Thomas Dale Tom DeLay (/dle/; born April 8 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005.Tom DeLay began his career as a politician in 1978 when he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. In 1985 he became a born-again Christian. In 1988 after just a few years in the U.S. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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