Difference between revisions of "Van Taylor"
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| + | | name=Nicolas Van Campen Taylor | ||
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| + | office=[[Texas]] State Senator for District 8 ([[Plano]]) | ||
| + | | term_start= January 13, 2015 | ||
| + | | term_=January 2019 (pending) | ||
| + | | preceded=[[Ken Paxton]] | ||
| + | | succeeded=Pending [[general election]] between Angela Paxton]] (R) and | ||
| + | | office2=Texas State Representative for District 66 | ||
| + | | term_start2=April 20, 2018 | ||
| + | | term_end2=January 13, 2015 | ||
| + | | preceded2= Brian McCall | ||
| + | | succeeded2=Matt Shaheen | ||
| + | | birth_date=August 1, 1972 | ||
| + | | birth_place=[[Dallas]], Texas | ||
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| + | | education = [[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}} | ||
| + | | party = [[Republican Party|Republican]] | ||
| + | | spouse = Anne Taylor (married 2002) | ||
| + | | residence=Plano, Texas | ||
| + | | occupation=[[Business]]man | ||
| + | Major in United States Marine Corps Reserve and veteran of the [[Iraq War]] | ||
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'''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''', known as '''Van Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), is an [[Iraq War]] veteran and [[Texas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[business]]man who is party's nominee for the [[Texas]] District 3 seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the November 6 general election. Taylor, currently a member of the Texas State Senate, is seeking to succeed fellow Republican Sam Johnson, who is retiring from the seat. Distrioct 3 is heavily Republican in orientation. | '''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''', known as '''Van Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), is an [[Iraq War]] veteran and [[Texas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[business]]man who is party's nominee for the [[Texas]] District 3 seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the November 6 general election. Taylor, currently a member of the Texas State Senate, is seeking to succeed fellow Republican Sam Johnson, who is retiring from the seat. Distrioct 3 is heavily Republican in orientation. | ||
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In [[Iraq]], Taylor was a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader. | In [[Iraq]], Taylor was a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader. | ||
| − | Taylor was in [[Dallas]], Texas, to Nicholas Cavenhove Taylor the former Catherine Blaffer. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a prep school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Taylor attended and graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[ | + | Taylor was in [[Dallas]], Texas, to Nicholas Cavenhove Taylor the former Catherine Blaffer. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a prep school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Taylor attended and graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service in Iraq. |
He served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, Taylor led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor a major in the Marine Corps Reserves. | He served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, Taylor led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor a major in the Marine Corps Reserves. | ||
Revision as of 00:45, March 10, 2018
| Nicolas Van Campen Taylor | |
| [[file:office=Texas State Senator for District 8 (Plano)|225px|alt=|Van Taylor]] | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Paxton |
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| Succeeded by | Pending general election between Angela Paxton]] (R) and |
Texas State Representative for District 66
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| In office April 20, 2018 – January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brian McCall |
| Succeeded by | Matt Shaheen |
| Born | August 1, 1972 Dallas, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Taylor (married 2002) |
| Residence | Plano, Texas |
| Occupation | Businessman
Major in United States Marine Corps Reserve and veteran of the Iraq War |
Nicholas Van Campen Taylor, known as Van Taylor (born August 1, 1972), is an Iraq War veteran and Texas Republican businessman who is party's nominee for the Texas District 3 seat in the United States House of Representatives in the November 6 general election. Taylor, currently a member of the Texas State Senate, is seeking to succeed fellow Republican Sam Johnson, who is retiring from the seat. Distrioct 3 is heavily Republican in orientation.
In 2006, Taylor unsuccessfully challenged the Democrat Chet Edwards, a Texas A&M University graduate, for Texas' 17th Congressional District. Edwards was later unseated in 2010 by the Republican Bill Flores.
In Iraq, Taylor was a United States Marine Corps platoon leader.
Taylor was in Dallas, Texas, to Nicholas Cavenhove Taylor the former Catherine Blaffer. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a prep school in Concord, New Hampshire, Taylor attended and graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service in Iraq.
He served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, Taylor led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor a major in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Angela Paxton, wife and political advisor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is the Republican nominee in the November 6 general election to succeed Taylor in state Senate District 8.