John Porter Mabry, Jr. (born May 7, 1969, in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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) is a Texas

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 politician

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 who served as a Democrat

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 in the Texas House of Representatives

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 during the Seventy-eighth Texas Legislature

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. Mabry was a member of the Killer Ds, the Democratic representatives who prevented the House from achieving a quorum in May 2003, thus blocking regular session consideration of congressional redistricting.

He holds a law degree from Baylor University

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