Stephen Broden
Stephen Edward Broden is an American businessman, pastor, political activist, broadcaster, and former professor from the state of Texas. In 2010, he was the Republican nominee for for the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated by Democratic Party|Democratic] incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson. He was the Constitution Party's candidate for vice president in the 2024 [United States presidential election].
Education
Broden graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts and then a Master of Arts degree in communication, and he later studied at the Dallas Theological Seminary, where he received a Master of Arts in Bible studies.He served as an adjunct professor at Dallas Baptist University from 1990 to 1992 and spent 10 years in the private sector at Atlantic Richfield Company in human resources. He has been a business owner of several self-serve car wash facilities, and has also worked as a newscaster, disc jockey, and radio broadcaster, co-hosting Life and Liberty on KSKY-AM and presenting One-Minute "thought of the day" commentaries on this station.
Career
Broden founded the Fair Park Bible Fellowship Church in 1987 and became its senior pastor. He has also served as president of the Fair Park Friendship Center as its executive director. The center provides assistance to the community's "inner-city" families, including a clothing store and back-to-school rally where children from neighborhood families are provided with donated school supplies and family counseling.Broden advocates in the Fair Park and South Dallas areas for economic opportunity, improved access to education, and against abortion. He is a spokesman for the black anti-abortion movement in Dallas and a contributor to blackprolifemovement.blogspot.com. He is a founder of Ebony Berean, an organization whose mission includes informing African-American Pastors of the "culture war".
He was affiliated with the Tea Party movement.
Broden has been a recurring political commentator on Fox News Channel, including appearances on the Glenn Beck show.
He was awarded "Champion of the Republican Party" by the NRCC Business Advisory Council Texas and has also received the Ronald Reagan Gold Medal Award. From 1999 to 2002 he served as Republican Precinct Chairman in DeSoto, Texas.
2010 U.S. House election
On March 2, 2010, Broden won the plurality of votes, in a three-way Republican primary election for the U.S. House in Texas's 30th congressional district, with 46.6%. On April 13, 2010 he won the Republican Primary runoff election, with 67.5% of the votes, and became the 2010 Republican candidate for the November general election.In October 2010, Broden was accused of saying that the current federal government was "tyrannical" and suggested violent overthrow could not be ruled out if there was not a "change in leadership" resulting from the November elections during an interview with a local Dallas Television Station.
Johnson ended up defeating Broden by a margin of over 54%. Johnson had the largest margin of victory of any Democrat running for the U.S. House in 2010 [United States House of Representatives elections in Texas|Texas] in 2010 [United States House of Representatives elections|2010].