Jodey Arrington

The Plainview native currently serves as U.S. Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district. In congress, he has been an advocate for promoting agriculture and energy, strengthening national security, and respecting the U.S. Constitution. He is a member of the Agriculture, Budget and Veterans’ Affairs committees and serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity for Veterans’ Affairs. He also serves on the Joint Select Committee on Budget Process Reform.

After graduating from Texas Tech, Arrington worked for Gov. George W. Bush in Austin, and was later selected by President Bush to join the White House as a senior advisor before being appointed as chief of staff to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. In 2007, he returned to West Texas where he was Vice Chancellor of Research and Commercialization in the Texas Tech University System before being named president of a Lubbock healthcare innovation company.