Jake Ellzey

Republican Representative of Texas's 6th district

  • Representative

    Texas, district 6

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

January 24, 1970 (54 years old)

Birthday

  • Former military officer who served as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy in 1992
  • Deployed nine times during his 20 years in the Navy before becoming a commercial airline pilot
  • Worked as a pilot for Southwest Airlines and as a consultant post-Navy
  • Served as a social aide in the White House Office during the Bush administration
  • Was one of five commissioners of the Texas Veterans Commission from 2012 to 2018
  • Ran unsuccessfully for Texas’s 6th congressional district in 2018 but was endorsed by The Dallas Morning News
  • Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2020, serving from January to July 2021 before resigning to take a seat in Congress
  • Announced candidacy for Texas’s 6th congressional district special election in 2021 to replace Ron Wright, who died in office
  • Defeated Ron Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, in the 2021 special election runoff with 53% of the vote
  • Serves on the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Small Business
  • Member of the Republican Main Street Partnership
  • Voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
  • Lives near Midlothian, Texas, with his wife Shelby and their two children