Jodey Arrington
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.
Jodey Arrington | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the House Budget Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | John Yarmuth |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 19th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Randy Neugebauer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jodey Cook Arrington March 9, 1972 Plainview, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | Nicole Reilly
(m. 1995; div. 1999)Priscilla Jones
(m. 2002; div. 2007)Anne Meyer (m. 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Texas Tech University (BA, MPA) |
| Website | House website |
Arrington was a member of George W. Bush's gubernatorial and presidential administrations. 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. In December 2001, Donald E. Powell, the 18th chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, hired Arrington as the agency's chief of staff.
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.