{{Short description|American politician (born 1972)}} {{for|the soccer player and coach|Eugene Van Taylor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Van Taylor | image = Van Taylor, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | state = Texas | district = {{ushr|TX|3|3rd}} | term_start = January 3, 2019 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = Sam Johnson | successor = Keith Self | state_senate1 = Texas | district1 = 8th | term_start1 = January 13, 2015 | term_end1 = January 3, 2019 | predecessor1 = Ken Paxton | successor1 = Angela Paxton | state_house2 = Texas | district2 = 66th | term_start2 = April 20, 2010 | term_end2 = January 13, 2015 | predecessor2 = Brian McCall | successor2 = Matt Shaheen | birth_name = Nicholas Van Campen Taylor | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|1}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Anne Coolidge|2004|2024|end=div}} | children = 3 | education = Harvard University (BA, MBA) | allegiance = | branch = United States Marine Corps | rank = Major | battles = Iraq War }} '''Nicholas Van Campen Taylor''' (born August 1, 1972), known as '''Van Taylor''',<ref name="birth">Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997.</ref> is an American businessman and politician from Plano, Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district from 2019 to 2023.
The district included much of Collin County, a suburban county north of Dallas. A veteran of the Iraq War, he represented the 8th district in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019. He also previously served in the Texas House of Representatives for the 66th district in southwestern Collin County. On March 2, 2022, Taylor admitted to an extramarital affair and announced that he would suspend his reelection campaign and retire at the end of the 117th Congress.
== Early life and education == A seventh-generation Texan, Taylor was born in Dallas.<ref name="birth"/> He is a descendant of Humble Oil co-founder Robert Lee Blaffer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/HumbleBeginningsArticle10-21.pdf |title=From Humble Beginnings |publisher=New Orleans Bar Association |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905093622/http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/HumbleBeginningsArticle10-21.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=143765967 |title=JANE OWEN Obituary – Houston, TX | Houston Chronicle |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> He grew up in Midland, Texas, where he attended the Hillander School and San Jacinto Junior High School. He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. With numerous AP credits, he subsequently graduated in three years from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in history. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.successnorthdallas.org/speaker/archives/2003/taylor102003.html |title=Connecting People, building relationships |publisher=Successnorthdallas.org |access-date=March 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325162431/http://www.successnorthdallas.org/speaker/archives/2003/taylor102003.html |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/147737/van-taylor Vote Smart Bio: Van Taylor]</ref>
== Business career == From January 2002 to December 2018, Taylor worked for Churchill Capital Company,<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/repvantaylor Linkedin Bio: Van Taylor]</ref> a real estate investment banking and principal investment firm,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchillcapital.com/|title=Real Estate Investment Banking & Investment Firm | Churchill Capital|website=www.churchillcapital.com}}</ref> as a real estate investment banker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20190102/chip-roy-central-texas-newest-congressman-returns-to-halls-of-congress|title=Chip Roy, Central Texas' newest congressman, returns to the halls of Congress|first=Maria |last=Recio |website=Austin American-Statesman}}</ref> He previously worked for McKinsey & Company and Trammell Crow Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/79R/billtext/html/SR00951F.htm|title=79(R) SR 951 – Enrolled version – Bill Text|website=capitol.texas.gov}}</ref>
== Military service == In Iraq, Taylor was assigned to the Marine Corps' Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, Taylor led missions in advance of Task Force Tarawa during Operation Iraqi Freedom, which detected and defeated several Fedayeen ambushes. He also participated in a casualty evacuation of 31 wounded Marines, transporting them safely to medical treatment.
Taylor's military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V", the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor left the Marine Corps Reserve as a major.
