Andrew Murr
| Andrew Stevenson Murr | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 53 district | |
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Assumed office January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Harvey Hilderbran |
| County Judge of Kimble County, Texas | |
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In office January 1, 2009 – September 30, 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Delbert R. Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 23, 1977 Junction, Kimble County Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lacey Braswell Murr (married 2003) |
| Relations | Coke R. Stevenson (grandfather) |
| Children | Coke Murr |
| Parents |
Hardy G. Murr |
| Residence | Kimble County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Junction High School |
| Occupation | Lawyer; Businessman; Rancher |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Andrew Stevenson Murr (born April 23, 1977) is a lawyer, businessman and rancher in Junction, Texas, who is a 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 53, which encompasses his native Kimble County and eleven other West Texas counties: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, and Sutton.[1]
Background
An eighth-generation Texan, Murr is a maternal grandson of former Governor Coke R. Stevenson, who died in 1975, two years before Murr was born. Murr graduated from Junction High School and Texas A&M University in College Station, with a degree in education. While at Texas A&M, he worked in Washington D.C. on agricultural and natural resource policy matters, and in Austin as an assistant committee clerk for the Texas House Natural Resources Committee. He subsequently received a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock.[2]
Murr lives on the family ranch in Kimble County with his son, Coke (born 2009). Murr raises cattle and operates the Telegraph Title Company in Junction. Murr sits on the board of Junction National Bank. He is a past president of the Farm Bureau of Kimble and Edwards counties and his local Rotary International. He is a past chairman of the executive committee of the Concho Valley Council of Governments. He has also served on the Concho Valley Transit District, the Kimble County Historical Commission, the Kimble County Youth Show, and the Hill Country Fair Association.[2]
Political life
After practicing briefly in Dallas, Murr returned to Junction to establish his own law practice. He moved rapidly in local political circles, having been elected county attorney and then county judge of Kimble County, a position which he filled for five years until September 30, 2013, when he resigned to run for the Texas House.[2]Murr's grandfather had also held the same positions of county attorney, county judge, and state representative, with a stint as well as House Speaker.
In 2011, then Governor Rick Perry named Murr to the Concho Valley Regional Review Board. As county judge, he was chairman of the regional Juvenile Board, which supervises probation in several counties.[2]
In the Republican primary election for state representative held on March 4, 2014, Murr handily led a five-candidate field with 10,089 votes (41.3 percent) and was placed into a runoff election on May 27 with the runner-up, Robert Earl "Rob" Henneke (also born 1977) and a lawyer in Kerrville, who received 7,051 votes (28.9 percent).[3]Murr then defeated Henneke, 9,387 (60.6 percent) to 6,100 (39.4 percent).[4]
In the November 4 general election, Murr had no Democrat opposition and defeated the Libertarian nominee, Maximiliam Martin, 36,878 votes (89.9 percent) to 4,139 (10.1 percent).[5]
The District 53 House seat was vacated after twenty-six years by Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, who ran unsuccessfully against Glenn Hegar for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in the March 4 primary.[3]
References
- ↑ "Andrew Murr". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Andrew Murr". andrewmurr.org. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- 1 2 "Republican primary election returns, March 4,. 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Republican runoff election returns, May 27, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "General election returns, November 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
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| Preceded by Harvey Hilderbran |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 53 (Junction) 2015- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
