Jake Ellzey
Republican Representative of Texas's 6th district
Representative
Texas, district 6
July 30, 2021 - January 3, 2023
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