Drue Bynum was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and spent several years of his early childhood in Grayson County before his family moved to Muenster, Texas.  There he was active in his community, church and school.  Drue received his Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow and God and Country awards while in the Boy Scouts as well as lettering four years in football, basketball, track and golf.  He also was the district and regional UIL gold medal winner in extemporaneous persuasive speaking his last two years of high school.

Drue was nominated by Congressman Charles Stenholm to attend the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.  While attending the Academy, Drue was active in boxing, football, and rugby.  As a First Class Cadet, his peers chose Drue for the All Brigade Rugby Team.  Most notably, Drue received the highest grade for leadership of the Class of 1991 during First Class Summer for his exemplary service while training the incoming Class of 1994.  He received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy in June of 1991.

After graduating from West Point, Drue attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course where he qualified for the prestigious Commandant’s List by graduating in the top 5% of his class.  He attended Airborne School, Ranger School (Benning-Desert Phases) and the Bradley Commanders Course before being stationed with the First Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas.  Drue became an outstanding junior officer while serving as a platoon leader and executive officer in a mechanized infantry brigade.  His efforts were recognized by the Division Commander who chose Drue to serve as the commander of the Division’s Horse Cavalry Detachment – a special ceremonial unit that travels the United States performing mounted cavalry drill and ceremony demonstrations and changes of commands for the U.S. Army.  For his achievements, Drue was the first person in his year group to be promoted, three months early, to the rank of Captain.  He also received the prestigious Meritorious Service Medal, one of the highest peacetime awards the Army bestows.

After the Army, Drue and his wife Nora (a Grayson County native) moved back to the area and built a house on the farm of Nora’s grandfather and her uncle.  Drue was afforded the opportunity of entering into the cattle business with these men.  Drue has also held several positions in corporate America.  He entered the corporate sector with Texas Instruments/MEMC in Sherman as a frontline supervisor.  Drue was later offered a position with Peterbilt Motor Company as area manager of its materials/logistics department.  He then entered the engineering field as a facilities engineer for Champion Cooler Corporation in Denison.  With extensive safety training gained through the years, Drue became a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and traveled North America as a consultant in the fields of behavioral based safety and performance management with companies such as Syncrude Canada, Aurora Mines, and Barrick Gold.  Along with his father and father-in-law, he is also a partner in Dominion Farms LLC, in Denison, which raises all natural pastured poultry, pastured pork and grass fed beef cattle.  Dominion Farms, LLC, also raise white tail deer and are members of the Texas Deer Association.   

Drue announced his candidacy for County Judge in 2005 and won the primary race in March of 2006.  He was unopposed in the general election.  As a result, Drue was sworn in as Grayson County Judge on January 1, 2007.  Since taking office as County Judge, Judge Bynum has been asked to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the WorkForce Texoma Commission Board and to serve on the Grayson County Childrens Advocacy Center Advisory Board.  He is a past Board member of the Pregnancy Care Medical Center in Grayson County, and now serves in an Advisory Board capacity. He is chairman of the Texoma Council of Government’s Homeland Security Advisory Committee. The Judge is also a member of the Texoma Area Solid Waste Authority (TASWA) board.  Additionally, Judge Bynum serves on several boards and committees that are statutory components of the County Judge’s office.

Drue and Nora have three children – Halle (14), Cooper (11), and Cole (7).  They attend Legacy Bible Church where Drue is a small group leader.  He is a member of the Denison and Pottsboro Chambers of Commerce and enjoys coaching his boys’ baseball and football teams.