Background
Rose was born in Travis County, Texas to Kenneth Michael Rose and Bonnie Mae Barton.
Rose was born in Travis County, Texas to Kenneth Michael Rose and Bonnie Mae Barton.
He was educated at Princeton University, earning a bachelor"s degree with high honors, and The University of Texas, earning a law degree.
Rose practiced law with the Ratliff firm in Austin before opening his own law firm in San Marcos. The film "Last Manitoba Standing: Politics Texas Style" (2004) chronicles Rose"s campaign and come-from-behind victory. Rose was 24 at the time of his election in November 2002 while Green was 32.
Rose was named to the chairmanship of the House Human Services Committee for the 2007-2008 biennium after he supported Republican Tom Craddick (R-Midland) for election to a third term as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
He was reappointed as chair of the Human Services Committee for the 2009-2010 session by Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio). In 2002, Rose defeated incumbent Republican State Representative Rick Green, by a margin of 48.81% to 47.93%, with 3.24% going to Green Party candidate John Doctorate. Schmidt.
In 2004, Rose defeated Republican challenger Alan Askew by a much more comfortable margin of 54.56% to 45.43%. In 2006, Rose defeated Republican challenger Jim Neuhaus by a large margin of 60.12% to 35.83% with 4.04% going to Libertarian candidate Tom Gleinser.
In 2008, Rose defeated Republican challenger Matt Young by a large margin of 59.30% to 37.43% with 3.25% going to Libertarian Tom Gleinser.
In 2010, Rose was defeated by Republican challenger Jason Isaac by a total of 46.09% to 53.90%.
When elected in 2002, Rose was the youngest member of the Texas House of Representatives.