ALFORD, Mark, a Representative from Missouri; born in Baytown, Harris County, Tex., October 4, 1963; graduated from Ross S. Sterling High School, Baytown, Tex., 1982; attended Lee College, Baytown, Tex.; attended Southwest Texas State College, San Marcos, Tex.; attended University of Texas, Austin, Tex.; television news anchor; realtor; business owner; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress (January 3, 2023-present).