LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of South Dakota - BA, mass communications (1990)

• Rapid City (S.D.) Central High School - Diploma (1973)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 72.51%

  Republican
  Elizabeth Hernandez, 25.47%

  Democrat
  Chris Duncan, 2.02%

  Libertarian

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 74.00%

  Republican
  Steven David, 25.00%

  Democrat
  Chris Duncan, 2.00%

  Libertarian

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 100.00%

  Republican

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 89.32%

  Republican
  Ken Petty, 10.68%

  Libertarian

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 77.29%

  Republican
  Neil Burns, 20.33%

  Democrat
  Roy Hall, 2.37%

  Libertarian

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 80.27%

  Republican
  Kent Hargett, 17.25%

  Democrat
  Bruce West, 2.48%

  Libertarian

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 72.56%

  Republican
  Kent Hargett, 24.79%

  Democrat
  Brian Stevens, 2.65%

  Libertarian

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 67.28%

  Republican
  James Jim Wright, 32.72%

  Democrat

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 68.91%

  Republican
  James Jim Wright, 29.67%

  Democrat
  Paul Hansen, 1.42%

  Libertarian

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 93.14%

  Republican
  Gil Guillory, 6.86%

  Libertarian

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 91.63%

  Republican
  Gil Guillory, 8.37%

  Libertarian

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 92.80%

  Republican
  Don L Richards, 7.20%

  Libertarian

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  8th Congressional District of Texas
  Kevin Patrick Brady, 41.48%

  Republican
  Gene Fontenot, 38.93%

  Republican
  Cynthia Cj Newman, 13.55%

  Democrat
  Robert Musemeche, 6.04%

  Democrat

Employment History

• Greater Beaumont (Texas) Chamber of Commerce (1982-1996)

  Executive Vice President

• Rapid City Area (S.D.) Chamber of Commerce (1978-1982)

  Vice President

Associated Organizations

Board membership:

• Montgomery County (Texas) Pachyderm Club

  Member, Advisory Board

• Women Helping Women

  Member, Advisory Board

• Northwest Assistance Ministries

  Member, Advisory Board

• The Woodlands (Texas) Children's Museum

  Member, Advisory Board

• TOMAGWA Ministries Inc.

  Member, Advisory Board

Founder:

• Black Hills (S.D.) Business Council

• Leadership Rapid City (S.D.)

Fellowship:

• Rotary Club of Capitol Hill

  Paul Harris Fellow

Own leadership PAC:

• Making America Prosperous PAC

Place of worship:

• Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Parish (The Woodlands, Texas)

Election campaign:

• Brady for Congress (Texas)

Elected office:

• Rapid City (S.D.) City Council (1981-1982)

  Council Member

Awards

• Outstanding Government Service Award (American Medical Association) (2023)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Texan of the Year (Texas Legislative Conference) (March 2022)

• Statesmanship Award (Former Members of Congress) (2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Leadership Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• Champion for Healthy Seniors Award (Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease) (Sept. 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (April 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2018)

• Legislative Recognition Award (American Ambulance Association) (June 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (Sept. 2012)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: baseball
  

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• 11 members have yet to file financial disclosure reports this year

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 22, 2023
  Nearly a dozen representatives have missed this year's filing deadline for personal financial disclosures. read more

• Two departing members of Congress haven't filed financial disclosures this year

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 31, 2022
  Personal financial disclosures provide important information about members' assets, debts and potential conflicts of interest. But for outgoing Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), filing an annual disclosure hasn't been a priority this year. read more

• Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson picks from the Hill

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 23, 2020
  Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), former White House doctor to Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, has turned to a seasoned Hill veteran to lead his congressional office. read more

• Tax lobbyist returns to Ways and Means

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 17, 2020
  A tax attorney is back to the Ways and Means Committee, now with a decade of lobbying experience under his belt. read more

• Propane group adds Ways and Means chief clerk

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 22, 2018
  The propane industry's top trade group has added the House Ways and Means Committee's chief clerk to its roster. read more

• Ways and Means chief economist finds new Labor

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 5, 2018
  The U.S. Department of Labor's new chief economist has nearly two decades of experience working for Congress. read more

• Alzheimer's lobbyist back to Hill with Rep. Brady

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 12, 2017
  An Alzheimer's Association lobbyist is back on the Hill, this time as a senior legislative assistant to Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas). read more

• Retired Army lieutenant colonel now chief of staff

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 21, 2016

  After a military career spanning nearly two decades and years more as a lobbyist and Capitol Hill staffer, retired Lt. Col. Dave Davis is now chief of staff to Rep. Kevin Patrick Brady (R-Texas), the House’s deputy whip and the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. read more

• Congressman's daughter joins House staff

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on March 21, 2016
  A congressman's daughter has been hired by the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. read more

• Kia hires Campbell's legislative director

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 13, 2015
  Former House legislative director David Malech is getting behind the government affairs wheel at a South Korean auto company several months after his boss left office. read more

• Congress salutes Lincoln on 150th anniversary of his death

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 15, 2015
  As the nation remembered an assassinated president this week, lawmakers joined in honoring Abraham Lincoln on Twitter with photos, favorite quotes and even sketches of a leader who helped save the union. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on April 10, 2013
  Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)'s former district director has left Congress for a higher power. read more

• One month left for 41 representatives to file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 19, 2012
  The personal financial disclosures of members of Congress continue to trickle in two months after the initial deadline. read more

• More member financial disclosures added

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 18, 2012
  LegiStorm today added the financial disclsoures of twelve more House of Representatives members who filed annual financial disclosures since the initial batch was released by the House last week. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more