Giovanni Capriglione
| Giovanni S. Capriglione | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 98 (Tarrant County) | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Vicki Truitt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elisa Capriglione |
| Children | Three children |
| Residence |
Southlake Tarrant County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Santa Clara |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Giovanni S. Capriglione (born March 8, 1973) is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, having represented District 98 since 2013.
Capriglione lives in Southlake in suburban Tarrant County.
Capriglione studied for a Bachelor of Science in Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and then a Master of Business Administration at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.
He and his wife, Elisa, whom he married in 2000, have three children. His children attend Carroll ISD.
Capriglione owns a private equity management company focusing on businesses located in Texas. He has also worked as a vice president of a private equity firm and prior to that was employed by various computer engineering companies.
In the 2012 Republican primary election, Capriglione, with 55.6 percent of the vote, unseated the incumbent Vicki Truitt of Keller in Tarrant County. Truitt, who had held the seat since 1999. Truitt polled the remaining 44.4 percent of the ballots cast.
In 2012, Capriglione won the general election with 85.6 percent of the vote. The Libertarian Party candidate, Michael Goolsby, polled the remaining 14.4 percent. Capriglione went unopposed in the 2014 Primary and General Elections.
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