After college, Fallon relocated to
Denton County, Texas, in the early 1990s. He is the president and chief executive officer of Virtus Apparel, a company that specializes in clothing of military and patriotic design. Based in
Prosper, Texas, it has a dozen national locations and about 100 total employees.
Politics In 2009, Fallon launched a campaign that netted him 57% of the vote to defeat three opponents for an at-large seat on the
Frisco City Council. In the Denton County portion of Frisco, which consists of about one-third of the voters in House District 106, Fallon polled 65% of the vote. In May 2011, his council colleagues selected him to serve as mayor pro tem. Fallon won the general election on November 6, 2012, with 41,785 votes (83.2%) to
Libertarian Party nominee
Rodney Caston's 8,455 (16.8%). Fallon faced no
Democratic Party opponent in the election. Fallon co-authored a 2013 Texas law that allows students and employees of
independent school districts to say "
Merry Christmas" rather than the secular "Happy Holidays". Fallon ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2014 and defeated Democrat Lisa Osterholt and Libertarian Rodney Caston in the general election with 24,419 votes, almost 70% of the total. In the 2016 Republican primary, Fallon defeated challenger Trent Trubenbach with 16,106 votes (82.9%) to Tubenbach's 3,327 (17.1%). He won the general election with 80.8% of the vote. In July 2017, Fallon announced that he would challenge incumbent state Senator
Craig Estes for the Republican nomination in Senate District 30. Fallon defeated Estes and
Nocona businessman Craig Carter in the primary on March 6, 2018, with 53,881 votes (62%). In the November 6 general election, Fallon defeated Democratic nominee Kevin Lopez with 233,949 votes (73.9%) to Lopez's 82,449 (26.1%). Fallon served on the House committees on Human Services and Technology. In 2013 Fallon supported
Texas House Bill 2, a bill that would ban
abortion after 20 weeks of
gestation and require abortion providers to have
admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The measure passed the House, 96–49. These issues brought forth an unsuccessful
filibuster in the
Texas State Senate by Senator
Wendy R. Davis. Parts of the bill were later deemed unconstitutional and struck down by the
Supreme Court of the United States in ''
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt''. The Texas
Right to Life Committee rated Fallon 100% favorable. Fallon opposed the bill to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools; the measure passed the House, 73–58. He co-sponsored legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. He co-sponsored the successful bill to extend the
franchise tax exemption to certain small businesses. He voted to require testing for
narcotics of those individuals receiving
unemployment compensation. Fallon co-sponsored the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. He co-sponsored legislation to allow college and university officials to
carry concealed weapons on campus and in vehicles in the name of security. He voted to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit. Fallon voted for
term limits for certain state officials. To protect election integrity, Fallon supported legislation to forbid an individual from turning in multiple ballots. of the
PACT ACT but voted in favor of the Senate version that was signed into law and expanded
VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service.
Comments about LGBTQ community In 2018, Fallon was criticized for his remarks about state representative
Mary González, an openly
pansexual woman, while delivering a speech to the local
Wichita County Republican Women's group.
The El Paso Times quoted Fallon: Fallon later apologized, saying, "It was an innocent little comment about mocking the labeling, not a person."
Interest group ratings In 2015 Fallon was named one of "The 3 Worst North Texas Legislators" by
D Magazine, which wrote, "Fallon has a lawyerlike relationship with the truth" and was "vindictive, and he’ll say anything to get what he wants". By contrast,
Phyllis Schlafly's
Eagle Forum, managed in Texas by
Cathie Adams, a former state chairman of the
Texas Republican Party and a Fallon supporter, rated Fallon 95%. The
Young Conservatives of Texas scored him 92%. The Texas
League of Conservation Voters rated him 25%; Environment Texas, 28%.
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility rated Fallon 98%; the Texas Association of Business, 80%. The
NRA Political Victory Fund rated him "A+". ==U.S. House of Representatives==