Beth Van Duyne: Difference between revisions

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| spouse = {{marriage|Casey Wallach|1995|2012|end=div}}

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| education = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])

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'''Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne''' ({{IPAc-en|,|v|ae|n|'|d|aɪ|n}} {{Respell|van|DYNE}}; born November 16, 1970)<ref name="New Member Hill Bio">{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/new-members-guide-2020/527842-rep-elect-beth-van-duyne-r-texas-24 |title=Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas-24) |date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |first=Lillian |last=Bautista |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> is an American politician serving as the [[Member of Congress|U.S. representative]] for [[Texas's 24th congressional district]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/democrat-candace-valenzuela-concedes-to-beth-van-duyne-in-north-texas-congressional-race/ Democrat Candace Valenzuela Concedes To Beth Van Duyne In North Texas Congressional Race], ''[[KTVT|KTVT-TV CBS Channel 11]]'', CBSDFW.COM, [[Fort Worth, Texas]], November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020. "Now that nearly all the votes have been counted and there is no longer a path, we are conceding. I want to congratulate Beth Van Duyne on her victory".</ref> A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she was mayor of [[Irving, Texas|Irving]] from 2011 to 2017. She was an official in the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]] during the [[Presidency of Donald Trump#Administration|Trump administration]].

In 2015, following an article by [[Breitbart News]] that made a false allegation that a court in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]] followed [[Sharia]] law, Van Duyne pushed for a vote on a resolution in the Irving City Council that expressed support of a bill in the [[Texas Legislature]] seeking to [[ban on sharia law|ban Sharia law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/irving/2015/07/28/shariah-flap-pushes-irving-mayor-into-national-spotlight |title=Shariah flap pushes Irving mayor into national spotlight &#124; Irving |work=Dallas News |date=2015-07-28 |access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Izadi |first=Elahe |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/09/16/the-history-of-anti-islam-controversy-in-ahmed-mohameds-texas-city/ |title=The history of anti-Islam controversy in Ahmed Mohamed's Texas city |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2015-09-16 |access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> Also in 2015, when [[Ahmed Mohamed clock incident|Ahmed Mohamed]], a 14-year-old Muslim boy, was arrested for bringing a homemade clock, which teachers thought was a bomb, to school, Van Duyne defended the school's and the Irving Police Department's actions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ferner |first1=Matt |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irving-mayor-defends-school-and-cops_n_55f9dbc0e4b08820d917310e |title=Irving Mayor Defends School And Cops, Doesn't Apologize For Arrest Of Muslim Teen Over Clock |work=HuffPost |date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hooks |first=Christopher |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/irving-islamophobia-beth-van-duyne/ |title=Irving, Texas: An Unlikely Home for Islamophobia |website=Texas Observer |date=2016-06-13 |access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> She was named as a co-defendant in a defamation lawsuit initiated by Mohamed's father.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jagannathan |first1=Meera |title=Texas mayor and Sharia law crusader Beth Van Duyne starts regional HUD job in Trump administration |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/polarizing-texas-mayor-starts-regional-hud-job-trump-admin-article-1.3150690 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=May 9, 2017|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> Van Duyne was dismissed from the suit, based partially on the Texas Citizens Participation Act, a state law that "prohibits the use of lawsuits to intimidate or silence citizens and public officials from exercising their right of free speech."<ref name="DMNFarmer01142017">Farmer, Liz. [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/01/14/irving-mayor-beth-van-duyne-to-be-dismissed-from-crumbling-clock-boy-defamation-suit/ Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne to be dismissed from crumbling ‘clock boy' defamation suit], ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', January 14, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2020. "Van Duyne's dismissal comes after her attorneys alleged that she's immune from the lawsuit as a government official. There was also a motion to dismiss the suit based on the Texas Citizens Participation Act, a state law that 'prohibits the use of lawsuits to intimidate or silence citizens and public officials from exercising their right of free speech,' according to the city of Irving news release."</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Claire|last= Cardona|date=January 31, 2017|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2017/01/31/irving-mayor-dismissed-clock-boy-defamation-suit |title=Irving mayor dismissed from 'clock boy' defamation suit |work=Dallas News|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> The entire suit was eventually dismissed by the judge, who ruled the plaintiffs had failed to prove officials discriminated against Mohamed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Becket |first=Stefan |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clock-boy-ahmed-mohamed-discrimination-lawsuit-dismissed/ |title=Ahmed Mohamed, "Clock Boy," loses federal discrimination lawsuit |website=CBS News |date=2017-05-19 |access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>

 

 

==U.S. House of Representatives ==

** [[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management|Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management]]

* [[House Small Business Committee|Committee on Small Business]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Van Duyne Selected to Serve on House Small Business Committee {{!}} Representative Beth Van Duyne|url=https://vanduyne.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-duyne-selected-serve-house-small-business-committee|access-date=2021-02-02|website=vanduyne.house.gov|date=January 29, 2021 }}</ref>

** [[United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access|Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access]]

* [[United States House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress|Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress]]

 

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== Personal life ==

 

 

 

==Electoral history==

* [https://vanduyne.house.gov Representative Beth Van Duyne] official U.S. House website

* [https://www.bethfortexas.com/ Campaign website]

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