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|image=Joe Nixon of TX.jpg
|image=Joe Nixon of TX.jpg
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative from District 133 ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br>for District 133 ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
|term_start=January 10, 1995
|term_start=January 10, 1995
|term_end=January 9, 2007
|term_end=January 9, 2007
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_date=September 15, 1956
|birth_date=September 15, 1956
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
|residence=Houston, Texas
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|spouse=Allyson D. Nixon (born c. 1958)
|spouse=Allyson D. Nixon (born c. 1958)
| '''Parents''':<br>
| '''Parents''':<br>
Hershell and Joan Lowery Nixon
Hershell and Joan Lowery Nixon
|religion=[[Roman Catholicc]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
St. Mary's University School of Law ([[San Antonio]])
St. Mary's University School of Law ([[San Antonio]])
<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>
<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.
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 (Texas 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]]
Two years before, Dewhurst was defeated in a bid for the [[U.S Senate]], a post filled by [[Ted Cruz]]