Read about Briscoe Cain net worth, age, wife, children, height, family, parents, salary and party as well as other information you need to know.
Introduction
Briscoe Cain is an American attorney and politician. He is a Republican in the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.
Early life
Name | Briscoe Cain |
Net Worth | $2 million |
Occupation | Politician |
Age | 39 years |
Height | 1.75m |
Briscoe Cain was born on December 9, 1984 (age 39 years) in Webster, Texas, United States. He is the son of American parents and grew up in Deer Park, Texas, a suburb of Houston located in Harris County. At Deer Park High School, he was on the varsity cheerleading squad. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston-Downtown and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law.
Political career
Briscoe Cain successfully defended the religious rights of Beaumont police officers in December 2015 when the city banned them from having Bible study during lunch breaks. In 2016, Cain obtained via a FOIA request invoices sent by a California bioscience company to four Texas medical schools.
Cain claimed the Texas schools were using tax dollars to purch ase aborted fetal tissue since Planned Parenthood was known to give fetuses to the California company. In a statement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso said that it strictly followed federal and state guidelines.
Cain is the Texas legal counsel to Operation Rescue. In the 2016 Republican runoff election, Cain defeated seven-term incumbent Wayne Smith by 23 votes. In the 2016 general election, Cain defeated Libertarian candidate Ken Lowder. Cain ran unopposed in the Republican primary election held on March 6, 2018.
On July 5, 2017, Terry Sain of Baytown, Texas announced that he would be running against Cain in the 2018 Republican primary. However, just before the December 11, 2017, deadline to file for a place on the primary ballot, Sain announced that he was no longer going to challenge Cain. Citing the difficulties of running a campaign as a reason he dropped out of the race, Sain told The Baytown Sun that running in the campaign “wasn’t quite as easy of a road as I thought it was going to be.” In the November 6, 2018, general election Cain ran unopposed.
On November 18, 2019, Robert Hoskins of Baytown, Texas announced he would be running against Cain in the 2020 Republican primary. Hoskins, considered a moderate Republican, is a member of the Baytown City Council and a former member of the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees. The race between Cain and Hoskins was considered to be one of the more high-profile primary contests during the 2020 Texas Republican primary.
On March 3, 2020, Cain defeated Hoskins in the Republican primary election, when Cain received 11,752 votes (79.32 percent) to Hoskins’ 3,064 votes (20.68 percent). Cain defeated Democrat Mary Williams in the 2020 general election for District 128 representative. Since being elected in 2016, Cain has consistently ranked as the most conservative member of the Texas House.
In 2019, Cain was again ranked as the most conservative member of the Texas House by Rice University’s right-to-left index. In 2017, Mark J ones from Rice University in Houston released a study of votes in the 85th Texas legislature that indicated Cain was considered the “most conservative” legislator in the Texas House.
Cain was named one of “The Worst Legislators of 2017” by Texas Monthly, describing him as “uninformed and ignorant” and stating “When we asked Capitol insiders for Worst list suggestions, [Briscoe Cain], almost universally, was the first one mentioned”. He was named Recipient of Operation Rescue’s 2021 Pro-Life Person of the Year Malachi Award for his work on the Texas Heartbeat Act.
He is a nondenominational Christian. On April 25, 2019, during a Texas House session to recognize Autism Awareness Month, he stated that he has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and struggles maintaining eye contact as a result. He serves with the rank of captain in the Texas State Guard.
Wife
Briscoe Cain is married to Bergundi Cains, they had their wedding in Texas, The couple have five children, all boys and all named for Texas counties. As of December 2023, Briscoe and his wife Bergundi reside in Deer Park with their children.
Briscoe Cain net worth
How much is Briscoe Cain worth? Briscoe Cain net worth is estimated at around $2 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a politician. Briscoe Cain’s monthly salary and other career earnings are over $211,000 annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in Texas. He stands at an appealing height of 1.78m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.