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The Michael Berry Show.

Tony Tenderholt is a Republican state representative from Texas.

He's not from Houston, so a lot of folks in our area won't know him.

I didn't know him before he became a state rep.

But as a state rep, his strong conservative views, outspoken positions, fearlessness,

tempered by his military background, made him a special state representative.

He has represented Texas House District 94, which includes parts of Arlington in Tarrant County,

going back 10 years, actually, hard to believe, since 2015.

Before he entered politics, he served over a decade in the United States Air Force,

and later, switching branches, as an Army major, including deployments in Iraq, where he trained

local forces. He's originally from Minnesota, but we won't hold him against, we'll hold that

against him. He now lives, as I said, in Arlington, Texas. He's married to Bethany Tyler,

a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and they have three children.

He gained attention early in his political career by unseating a longtime incumbent in the 2014 Republican primary.

Keep your eye on guys who do that.

Because that means that they have,

that's what Ted Cruz did to David Dewhurst.

That's what Donald Trump did to the entire 2016 cast.

You know, class.

You look at guys like that and you go,

that's probably a comer.

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