Chris Turner is a lifelong Texan, born in Dallas, where he attended Skyline High School.  He went on to earn a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, and shortly thereafter moved to Fort Worth, where he met and married his wife Lisa in 1999.  He has two stepchildren with his wife Lisa, both of whom graduated from Summit High School in Mansfield ISD.  He served as the Senior VP for the Open Channels Group in 2010 to 2012, and currently resides in the city of Grand Prairie, which he has represented in the legislature since 2009.