== Early political career == === 2006 campaign for U.S. House === {{main|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 17}}
In 2005 and 2006, Taylor ran for Texas's 17th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He won the Republican primary with 54.03% of the vote. With 40.31% of the vote in the general election, he lost to incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/van-taylor/ |title=State Sen. Van Taylor |publisher=Texastribune.org |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
=== Texas House of Representatives === ==== 2010 campaign ==== On December 2, 2009, Taylor announced his candidacy for the District 66 Texas State House seat. Plano city council member Mabrie Jackson had already resigned from the council to enter the House race.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planostar.com/articles/2009/11/20/plano_star-courier/news/278.txt |title=Star Local: Plano Star Courier |publisher=Planostar.com |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> On November 30, 2009, incumbent representative Brian McCall announced that he would not run for reelection.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/DN-txhouse_15met.ART.Central.Edition1.4bf7bab.html {{dead link|date=March 2015}}</ref> Observers speculated that McCall had told Jackson that he would step down so that she could get a head start in the campaign. McCall also endorsed Jackson as his successor.
The candidates in the March 2 Republican primary were Wayne Richards, Jackson, and Taylor. While Jackson earned the largest number of votes (41%) in the primary, she was shy of the 50% plus one vote required to win the nomination outright.<ref name="Collin County Elections">{{Cite web|url=http://www.co.collin.tx.us/elections/election_results/2010/030210/030210CAT.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307051213/http://www.co.collin.tx.us/elections/election_results/2010/030210/030210CAT.htm|url-status=dead|title=Error|archive-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> Richards promptly endorsed Taylor, who then defeated Jackson in the April run-off election. McCall left the House seat early, and Taylor was sworn into office on April 20, 2010, by Collin County Judge Keith Self.
=== Texas State Senate === ==== 2014 campaign ==== On August 2, 2013, Taylor announced he would seek the Republican Party's 2014 nomination for the Texas Senate, District 8 seat held by Ken Paxton, who was stepping down to run for state attorney general.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/taylor-to-seek-paxtons-texas-senate-seat.html/?nclick_check=1 |title=Taylor to seek Paxton's Texas Senate seat | Dallas Morning News |publisher=Trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com |date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=March 29, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141034/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/taylor-to-seek-paxtons-texas-senate-seat.html/?nclick_check=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Political positions == Taylor is considered a major ally of the Tea Party movement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tomlinson |first=Chris |url=http://lubbockonline.com/texas/2013-01-15/texas-house-starts-session-fight-over-rules-powers |title=Texas House starts session with fight over rules, powers | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |publisher=Lubbockonline.com |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> He was endorsed by the North Texas Tea Party for his 2014 campaign for Texas Senate, District 8.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://northtexasteaparty.org/2013/08/02/first-nttp-teaapproval-for-2014-van-taylor-for-state-senate-district-8/ |title=First NTTP TeaApproval for 2014 – Van Taylor for State Senate, District 8 |publisher=Northtexasteaparty.org |date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=March 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605045929/http://northtexasteaparty.org/2013/08/02/first-nttp-teaapproval-for-2014-van-taylor-for-state-senate-district-8/ |archive-date=June 5, 2015 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
In 2017, Taylor introduced legislation to establish a registry of individuals who have been barred from employment at an educational facility. The measure, if adopted, would prevent any school employee, not just administration and faculty, from working at a school if the person is found to have engaged in an improper relationship with a student.<ref>Elena Mejia Lutz, "Improper relations at school targeted", ''San Antonio Express-News'', February 24, 2017, p. A5.</ref>
===Juneteenth=== Taylor was one of two House Republicans to co-sponsor the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1320/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors - H.R.1320 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Juneteenth National Independence Day Act|date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
===Foreign policy=== Taylor was among 129 Republicans to oppose President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hjres77/summary|title = Summary of H.J.Res. 77 (116th): Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military …}}</ref>
== U.S. House of Representatives == === Elections === ==== 2018 ==== {{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 3}} In August 2017, Taylor announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 3rd congressional district. Incumbent 13-term Republican Sam Johnson had announced his retirement. Taylor was endorsed by the Club for Growth, a national conservative group,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Svitek|first1=Patrick|title=GOP state Sen. Van Taylor of Plano makes congressional run official|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/23/state-sen-van-taylor-makes-congressional-run-official/|access-date=September 5, 2017|publisher=Texas Tribune|date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> and With Honor, a cross-partisan political group supporting next-generation military veterans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000161-2893-d52c-abe3-68d3c0110002|title=With Honor Endorses Nine Next-Generation Veterans for Congress|date=January 25, 2018 |website=Politico|access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref> Taylor secured the nomination after easily winning the March 6 primary.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-primary-election|title=Texas Primary Election Results|work=The New York Times|date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He won the November 6 general election with 54.3% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas'_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2018|title=Texas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018 – Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>
Taylor's victory continued a run of Republican control in one of the first areas of Texas to turn Republican. The GOP has held the seat without interruption since a 1968 special election, and Taylor is only the fourth person to represent it since then. At the same time, it was the closest race in the district in over half a century; indeed, it was the first time since the regular 1968 election that a Democrat had crossed the 40% mark.
