Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions
Official portrait
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Preceded byBill Flores
Constituency17th district
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byJohn Bryant
Succeeded byColin Allred
Constituency5th district (1997–2003)
32nd district (2003–2019)
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byDavid Dreier
Succeeded byJim McGovern
Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
LeaderJohn Boehner
Preceded byTom Cole
Succeeded byGreg Walden
Personal details
Born
Peter Anderson Sessions

(1955-03-22) March 22, 1955 (age 69)
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Juanita Diaz
(m. 1984; div. 2011)
Karen Diebel
(m. 2012)
Children2
RelativesWilliam S. Sessions (father)
EducationSouthwestern University (BS)
WebsiteHouse website

Peter Anderson Sessions (born March 22, 1955) is an American politician who serves in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 17th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party. He chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 to 2019 and is a former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.[1] He was defeated for reelection by Democrat Colin Allred in 2018.[2] On October 3, 2019, Sessions announced that he was running for Congress again in 2020.[3][4] He was elected to the Texas's 17th congressional district seat on November 3, 2020.[5]

  1. ^ "NRCC Leadership". Archived from the original on June 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "2008 Election Results Update". Anthropology News. 49 (7): 18. October 2008. doi:10.1111/an.2008.49.7.18.3. ISSN 1541-6151.
  3. ^ Greenwood, Max (October 3, 2019). "Pete Sessions announces bid for Bill Flores's Texas House seat". The Hill.
  4. ^ Svitek, Patrick (October 3, 2019). "Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions announces campaign for open Bill Flores seat". The Texas Tribune.
  5. ^ U.S. House District 17: Pete Sessions returns to Congress with win over Rick Kennedy, Austin American Statesman, November 3, 2020.