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[1] 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.[2] He is also a founder of Ebony Berean, an organization with a mission to inform African-American Pastors of the "Culture War".[3]
He is a frequent speaker for the Tea Party movement[4][5] 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.[6] 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,[7]including numerous appearances on the Glenn Beck show.[8][9]
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.[10] From 1999-2002 he served as Republican Precinct Chairman in DeSoto, Texas.[11]
On March 2, 2010 he won the majority of votes, in a 3-way Republican Primary election, with 46.60%.[12] On April 13, 2010 he won the Republican Primary Runoff election, with 67.46% of the votes, and officially became the 2010 Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Texas's 30th congressional district.[13]
He has been criticized for a remark his primary opponent claimed he made, in which he allegedly stated that "color matters" in the race for the 30th Congressional District.[14]
On September 6, 2010 his campaign issued a press release calling for a House Ethics Committee investigation due to documents his campaign received showing that his Democratic opponent, Eddie Bernice Johnson, had asked the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to send scholarship checks directly to her two grandsons and two great-nephews, rather than to their colleges.[15][16] These two letters she sent the foundation from 2006 undermine her previous claims on September 3, 2010 that she wasn't involved in obtaining $31,000 in scholarships for her relatives and two other ineligible recipients.[17]
Community Service
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.[18] He's served as President of the Fair Park Friendship Center for over 18 years and as its Executive Director for over 11 years.[19] The Fair Park Friendship Center is a community resource center offering hands-on assistance to surrounding inner-city area families. It offers 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.[20]
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.[21]
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.[22] 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.
References
- ^ Broden for Congress Official Site
- ^ Black Pro-Life Movement
- ^ Dallas County Young Republicans Official Site
- ^ Stephen Broden Inspired Tea Party Express Patriots
- ^ 9/12, Tea Party Groups Plan Rallies Throughout Dallas Area
- ^ Constitutionalist Pastor Stephen Broden's Political Star Rising
- ^ Fox and Friends and Pastor Stephen Broden: Health Care as Population Control?
- ^ Glenn Beck Issues Challenge to America's Pastors
- ^ Glenn Beck: What Would Martin Luther King Think of America Today?
- ^ Pastor Stephen Broden Receives Dallas Morning News GOP Recommendation
- ^ Project Vote Smart
- ^ Office of the Secretary of State 2010 Republican Party Primary Election Night Returns
- ^ 2010 Primary Runoff Elections
- ^ Stephen Broden "color blind"?
- ^ Letters Suggest Dallas Lawmaker had Direct Role in Scholarships for Relatives
- ^ E.B. Johnson letter to CBC Foundation: "I would like the check ... issued to the student as opposed to the school"
- ^ Eddie Bernice Johnson: 'I never heard the rules' on scholarships
- ^ Note from the Pastor at Fair Park Bible Fellowship Church
- ^ Point of View Radio Talk Show
- ^ Fair Park Friendship Center/After School Program
- ^ Life and Liberty Bio
- ^ Co-hosts on the Life and Liberty program