Chip Roy

CHIP ROY, Republican, of Austin, TX; born in Bethesda, MD, August 7, 1972; education: B.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1994; M.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1995; J.D., University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2003; professional history: banking executive; staffer, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, 2002-06; special assistant district attorney, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas; staffer, Texas Governor Rick Perry; director, Texas Office of State-Federal Relations, 2011-12; staffer, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, 2012-14; first assistant attorney general, Texas State Office of the Attorney General, 2014-16; professional advocate; non-profit executive; election history: elected to the 116th Congress on November 6, 2018; reelected to each succeeding Congress.