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Kenneth "Ken" Paxton, Jr. (born December 23, 1962) became the Texas Attorney General in January 2015 and was indicted by a Texas grand jury for securities fraud seven months later. Paxton won election to top law enforcement job in November 2014 as a champion of the Tea Party movement. Since no member of the Democratic Party has won statewide office in Texas in two decades, Paxton beat fellow lawmaker Dan Branch, who was the choice of a majority of the Republican Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives in the all-important Republican primary.〔(Texas Rep. Dan Branch announces support from 53 House Republicans in bid for AG )〕〔 For two years beginning in January 2013, Paxton was a Republican member of the Texas Senate for District 8, which includes the central-western portion of Collin County and parts of such surrounding cities as Allen, Frisco, and McKinney, Texas. For 10 years beginning in 2003 to 2013, Paxton represented District 70 member in the Texas House. On July 28, 2015, Paxton was indicted by a Texas grand jury on felony charges of securities fraud and failing to properly register with the Texas state securities board.〔 ==Early career== Paxton attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in 1981 studying Psychology. In 1985 he was elected Student Body President of Baylor University's Student Government Association. He graduated the same year and continued his education at Baylor, attending the Hankamer School of Business earning his MBA in 1986. Paxton then worked for two years as a management consultant before returning to school in 1988. He enrolled at University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia, and earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1991. Paxton then joined the firm of Strasburger & Price, L.L.P from 1991 to 1995. He then went to work for J.C. Penney Company, Inc., as in-house legal counsel. In 2002 he left J.C. Penney to start his own firm specializing in estate planning, probate, real estate and general business matters and to run for office in Texas House District 70. A resident of McKinney, Paxton serves or has served on numerous local organizations and councils. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Allen, Frisco, and McKinney. He is a director of the Centennial Medical Center. He is a member and former director of the Collin County Bar Association, a member of the Dallas Estate Planning Council, director at Marketplace Ministries, and a member of Rotary International in McKinney. Paxton is a charter member of the nondenominational Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, founded in 1998 by senior pastor Chuck Swindoll. 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「Ken Paxton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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