Mac Thornberry

William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He served from 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in 40 years, to 2021, and signed the "Contract with America" authored by then Speaker Newt Gingrich. A Republican, Thornberry represented Texas's 13th congressional district, the most Republican district in the United States by partisan voting index. The district covers the Texas Panhandle and stretched between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders.