Tom Sell is a fifth-generation West Texan and conservative businessman with deep roots in agriculture policy. A Texas Tech graduate with degrees in Agribusiness and Law, Sell previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. House Agriculture Committee under Congressman Larry Combest, where he helped craft the 2002 Farm Bill and the Crop Insurance Reform Act of 2000. He then founded a law firm with Combest in Lubbock focused on agriculture and trade policy. Sell is a devoted family man with four children, three of whom are in college and one serving as a U.S. Army officer.
Tom Sell is a fifth-generation West Texan, born and raised in Lubbock and Amarillo with family roots in the Petersburg area. His family came to Lubbock as sharecroppers in 1906, before the city was incorporated. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's degree in agribusiness (1995) and later earned his law degree from Texas Tech Law School. After college, he worked as Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture under Congressman Larry Combest, serving during Combest's tenure as committee chairman. He helped craft the 2002 Farm Bill and Crop Insurance Reform Act of 2000. He later returned to Lubbock and co-founded the law firm Combest, Sell and Associates with Combest, which focuses on agriculture, environmental issues, and trade policy. Sell has served as Board Chairman of Breedlove Foods, focusing on international hunger relief. He is married to Kyla, his college sweetheart, and they have four children: Noah (oldest, U.S. Army officer), Luke, Daniel, and Naomi (three youngest in college). The family is active in their church and community, mentoring students at Texas Tech's Davis College of Agriculture.