Wayne Faircloth

Fennis Wayne Faircloth, known as Wayne Faircloth (born March 10, 1953), is a State Farm insurance agent from Dickinson, Texas,[1] who served two terms as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 23, which encompasses a portion of Galveston County. He was defeated in the GOP primary election held on March 6, 2018, by Mayes Middleton, who assumed the seat in January 2019.

Wayne Faircloth
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 23rd district
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 8, 2019
Preceded byCraig Eiland
Succeeded byMayes Middleton
Personal details
Born (1953-03-10) March 10, 1953
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceGalveston, Texas
Alma materSam Houston State University
ProfessionInsurance agent
Former educator
Websitewww.votefaircloth.com

Background

A graduate of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, Faircloth is a former educator and coach. He has lived in Galveston County since 1979. He is a former member of the Dickinson City Council and a past president of the Galveston County Water District. He is an active member of the Coastal Community Church in Galveston.[2]

Political career

In the November 4, 2014, general election, the veteran incumbent Democratic state representative, Craig Eiland, did not seek reelection to a ninth term. Faircloth instead defeated Democratic nominee, Susan Elizabeth Criss, a state district court judge from Galveston, 17,702 (54.6) to 14,716 (45.4 percent).[3] In the earlier Republican primary on March 4, Faircloth had defeated Bob Senter, 6,112 votes (66.1 percent) to 3,134 votes (33.9 percent).[4] Faircloth carried the backing of most of the state and local Republican leaders, including both U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs and her successor, outgoing State Senator Glenn Hegar.[2]

Faircloth won a second term in the state House in 2016, when, with 36,501 votes (58.9 percent), he defeated the Democratic former state representative Lloyd Criss, a lawyer who had served in the House from 1979 to 1991 and the father of Faircloth's previous opponent, Susan Criss.[5] Faircloth won 59% of the vote.[6]

Faircloth was defeated for re-nomination by Mayes Middleton in the 2018 Republican primary.[7] Middleton then won the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 32,533 votes (56.8 percent), he defeated the Democrat Amanda Jamrok, who polled 23,580 votes (41.1 percent). Another 1,218 ballots (2.1 percent) went to the Libertarian Party candidate, Lawrence Johnson.[8]

References
  1. "Wayne Faircloth". statefarm.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. "Wayne Faircloth". votefaircloth.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  3. "General election returns, November 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  4. "Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014". team1.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  5. Lauren Molidor (April 15, 2007). "On the Record: Lloyd Criss". thetexasblue.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  6. "Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  7. Platoff, Emma; Pollock, Cassandra; Walters, Edgar (March 6, 2018). "In Texas House primaries, two of the three incumbents challenged by Gov. Greg Abbott survive". Texas Tribune. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. "Election Returns". Texas Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Craig Eiland		 Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 23 (Galveston)
2015–2019		 Succeeded by
Mayes Middleton


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