==== 2020 ==== {{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 3}} Taylor was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary. In the general election, he faced Democrat Lulu Seikaly. Some observers considered him potentially vulnerable due to the district's demographic changes and its high population of college-educated voters, who had been trending away from the GOP in recent years.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1306598631122898944|user=Redistrict|title=Whenever someone has asked me my "sleeper" House race of 2020, this has been my answer of late. #TX03 is by far the…|date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> Taylor was reelected by over 12 percentage points even as President Donald Trump carried the district by only 1.
===Tenure=== On May 19, 2021, Taylor was one of 35 Republicans to join all Democrats in voting for legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/politics/house-republicans-january-6-commission/index.html|title=Here are the 35 House Republicans who voted for the January 6 commission|publisher=CNN|last=LeBlanc|first=Paul|date=May 19, 2021|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref> During his 2022 reelection campaign, this vote became a focal point for conservative critics and his opponents in the Republican primary, despite Taylor's conservative voting record on other issues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillman |first=Todd J. |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Rep. Van Taylor's rivals say Trump won, Jan. 6 no big deal, and he's out of touch for disagreeing |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/01/27/rep-van-taylors-rivals-say-trump-won-jan-6-no-big-deal-and-hes-out-of-touch-for-disagreeing/ |url-access=limited |work=The Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=March 3, 2022 }}</ref>
==== 2022 campaign and allegations of infidelity ==== {{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 3}} On February 27, 2022, two days before the Republican primary, right-wing media outlet ''National File'' posted an interview with Tania Joya, a British woman then living in Plano, who said that she and Taylor had a nine-month sexual affair in 2020 and 2021.<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02>{{cite news |last=Gillman |first=Todd J. |date=March 2, 2022 |title=Rep. Van Taylor apologizes for affair with 'ISIS bride,' abruptly drops reelection bid |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/02/last-minute-infidelity-allegation-helped-force-two-term-plano-rep-van-taylor-into-runoff/ |url-access=limited |work=The Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=March 3, 2022 |quote=Joya said she didn't intend to inject herself into the election and didn't even realize the primary was five days away when she contacted Harp. She was just annoyed at having to see her ex-lover's face on billboards as she drove around Plano. "All I wanted was for Suzanne Harp to just say, 'Hey, I know your little scandal with Tania Joya. Would you like to resign before we embarrass you?' But it didn't happen like that," Joya told The News.}}</ref> Joya is the widow of Yahya al-Bahrumi (born John Georgelas), an American who gained notoriety for joining the Islamic State (commonly known as ISIS) in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Graeme |date=November 3, 2017 |title=From the Islamic State to Suburban Texas |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/from-isis-to-suburban-texas/544910/ |url-access=limited |work=The Atlantic |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 3, 2022}}</ref> and has been dubbed the "ISIS bride" by the British tabloid press.<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02/><ref name=TT_2022-03-02>{{Cite web |last=Svitek |first=Patrick |date=March 2, 2022 |title=U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/02/van-taylor-reelection/ |access-date=March 3, 2022 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
Saying that she and Taylor met during a "reprogramming" session for former jihadists,<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02/> Joya shared salacious details about the affair and said that Taylor had given her $5,000 for her credit card bills and personal expenses. Her statements were repeated the next day by ''Breitbart News'' and circulated widely on social media.<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02/><ref name=TT_2022-03-02/> ''The Texas Tribune'' could not independently verify any of Joya's claims.<ref name=TT_2022-03-02/> In a statement to ''The Dallas Morning News'', Joya said that she was "annoyed at having to see her ex-lover's face on billboards" and approached Taylor's Republican primary opponent Suzanne Harp (who would finish third in the primary), hoping that Harp would privately persuade Taylor to drop out of the race, but Taylor did not do so, prompting Joya to make her statements public.<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02/>
On March 1, 2022, Taylor won 49% of the vote in the Republican primary, short of the 50% majority required to win outright, triggering a May 24 runoff election against runner-up and former Collin County judge Keith Self. The next day, in an email to supporters, Taylor announced the suspension of his reelection campaign: "About a year ago, I made a horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain among those I love most in this world. I had an affair, it was wrong, and it was the greatest failure of my life. I want to apologize for the pain I have caused with my indiscretion, most of all to my wife Anne and our three daughters." Taylor did not indicate that he would resign from office before the end of his term but a campaign spokesperson said that he would withdraw from the election.<ref name=dmn_2022-03-02/><ref name=TT_2022-03-02/> Taylor formally withdrew from the runoff two days later, making Self the Republican nominee by default.<ref>{{cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Emily |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Keith Self, ex-Collin County judge, now GOP nominee for Rep. Van Taylor's seat after incumbent exits |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/11/keith-self-ex-collin-county-judge-now-gop-nominee-for-rep-van-taylors-seat-after-incumbent-exits/ |url-access=limited |work=The Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=March 21, 2022}}</ref>
