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Kenny Marchant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 24th district
In office 2005–present
Preceded by	Martin Frost
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	February 23, 1951 (1951-02-23) (age 56) Bonham, Texas
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Donna Marchant
Religion	Church of the Nazarene

Kenneth "Kenny" Marchant, a Republican from Texas, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. He was born February 23, 1951 in Bonham, Texas, though he calls Coppell, Texas, home. He is married to Donna Marchant and has four children.

Prior to being elected to the United States Congress, Marchant graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma with a business degree, was a real estate developer, and owned a homebuilding company. Marchant served as councilman on the Carrollton, Texas City Council from 1980 to 1984, was mayor of Carrollton from 1984 to 1986 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 2004.

Marchant, a veteran Texas politician, represents Texas's 24th congressional district (map). Marchant had planned to run for Congress two years earlier in a bid to represent the newly-created 32nd district in suburban Dallas, but fellow Republican Pete Sessions, an incumbent, chose to run there instead. During the 2003 Texas redistricting, Marchant, in his position on the Texas House's Redistricting Committee, was ideally positioned to draw a district for himself. The 24th District, represented by 13-term incumbent Democrat Martin Frost, was considerably altered, changing from a heavily Democratic district to a heavily Republican district. (Frost's home was drawn out of the district; he was forced to move to the 32nd, but lost to Sessions.) The new 24th is centered in Carrollton, where Marchant has held office for a quarter-century.

Marchant is a staunch George W. Bush supporter and worked with him when he was governor of Texas. Marchant has said the two of them agree on social and fiscal policy "99 percent of the time." He has said that his top priority on Capitol Hill will be cutting the federal deficit.

• U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant official House site
• Kenny Marchant at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Kenny Ewell Marchant campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Kenny Marchant issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Kenny Ewell Marchant campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Kenny E. Marchant (TX) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Kenny Marchant profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Kenny Marchant voting record
• Kenny Marchant for Congressman official campaign site