Full Name:
John Payton
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Shea
Birth Date:
01/23/1972
Home City:
Murphy, TX
Religion:
Christian
AA, Communication, Collin County Community College, 1992-2000
Candidate, Texas State House of Representatives, District 89, 2018
No caucus information on file.
Justice of the Peace, Collin County, 1991-present
Host, Radio Talk Show, present
Attorney, Kondos Law Firm, 1989-1990
Attendee, First Baptist Church, present
Activist, Allen Community Outreach
Director, Allen Middle School Speech & Debate Program
Member, American Legion Post #321
Founder/Director, Collin County Justice of the Peace Food Bank
Founder/Presiding Jurist, Collin County Teen Court
Activist, Keep Allen Beautiful
Member, Lions Club
Member, Padres Unidos de Adolescentes
Member, Plano Sunrise Rotary
Member, Students on Service, Southern Collin County Habitat for Humanity
Favorite Book:
Andrew Carnegie, The Bible, The China Threat, Richard Nixon's Ten Commandments, Twilight, The Roosevelt Years
Favorite Movie:
Romantic Comedies, Action/Adventure
Favorite Quote:
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." (Groucho Marx)
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." (Winston Churchill)