Matthew McDade Phelan, known as Dade Phelan (born 1975), is a real estate developer from Beaumont, Texas and a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He represents District 21, which encompasses half of Jefferson County and all of neighboring Orange County in the far southeastern corner of the state.Phelan is a 1994 graduate of Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont and a 1998 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He is a senior partner and broker at his family-owned Phelan Investments, a real estate development company. He was a staff member for former District 4 State Senator Tommy Williams, U.S. Representative Dick Armey of Texas's 26th congressional district and District 21 State Representative Mark Stiles. Governor Rick Perry twice named him to the Lower Neches Valley Authority; he was the board president in 2013. He is a former board secretary to Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas and a member of the St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Beaumont. He has served on the board of the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Phelan and his wife, Kim, live in Jefferson County with their four young boys. Wikipedia
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