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Jane Gray Nelson

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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate

Former Chair, Finance Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Government Organization Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee, Texas State Senate

Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation

Former Member, Open Government Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters, Texas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Medicaid, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Texas State Senate

Education

  • BS, Education, University of North Texas, 1972

Professional Experience

  • BS, Education, University of North Texas, 1972
  • Co-Owner, Mayday Manufacturing
  • Community Education Instructor, 1980-1989
  • Teacher, Arlington Independent School District, 1973-1978

Political Experience

  • BS, Education, University of North Texas, 1972
  • Co-Owner, Mayday Manufacturing
  • Community Education Instructor, 1980-1989
  • Teacher, Arlington Independent School District, 1973-1978
  • Former Member, State Affairs Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
  • Candidate, Texas State Senate, District 12, 2020
  • Senator, Texas State Senate, District 12, 1993-2017
  • Member, State Board of Education, 1988-1992

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate

Former Chair, Finance Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Government Organization Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee, Texas State Senate

Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation

Former Member, Open Government Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters, Texas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Medicaid, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Texas State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Finance Committee

Member, Select Committee on Texas Ports

Member, State Affairs Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Education, University of North Texas, 1972
  • Co-Owner, Mayday Manufacturing
  • Community Education Instructor, 1980-1989
  • Teacher, Arlington Independent School District, 1973-1978
  • Former Member, State Affairs Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
  • Candidate, Texas State Senate, District 12, 2020
  • Senator, Texas State Senate, District 12, 1993-2017
  • Member, State Board of Education, 1988-1992
  • Member, Board of Directors, Texas Women's Alliance
  • Member, Board of Trustees, American Enterprise Forum
  • Co-Chair, Caring for Children Foundation of Texas
  • Member, Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Delta Zeta Sorority
  • Member, Institute for Republican Women
  • Member, Lewisville Community Action League
  • Founder, Local Drug and Alcohol Abuse Task Force
  • Lifetime Member, Parent Teacher Association
  • Chair, Republican Women Leaders Forum of Texas
  • Member, Texans for Safe Roads Advisory Board
  • Member, Texas Arts Council Advisory Committee
  • Member, Texas Cancer Council
  • Member, Texas Parent Teacher Association
  • Member, Texas Technology Education Advisory Council
  • Member, TPC Task Force on Family

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Champion for Free Enterprise, National Federation of Independent Business
  • Champion for Children, CASA
  • National Distinguished Advocacy Award, American Cancer Society

  • Robert Gray

Favorite Book:

The Bible, Mysteries

Favorite Movie:

Gone With The Wind

Favorite Musician:

The Beatles

Favorite Quote:

"...to know even one life has breathed easier

  • because you have lived.
  • This is to have succeeded."
  • -Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Favorite TV Shows:

    Saturday morning cartoons with my grandchildren.

    Hobbies or Special Talents:

    Fishing, Gardening, Traveling, NASCAR, Spending Time with Family (Especially my grandchildren!)

    • Edna Gray

    Speeches