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James Albon "Jim" Mattox (August 29, 1943 – November 20, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and again as attorney general in 1998. He was known as the "people's lawyer" because of his advocacy of what he deemed the needs of everyday Texans. He was a member of the Democratic Party.〔April Castro, "Mattox, a tough foe, dies at 65", ''Laredo Morning Times'', November 21, 2008, p. 1〕 ==Congressional service, 1977–1983== In 1961, Mattox graduated in Dallas from Woodrow Wilson High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from Baylor University in Waco and his Juris Doctor degree from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Mattox began his political career as the assistant district attorney in Dallas County and was then elected from an East Dallas district (33-K) to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972 and reelected in 1974. As a state legislator, Mattox developed an interest in ethics reform and open government.〔 Considered a political liberal Mattox was elected to Congress from the Fifth Congressional District in 1976, 1978, and 1980. In his first election, running on the Jimmy Carter-Walter F. Mondale ticket, he defeated the Republican Nancy Judy, 67,871 (54 percent) to 56,056 (44.6 percent). The incumbent Republican Alan Steelman ran unsuccessfully that year for the U.S. Senate against the Democratic incumbent Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. In 1978 and 1980, Mattox was hard pressed by Thomas "Tom" Pauken, a staunchly conservative Dallas Republican attorney, who later became the state Republican chairman. In their first battle, Mattox drew 35,520 votes (50.3 percent) to Pauken's 34,672 (49.1 percent). In 1980, Mattox received 70,892 votes (51 percent) to Pauken's 67,848 (48.8 percent). Pauken then joined the transition team of President-elect Ronald W. Reagan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Mattox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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