Briscoe Cain
American politician
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- Briscoe Rowell Cain III (born December 9, 1984) is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128 since 2017.
- He was defeated by investment banker Alex Mealer.
- At Deer Park High School, he was on the varsity cheerleading squad.
- from South Texas College of Law.
- In 2016, Cain obtained via a FOIA request invoices sent by a California bioscience company to four Texas medical schools.
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WikipediaBriscoe Rowell Cain III (born December 9, 1984) is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128 since 2017. Cain was a candidate for Texas's 9th congressional district in the May, 2026 Republican primary runoff. He was defeated by investment banker Alex Mealer.
Briscoe grew up in Deer Park, Texas, a suburb of Houston located in Harris County. At Deer Park High School, he was on the varsity cheerleading squad. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston-Downtown and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law.
In December 2015, Cain successfully defended the religious rights of Beaumont police officers when the city banned them from having Bible study during lunch breaks. In 2016, Cain obtained via a FOIA request invoices sent by a California bioscience company to four Texas medical schools. From these invoices he claimed the Texas schools were using tax dollars to purchase aborted fetal tissue, since Planned Parenthood was known to give fetuses to the California company. In a statement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso said that it strictly followed federal and state guidelines. Cain is the Texas legal counsel to Operation Rescue.
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