John Wray (politician)

John Christian Wray (born November 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 for District 10.

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),[1] 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.[2]

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 Wray and John Patrick Wray.[2]

In the general election held on November 6, 2018, Wray handily retained his House seat for a third term. With 44,601 votes (70.3 percent), he defeated Democrat Kimberly Emery, who polled 17,405 votes (27.4 percent). A Libertarian, Matt Savino, polled another 1,453 ballots (2.3 percent).[3]