John Wray (Texas politician)

John Christian Wray
Texas State Representative for District 10 (Ellis County and part of Henderson County)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2015
Preceded by	Jim Pitts
Personal details
Born	1970 Waxahachie Ellis County, Texas
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Michele Morgan Wray
Children	Morgan and Patrick Wray
Residence	Waxahachie, Texas
Alma mater	Waxahachie High School Texas A&M University University of Texas School of Law
Occupation	Attorney
Religion	Methodist Church

John Christian Wray (born Nov 20, 1970) is a lawyer, businessman, and politician from his native Waxahachie in Ellis County in suburban Dallas, Texas. Since 2015, he has been a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Wray won a runoff contest on May 27, 2014 against T. J. Fabby, 6,031 votes (52.9 percent) to 5,363 (47.1 percent), for the right to succeed the retiring Republican Representative Jim Pitts, also of Waxahachie, who had held the seat since 1993.

Wray graduated in 1989 from Waxahachie High School, in 1993 from Texas A&M University in College Station with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science, and in 1996 from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin with the Juris Doctor degree. He is a former mayor of Waxahachie and past member of the Waxahachie City Council. He practiced law for six years in Houston, Texas, prior to returning to Waxahachie. He is the co-owner of Town Square Title, a title company.

He is affiliated with Rotary International, the United Methodist Church, the Waxahachie Foundation, and the Waxahachie Senior Citizens Center. He and his wife, the former Michele Morgan, have two children, Morgan and Patrick Wray.

References

Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Jim Pitts	Texas State Representative for District 10 (Ellis and Henderson counties) John Christian Wray 2015–	Succeeded by Incumbent