Sessions's father ran the FBI — he was appointed the bureau's director by President Reagan — and Pete himself spent 16 years working for the phone company before entering politics.
Pete Sessions grew up in Waco, the son of former FBI Director William Sessions, and worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone for 16 years before going into politics. He previously represented a Dallas-based congressional district from 1997 to 2019, chairing the powerful House Rules Committee, then returned to Congress in 2021 representing the current 17th District centered on Waco. He's running for re-election as a self-described proven conservative.
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Sessions’s take on Texas values
Sessions voted against certifying Arizona and Pennsylvania's 2020 electoral votes hours after the January 6 Capitol riot, and voted against the Freedom to Vote: John Lewis Act, saying it would undermine state voter-ID laws. [Ballotpedia; Waco Tribune-Herald]