===Committee assignment=== *Committee on Financial Services<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx?day=20200116|title=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
===Caucus memberships === * For Country Caucus, Co-Chair<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-25|title=For Country Caucus Announces Chairs, Members for 117th Congress|url=https://vantaylor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2823|access-date=2021-04-29|website=U.S. Representative Van Taylor|language=en|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421174646/https://vantaylor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2823|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Problem Solvers Caucus<ref>{{Cite web|title=Featured Members|url=https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov/members|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Problem Solvers Caucus|language=en|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318093950/https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov/members|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Republican Study Committee<ref>{{cite web|title=Member List|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|access-date=21 December 2017|publisher=Republican Study Committee|archive-date=January 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101195017/https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Taylor married Anne Coolidge, a real estate investment manager, in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coolidge-Taylor wedding |url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Coolidge-Taylor-wedding-7803742.php|access-date=February 17, 2018|work=Midland Reporter-Telegram |date=May 8, 2004}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2024.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change | title = Republican primary results, 2018<ref name=Primaryresults>{{cite web |url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/ |title=2018 Primary Election Official Results |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |access-date=March 8, 2018 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307111046/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Van Taylor | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 45,475 | percentage = 84.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = David Niederkorn | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 5,052 | percentage = 9.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Alex Donkervoet | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 3,185 | percentage = 5.9 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 53,712 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = Texas's 3rd congressional district, 2018<ref name=txsos>{{cite web|url=https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist331_state.htm|title=Texas Election Results|work=Texas Secretary of State|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Van Taylor | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 169,520 | percentage = 54.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Lorie Burch | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 138,234 | percentage = 44.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Christopher Claytor | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | votes = 4,604 | percentage = 1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Jeff Simons (write-in) | party = Independent (United States) | votes = 153 | percentage = 0.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 312,511 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = Texas's 3rd congressional district, 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Election Results - Official Results |url=https://results.texas-election.com/races |website=Texas Secretary of State |access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Van Taylor (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 230,512 | percentage = 55.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Lulu Seikaly | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 179,458 | percentage = 42.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Christopher Claytor | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | votes = 8,621 | percentage = 2.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 418,591 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Republican primary results, 2022 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Van Taylor (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 31,489 | percentage = 48.8 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Keith Self | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 17,058 | percentage = 26.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Suzanne Harp | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 13,375 | percentage = 20.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Rickey Williams | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 1,731 | percentage = 2.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Jeremy Ivanovskis | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 818 | percentage = 1.3 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 64,471 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
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