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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 128th district | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1984 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Bergundi Cain |
| Children | Three children |
| Parent(s) | Briscoe R., Jr., and Melissa Cain |
| Residence(s) | Deer Park, Harris County Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Houston–Downtown South Texas College of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | https://www.briscoecain.com |
Briscoe Rowell Cain, III (born December 1984), is an attorney from Harris County, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128. In the 2016 Republican runoff election, Cain defeated seven-term incumbent Wayne Smith by 23 votes. In the general election, Cain defeated Libertarian candidate Ken Lowder.
Cain is running unopposed in the Republican primary election to be held on March 6, 2018. On July 5, 2017, Terry Sain of Baytown, Texas announced that he would be running against Cain in the 2018 Republican primary. However, just before the December 11, 2017 deadline to file for a place on the primary ballot, Sain suddenly announced that he was no longer going to challenge Cain. Citing the difficulties of running a campaign as a reason he dropped out of the race, Terry Sain told The Baytown Sun that running in the campaign “wasn’t quite as easy of a road as I thought it was going to be.”
In December 2015, Cain successfully defended the religious rights of Beaumont police officers when the city banned them from having Bible study during lunch breaks. In 2016, Cain obtained via a FOIA request invoices sent by a California bioscience company to four Texas medical schools. From these invoices he claimed the Texas schools were using tax dollars to purchase aborted fetal tissue, since Planned Parenthood was known to give fetuses to the California company. In a statement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso said that it strictly followed federal and state guidelines. Cain is Texas counsel to Operation Rescue.
In 2017, Mark Jones from Rice University in Houston released a study of votes in the 85th Texas legislature that indicated Cain was considered the "most conservative" legislator in the Texas House. The interest group, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, scored him 100 percent and rated him as one of the top 10 "Best Legislators of 2017". Texas Values, a Texas based organization that advocates for traditional family values, scored him 100 percent and named Cain a "Faith & Family Champion". Young Conservatives of Texas rated him 100 percent. The Texas division of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), an organization that lobbies for small businesses gave him a 100 percent rating.
Controversy
On October 10th, 2017, protestors at Texas Southern University prevented Cain from speaking at a Federalist Society event in Houston, Texas. Black Lives Matter protested the event claiming Briscoe Cain is anti-trans due to his proposed amendment to A budget bill which would prevent the state of Texas from paying for sex reassignment surgery and hormone therapy for inmates in prison and by voting in favor of "the bathroom bill". The Protest, and subsequent prevention of Cain from speaking at TSU, is currently being investigated as a violation of Cain's first amendment right to free speech. According to James Douglas, who is the interim dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, is quoted as saying, "We have a process here in the law school, and they went through our process. The Speaker had a first amendment right to be heard by the students that invited him."
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References
- "Rep. Briscoe Cain". txdirectory.com. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- "Texas 128th District State House Results: Briscoe Cain Wins". The New York Times. December 13, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Hollis, Matt (January 8, 2017). "District 128's new rep ready for duty". The Baytown Sun. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Svitek, Patrick (June 3, 2016). "Challenger's Win Over Rep. Wayne Smith Stands After Recount". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Matt, Hollis (6 July 2017). "Baytown council member to take on Cain". The Baytown Sun. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
Baytown City Councilman Terry Sain launched his campaign Wednesday for the Texas House District 128 seat held by Briscoe Cain. Sain is a 20-year resident of Baytown but has lived in the area since 1975.
- Matt, Hollis (12 December 2017). "Former Baytown councilman drops state House bid". The Baytown Sun. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
But on Monday, Sain explained that running in the campaign "wasn't quite as easy of a road as I thought it was going to be."
- Scott, Brandon (19 December 2015). "City changes stance on BPD officers Bible study". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- Curtis, Genevieve (29 January 2016). "Local medical school accused of purchasing fetal tissue from abortions". CBS 4 News. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- "Pro Life heros Indicted by Harris County Grand Jury". Brsicoe Cain for State Representative. January 26, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- Jones, Mark P. (29 June 2017). "The 2017 Texas House, from left to right". The Texas Tribune. TribTalk. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park)". empowertexans.com. Empower Texans. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- Staff (28 May 2017). "Best and Worst of 2017". EmpowerTexans.com. Empower Texans. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
Best Legislators of 2017
- "2017 Faith & Family Scorecard". txvaluesaction.org. Texas Values Action. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- "85th Legislative Ratings". yct.org. Young Conservatives of Texas. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- "NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS". nfib.com. nfib. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Will Newton, NFIB/Texas Executive State Director. "Voting Record in Texas" (pdf). NFIB.com. National Federation of Independent Business. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "PROTESTERS AT TSU PREVENT STATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SPEECH". KHOU11news. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- https://www.texastribune.org/2017/04/03/house-budget-amendments-seek-ignite-controversial-topics/
- www.khou.com/news/local/protesters-at-tsu-prevent-state-representatives-speech/482077758
- https://www.dallasnews.com/news/higher-education/2017/10/10/texas-southern-violate-lawmakers-right-free-speech-law-school-dean-thinks
