Jodey Arrington

Jodey Arrington
Chair of the House Budget Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byJohn Yarmuth
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 19th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Preceded byRandy Neugebauer
Personal details
Born
Jodey Cook Arrington

(1972-03-09) March 9, 1972 (age 52)
Plainview, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Nicole Reilly
(m. 1995; div. 1999)
Priscilla Jones
(m. 2002; div. 2007)
Anne Meyer
(m. 2008)
Children3
EducationTexas Tech University (BA, MPA)
WebsiteHouse website

Jodey Cook Arrington (born March 9, 1972) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 19th congressional district. The district includes a large slice of West Texas, centered around Lubbock and Abilene. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Arrington was a member of George W. Bush's gubernatorial and presidential administrations.[1] He was named appointments manager for Governor Bush in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel.[2] In December 2001, Donald E. Powell, the 18th chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, hired Arrington as the agency's chief of staff.[3]

Arrington later served as deputy federal coordinator for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding. In 2006, he left the coastal rebuilding office to return to his alma mater, Texas Tech University, as its system chief of staff and later vice chancellor for research and commercialization. Until his election to Congress, Arrington was the president of Scott Laboratories in Lubbock.

  1. ^ "Tech leader looks back on Katrina". Lubbock Online - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "OnPolitics (washingtonpost.com)". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "New Golf Coast Recovery Chief is a Friend to HOPE". The John Hope Bryant Blog. Retrieved April 28, 2016.