Stephen Broden

Stephen Broden is a Republican politician from the state of Texas, currently running for the state's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House against Democratic incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Political Life

Broden has been actively involved in the pro-life movement since 1983 and is a spokesman for the black pro-life movement in Dallas. He is also a founder of Ebony Berean, an organization with a mission to inform African-American Pastors of the "Culture War".

He is a frequent speaker for the Tea Party movement and advocates for a return to what he considers proper Constitutional principles in government and the Judeo-Christian values that he claims undergird the founding of the United States of America. He is an outspoken supporter of the Second Amendment right to bear arms and a broad conception of the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

He has been a recurring political commentator on FOX News Channel,including numerous appearances on the Glenn Beck show.

He was awarded “Champion of the Republican Party” by the NRCC Business Advisory Council Texas and has also received the Ronald Reagan Gold Medal Award. From 1999-2002 he served as Republican Precinct Chairman in DeSoto, Texas.

He won the majority of votes, in a 3-way Republican Primary race for U.S. House in the 30th District of Texas, with 46.60% on March 2, 2010.

On April 13, 2010 he won the Texas Republican Primary Runoff election with 67.46% of the vote and officially became the Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Texas's 30th congressional district.

He has been criticized for a remark in which he allegedly stated that "color matters" in the race for the 30th Congressional District.

Community Service Background

Broden is an advocate in the Fair Park and South Dallas areas for economic opportunity, quality education, and against legalized abortion. He founded the Fair Park Bible Fellowship Church in 1987 and serves as its Senior Pastor. He's served as President of the Fair Park Friendship Center for over 18 years and as its Executive Director for over 11 years. The Fair Park Friendship Center is a community resource center offering hands-on assistance to surrounding inner-city area families. They offer a variety of practical services, including a clothing store and back-to-school rally, where children from neighborhood families are provided with donated school supplies. Family counseling and other programs are also offered through the Fair Park Friendship Center.

Education and Personal Life

Broden graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor and then a Master of Arts degree in Communication, and he later studied at the Dallas Theological Seminary where he received a Master of Arts in Bible Studies.

He served as an Adjunct Professor at Dallas Baptist University from 1990–1992 and spent ten years in the private sector at Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Human Resources. He has been a business owner of several self-serve car-wash facilities and has also worked as a newscaster, disc jockey, and radio broadcaster. Currently he is a co-host on the Life and Liberty radio program for KSKY, 660 AM and is also a radio broadcaster of One-Minute "thought of the day" commentaries on this station. He serves as President of the African-American Alumni Association Executive Committee.

He has lived in the Dallas, Texas area for over 30 years. He is married to Donna W. Broden, and they have three children, Jamaal 29, Maia 27, and Stephenie 22.