Education
He and his wife, Eliza, whom he married in 1988, have a daughter, Elizabeth, who graduated from a Catholic high school.
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Dennis Paul
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He succeeded John East. Davis, who retired from the seat after eight terms in office. Paul is a graduate of the University of Houston. He has been an engineer since 1987 and has owned a small business since 2002.
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Paul competed in the seven-candidate Republican primary election on March 4, 2014 to succeed Representative Davis.
Sheryl Berg, a speech pathologist, led the field with 2,806 votes (256 percent), 50 more than her runner-up, Dennis Paul, who polled 2,756 votes (251 percent). Brent Perry, a trustee of the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Fund, finished third with 1,869 votes (17 percent).
Paul then defeated Berg, 4,138 (523 percent) to 3,767 (477 percent), for the Republican House nomination in the low-turnout runoff election held on May 27. Gay calls himself a Conservative Democrat.
Paul polled 26,415 votes (678 percent).
Gay, 12,540 (322 percent). An engineer, Paul prior to his accession to office, worked during disasters to insure the rebuilding of stable structures. He worked with community leaders to clean up Armand Bayou near Galveston Bay before the United States Environmental Protection Agency ordered a national solution to what he viewed as a local problem.
Politics
Originally a leader in the College Republicans, Paul is a veteran party precinct worker and local, state, and national convention delegate.
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A member and past president of the Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club, he describes himself as a "conservative who desires less government and more freedom" who will "fight to defend the Constitution, to stem the tide of illegal immigration, reduce our property tax burden, support education, and less government regulation.
Membership
He is a member of the Roman Catholic men"s organization, the Knights of Columbus and Johnson Space Center chapter of Rotary International.
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