Claim: Republican Troy Nehls who has no previous experience of public service won in Texas's 22nd congressional district in the 2020 US House of Representatives elections by less than 10 percentage points.
Evidence: In 2004, Nehls was elected constable for Fort Bend County, while he was serving in Iraq. In November 2012, Nehls was elected sheriff of Fort Bend County, taking office in January 2013. He was re-elected in November 2016.