Joseph M. Nixon''', known as '''Joe Nixon''' (born September 15, 1956), is an [[attorney]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party)|Republican]] former state representative for House District 133 in Harris County, a post he filled from 1995 to 2007.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjeuctOUfg|title=Joe Nixon's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref> He was elected to the state House in 1994, with the rise of [[George W. Bush]] to the Texas governorship,
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=219&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Joe~gender=~last=Nixon~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=#bio|title=Joe Nixon|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>
Nixon did not seek reelection to a seventh House term in 2006 because he ran instead unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the state Senate. The position was instead won by the radio commentator and [[business]]man [[Dan Patrick (politician)|Dan Patrick]], who in 2014 was elected lieutenant governor, a post he currently fills, against the incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] David Dewhurst.
Two years before, Dewhurst was defeated in a bid for the [[U.S Senate]], a post filled by [[Ted Cruz]]
==Background==
Though his place of birth is not listed in [[Internet]] websites, Nixon spent at least part of his childhood in [[Corpus Christi]], Texas, before he moved with his parents and three sisters to the Memorial and Tanglewood areas of Houston. Nixon's parents were Hershell Nixon, a [[United States Navy]] officer and a [[geologist]], and Joan Lowery Nixon, a native of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], who penned 140 books, mostly historical fiction and mysteries for young adults.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Lowery Nixon |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=1125211#fbLoggedOut |accessdate=May 29, 2013|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle'' |date=June 30, 2003}}</ref>
In 1978 Nixon graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Economics]] from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. In 1982 he obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the private St. Mary's University School of Law in [[San Antonio]]. At St. Mary's, he was a member of the Order of the Barrister and Phi Delta Phi. He served too as the associate editor from 1981 to 1982 of the ''St. Mary's Law Journal.'' Nixon is an attorney with Beirne Maynard Parsons, LLP in Uptown Houston and has also done work for the [[conservative]] Texas Public Policy Foundation.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=attorneynixon>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmpllp.com/attorneys/joseph-nixon|title=Joseph M. Nixon |publisher=bmpllp.com|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
Nixon and his wife, Allyson D. Nixon, have three sons, Nicholas, Stewart, and Matthew. He is a [[Roman Catholicc]].<ref name=votesmart/> According to intelius.com, Nixon previously resided in [[New Orleans]], but no dates are provided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Joseph&qmi=M&qn=Nixon&qcs=Houston%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Joseph M. Nixon|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
==Political life==
In 1994, the six-term Republican Representative Robert Eckels did not seek reelection but instead won the first of three consecutive terms as county judge for Harris County. Nixon and three others sought the party nomination to succeed Eckels. Nixon led with 3,303 votes (31.3 percent) and was placed into a runoff election with the second-place contender, Steve Crawford, who polled 2,551 (24.2 percent). In third place was Jerry Hall with 2,384 votes (22.6 percent). In fourth place was Nixon's eventual successor in the House, Jim Murphy, a Houston businessman who received 2,317 votes (22 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican primary, March 8, 1994.</ref>
Nixon won the runoff against Crawford with 51.7 percent of the ballots cast; he then prevailed in the 1994 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district with 80.24 percent. He rarely had opposition thereafter. In the 2004 general election, his last victory at the polls, he finished with 78.3 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joe-nixon/|title=Joe Nixon|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>
In the state Senate primary in 2006, Nixon ran third in a four-candidate field with 3,630 votes (8.7 percent). Fellow state Representative Peggy Hamric ran a weak second with 6,904 votes (16.5 percent). Dan Patrick prevailed with 28,870 votes (68.8 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 7, 2006.</ref> and went on to win the first of his two state Senate victories, the second occurring in 2010.
Representative Nixon authored and procured passage of a comprehensive tort reform bill and the companion state constitutional amendment, known as Proposition 12. He also worked for passage of legislation to stem [[identity theft]] and child abduction.<ref name=attorneynixon/>
===Legislative voting records and ratings===
In the special legislative session of 2006 called by Governor [[Rick Perry]] to address public school funding issues, Representative Nixon voted to reduce [[property tax]]es but to increase [[tobacco]] taxes. He voted to revise business taxes. He sided with the House majority, 86-47, to adopt a conference report that establishes the minimum value of a motor vehicle, for purposes of [[sales tax]]es, as 80 percent of the "standard presumptive value," an amount determined by the Texas Department of Transportation. However, the purchaser may establish a lower value by a valid appraiser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjitMtOUfh|title=Joe Nixon's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
In 2001 the Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Representative Nixon a "C+"; his score improved to 113 percent in 2003 and 100 percent in his last regular session in 2005. The [[National Abortion Rights Action League]] rated him 0 percent in his last three legislative sessions. [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s conservative [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Nixon 92 percent favorable in 2001 and 77 percent in both 2003 and 2005. The Young Conservatives of Texas in 2005 scored Nixon 87 percent in 2005. The [[Christian Coalition]] of America rated him 100 percent in 1997 and 1999 and 88 percent in 2003. The Texas Association of Business scored him 92 percent in 2005. The Texas chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business ranked him 83 percent. In 2001, the [[NAACP]] scored Nixon 75 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 8 percent in 2005; the [[Sierra Club]], 0 percent in 2003. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated Nixon either "A" or "A+" in all sessions in which he was a representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/5557/joe-nixon#.UzjdyMtOUfg|title=Joe Nixon's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nixon, Joe}}
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[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Roman Catholics]]