PERSON: Beth Van Duyne

U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party of Texas

Representative for Texas’s 24th Congressional District, 2024 Victory Chair

Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne (born November 16, 1970) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 24th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, she was mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017. She was an official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the first Trump Administration.

Van Duyne met her former husband, Chris “Casey” Wallach, while they were attending Cornell University. They have two children, and divorced in 2012 after being married for 17 years. Van Duyne confirmed she was in a relationship with Georgia congressman Rich McCormick in 2024.

In February 2021, a man died by suicide using a firearm outside of Van Duyne’s home in Irving. The man was identified as Richard Christian Dillard, a former communications staffer for Van Duyne’s 2020 House campaign.

Van Duyne is an Episcopalian.

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