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'{{short description|Texas legislator}} {{use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Bryan Slaton | state_house = Texas | district = 2nd | term_start = January 12, 2021 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Dan Flynn (politician)|Dan Flynn]] | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|2|2}} | birth_place = [[Mineola, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | alma_mater = [[Ouachita Baptist University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[University of North Texas]] (BA)<br/> [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] ([[Master of Divinity|M.Div.]]) | occupation = Pastor; Financial Services | spouse = Sharmen | children = 1 | residence = [[Royse City, Texas|Royse City]], [[Texas]], U.S. | website = https://bryanslaton.com/ }} '''Bryan Lee Slaton''' (born February 2, 1978)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/166532/bryan-slaton|title=Bryan Slaton's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> is a former pastor and American politician. He has represented the 2nd District in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] since 2021. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Slaton also works for his brother's small business. A known bigot with a penchant for sexualizing children, Slaton of late has been projecting his sex-past habits onto innocent Drag Storytime events with children, and it may have something to do with his delusional beliefs in an invisible friend he calls "God". ==Early life, education, and career== Born in [[Mineola, Texas]].<ref name="AB4TX11172020">[https://bryanslaton.com/about-bryan/ About Bryan], Bryan Slaton for Texas campaign. Retrieved November 17, 2020.</ref> He attended [[Ouachita Baptist University]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in youth ministry and speech communication. He then attended [[University of North Texas]] and earned a degree in accounting.<ref name="AB4TX11172020"/> Slaton later earned a [[Master of Divinity]] from [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]].<ref name="AB4TX11172020"/> He served in the ministry as a youth and family minister for 13 years, for three of those years at River Hills Baptist Church in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]].<ref name="AB4TX11172020"/> Bryan works for his brother's small business, Slaton Financial Services.<ref name="AB4TX11172020"/> ==Career== In 2016, Slaton filed to run against incumbent state representative [[Dan Flynn (politician)|Dan Flynn]]. On March 1, 2016, Slaton narrowly lost to the incumbent in the Republican primary. Flynn polled 14,917 votes (51 percent) to Slaton's 14,336 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar01_273_state.htm?x=0&y=6692&id=875|title=Republican primary returns|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=March 1, 2016|access-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306124616/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar01_273_state.htm?x=0&y=6692&id=875 |archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Slaton decided to take on the incumbent again. In the 2018 primary election, Flynn defeated Slaton again, 11,803 (51.7 percent) to 11,013 (48.3 percent). However, on July 14, 2020, Slaton defeated Flynn by a 22-point margin in the Republican primary runoff, defeating the incumbent.<ref>Pollock, Cassandra & Reese Oxner. [https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/14/texas-house-incumbents-runoff/ Three Texas House incumbents — Bryan Slaton, Anna Eastman and J.D. Sheffield — lose in primary runoffs], ''[[Texas Tribune]]'', July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.</ref><ref>Rowen, Ben. [https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/texas-primary-runoff-results-2020/ Roundup: Texas Primary Runoffs 2020], ''[[Texas Monthly]]'', July 15, 2020.</ref> Slaton ran to Flynn's right, forcing him into a runoff election.<ref>Haslet, Mark. [https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/dan-flynn-bryan-slaton-compete-in-july-14-gop-primary-runoff/ Dan Flynn, Bryan Slaton Compete In July 14 GOP Primary Runoff], ''[[Texas Standard]]'', July 9, 2020.</ref> Slaton criticized Flynn for unnecessary and superfluous spending.<ref name="TSWaltens05022020">Waltens, Brandon. [https://texasscorecard.com/state/runoff-review-incumbent-dan-flynn-faces-bryan-slaton-head-to-head/ Runoff Review: Incumbent Dan Flynn Faces Bryan Slaton Head-To-Head], ''Texas Scorecard'', May 2, 2020.</ref> He sent out mail which pointed out Flynn's campaign-funded lifestyle expenses such as nearly $14,000 in spending on cookies and using his campaign fund to pay for a Netflix subscription.<ref name="TSWaltens05022020"/> Slaton campaigned on abolishing property taxes, ending overly broad laws that give government excess power during emergencies, and pledging to oppose any tax increase, but did not pass any bills that reflected his campaign promises.<ref name="TSWaltens05022020"/> In March 2021, Slaton introduced a bill that would abolish [[abortion]] and make it a criminal act, whereby women and physicians who received and performed abortions, respectively, could receive the [[capital punishment|death penalty]]. The bill made no exceptions for [[rape]] or [[incest]]; it did provide exemptions for [[ectopic pregnancy|ectopic pregnancies]] that threaten the life of the woman "when a reasonable alternative to save the lives of both the mother and the unborn child is unavailable."<ref name="Abortions">{{cite web |last1=Najmabadi |first1=Shannon |title=Another Texas GOP Lawmaker Is Attempting to Make Abortion Punishable by the Death Penalty |url=https://www.wltx.com/article/news/national/texas-gop-lawmaker-is-attempting-to-make-abortion-punishable-by-the-death-penalty/501-224aad46-8bc1-4ccf-8842-f9787e4fe00c |website=News 19/WLTX |access-date=14 March 2021 |date=11 March 2021}}</ref> In June 2022, Slaton said in a social media post that he planned to introduce legislation in the 2023 legislative session that would ban minors from [[Drag show|drag shows]] in Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Will DuPree |first=Nexstar Media Wire |date=2022-06-06 |title=Texas lawmaker proposes banning drag shows in presence of minors |url=https://thehill.com/news/3513618-texas-lawmaker-proposes-banning-drag-shows-in-presence-of-minors/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://bryanslaton.com/ Campaign website] * [https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=2 State legislative page] {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-tx-hs}} {{s-bef|before=[[Dan Flynn (politician)|Dan Flynn]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the<br>[[Texas House of Representatives]]<br>from the 2nd district|years=2021–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Texas House of Representatives}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Slaton, Bryan}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Texas House of Representatives]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]] [[Category:Texas Republicans]] [[Category:People from Royse City, Texas]]'