Rep. Ronny Jackson

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Biographical

Full Name: Ronny Lynn Jackson
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: RAHN-nee JAK-suhn
Date of Birth: May 4, 1967 (age: 57)
Place of Birth: Levelland, Texas
Religion: Christian
Hometown: Levelland, Texas
Place of Residence: Amarillo, Texas
Previous Occupation: Physician and military officer

Wikipedia

Family:

Married: Jane Ely Jackson homemaker/self-employed, Jan. 30, 1993 in Galveston, Texas

3 children: Libby, Ben, Matthew

Biography:

Dr. Ronny Jackson is a retired captain in the United States Navy having earlier served as a rear admiral. He retired from the military on Dec. 1, 2019, after 25 years of active duty service. His last duty assignment was at the White House, where he served as assistant to the president and as the appointed chief medical adviser to President Donald J. Trump.

Born and raised in a hardworking blue-collar family in the small town of Levelland, Texas, Jackson has worked full time since the age of 14. Employed at the local grocery store and later as a roustabout in the oil field, he paid for his entire undergraduate education while still serving his local community as a volunteer firefighter. After beginning his education at the local junior co llege, he went on to graduate from Texas A&M University at Galveston and then attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch. During his time in medical school, he served in the Navy Reserves. Immediately upon graduating in 1995, he was assigned to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia, where he began his active duty military career as an officer in the United States Navy.

After completing his first year of residency training in 1996 and receiving the “intern of the year” award, he went on to become the honor graduate of the Navy’s Undersea Medical Officer Program in Groton, Conn. As a fully qualified Navy deep-sea diver uniquely trained in hyperbaric and submarine medicine, his subsequent naval assignments included serving as the diving medical officer with explosive ordnance disposal, special operations, naval special warfare and Navy salvage diving teams, stationed in Norfolk, Groton, Panama City, Pearl Harbor, and Sigonella, Italy.

In 2001, after five years in the Navy diving community, Jackson returned to the naval hospital in Portsmouth to complete his residency in emergency medicine, finishing at the top of his class and receiving the Honor Graduate designation. In 2005 he was assigned to the United States Marine Corps and joined the 2nd Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From there, he deployed to one of the most violently contested regions of Iraq as the emergency medicine physician in charge of resuscitative medicine for a combat surgical shock-trauma platoon in Taqaddum, Iraq.

In 2006, while still in Iraq, Jackson was selected as a White House physician in the George W. Bush Administration. The Navy extended his active duty at the White House numerous times over the next 14 years, with increasing levels of responsibility. He has served three administrations, directed the executive health care for the president’s cabinet and senior staff, served as physician supervisor for the Camp David Presidential Retreat, held the position of physician to the White House, and led the White House Medical Unit as its commanding officer. On Jan. 20, 2017, Inauguration Day, Jackson was asked to remain at the White House and was formally appointed by President Donald J. Trump as physician to the president. In March of 2018 he was nominated by the president to be the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. In January 2019, President Trump appointed Jackson as assistant to the president and to the newly established role of chief medical advisor to the White House and the executive office of the president.

His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), as well as other individual, unit and campaign awards. He is also designated as a diving and undersea medical officer, naval parachutist, Fleet Marine Force warfare qualified officer, and submarine warfare qualified medical officer. In 2022, he was demoted from rear admiral to captain following an inspector general report critical of his leadership of the White House physician's office.

Ronny and his wife Jane have 3 children. See more >>

Miscellaneous Links:

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GovTrack

Project VoteSmart

Campaign Links:

Website, campaign

Email, campaign: ronny@ronnyjacksontx.com

X (Twitter), campaign

Instagram, campaign

Facebook, campaign

Open Secrets political finance profile

YouTube, campaign

Social Networking:

Facebook

LinkedIn

Facebook, official

X (Twitter), official

YouTube, official

Instagram, official

Official Links:

Website, official

Press Releases

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Education

University of Texas Medical Branch - MD (1995)
Texas A&M University (College Station) - BS, marine biology (1991)
South Plains College (Levelland, Texas) - AS, biology (1988)
Levelland (Texas) High School - Diploma (1985)

Office History

Congressional Offices:

U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 3, 2021-) In Office

Member, 13th Congressional District of Texas

Election Results

2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

13th Congressional District of Texas

Ronny Lynn Jackson, 79.38%
Republican

Gus Luis Trujillo, 18.46%
Democrat

Jack Westbrook, 2.16%
Libertarian

Employment History

Executive Office of the President (Feb. 2019-Dec. 2019)
Donald John Trump

Chief Medical Adviser to the President
White House Military Office (Jan. 2017-March 2018)
Donald John Trump

Physician to the President
White House Military Office (Jan. 2009-Jan. 2017)
Barack Hussein Obama

Physician to the President
White House (Jan. 2011-Jan. 2015)
Barack Hussein Obama

Director, White House Medical Unit
White House (June 2006-Jan. 2009)
George Walker Bush

Physician to the President

Associated Organizations

Own leadership PAC:

Texas Red

Credential:

American Board of Emergency Medicine
Diplomate

Membership:

Fellowship:

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth (Mass.)
Disaster Medicine Fellow
American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Teaching position:

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Place of worship:

Church of Christ at the Colonies (Amarillo, Texas)

Election campaign:

Texans for Ronny Jackson

Awards

Champion of Limited Government (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)
Distinguished Alumni Award (South Plains College (Levelland, Texas)) (2018)
Lifetime Achievement Award (Journal of Emergency Medical Services) (2017)

Military History

U.S. Navy (June 1995-Dec. 2019)

Captain

Deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom as an emergency medicine physician; demoted from rear admiral to captain in July 2022
U.S. Navy Reserve (1991-June 1995)

Awards and Honors:

Presidential Service Badge
Navy Diving Medical Officer Badge
Parachutist Badge
Fleet Marine Force Warfare Insignia
Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
Navy Expert Rifleman Medal
NATO Medal for Yugoslavia Service with one bronze star
Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon with one bronze star
Navy and Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with two bronze stars
Armed Forces Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Kosovo Campaign Medal with one bronze star
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star
Navy Expeditionary Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Unit Commendation with two bronze stars
Navy Unit Commendation with one bronze star
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with three gold stars
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with two gold stars
Legion of Merit
Defense Superior Service Medal

Publications

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (2022)

Official Signature

Contact Information

Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	446 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4313
Phone:	202-225-3706
Fax:	202-225-3486

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Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Annual: 2023, 2022, 2021
Election Candidate: 2020, 2019
Extension Letter: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019
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Congressional Staff

Staff Turnover:

Turnover Index: 0.25
(House Average: 0.25)
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Staff Salary Rate:

Office Median Annual Salary: $63,499.98
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Staff Salaries Paid:

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Committees

House Agriculture Committee

House Agriculture Committee General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit Subcommittee

House Agriculture Committee Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee

House Armed Services Committee

House Armed Services Committee Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee

House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee

House Foreign Affairs Committee

House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Subcommittee

House Oversight and Accountability Committee

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Coronavirus Pandemic Subcommittee

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