Joan Huffman

Joan Huffman
Texas State Senate, District 17
Incumbent
In office
2008 - Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	5
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$7,200/year
Per diem	$150/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2008
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Personal
Profession	Attorney
Websites
Office website

Joan Huffman is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 17 since 2008.

Huffman graduated with a B.A. from Louisiana State University and later graduated with a J.D. from the South Texas School of Law.

In addition to being a senator, Huffman is an attorney and has served as lead prosecutor in over 100 jury trials. Those trials include murders, sexual assaults and aggravated robberies.

District 17

Joan Huffman represents District 17, which includes the county of Fort Bend, Texas.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Huffman served on the following committees:

Texas Committee Assignments, 2013
• Finance
• Health & Human Services
• State Affairs

2011-2012

Huffman served on the following Texas Senate committees:

2009-2010

Texas Committee Assignments, 2009
• Government Organization
• Health & Human Services
• Transportation & Homeland Security
• Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

Elections

2012

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012

Huffman won re-election in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 17. Huffman ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and won re-election in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Texas State Senate, District 17, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joan Huffman Incumbent	77.7%	185,429
	Libertarian	Austin Page	13.4%	32,026
	Green	David Courtney	8.9%	21,252
Total Votes				238,707

2010

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2010

Huffman won re-election to the 17th District Seat in 2010, defeating Libertarian candidate Phil Kurtz in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Texas State Senate, District 17 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Joan Huffman (R)		112,595	83.15%
Phil Kurtz (L)		22,802	16.84%

2008

On Dec. 16, 2008, Huffman won a special election runoff for the 17th District Seat in the Texas State Senate, defeating opponent Chris Bell.

Texas State Senate, District 17 (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Joan Huffman (R)		24,497	56.09%
Chris Bell		19,176	43.90%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

Huffman raised a total of $538,164 in 2010. Below are Huffman's top campaign contributors in the 2010 election:

Contributor	2010 total
Perry, Bob J.	$37,500
Perry, Doylene	$17,500
Time Warner	$12,500
Texas Medical Association	$10,048
5 separate donors each contributing:	$10,000

Scorecards

Empower Texans Fiscal Responsibility Index

Empower Texans produces the Fiscal Responsibility Index as "a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues." The index uses "exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that demonstrate legislators' governing philosophy." Legislators are graded along a standard grading scale, receiving grades A through F based on their performance during the legislative session.

2011

Joan Huffman received a grade of A+ on the 2011 Fiscal Responsibility Index.

• 2011 Taxpayer Champion. Huffman was named a "2011 Taxpayer Champion," which is "the top award presented by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility to legislators based on their rating on the most recent Fiscal Responsibility Index."

External links

Suggest a link

• Official website of Joan Huffman
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2012,
• Joan Huffman Personal Website
• Joan Huffman on YouTube
• Joan Huffman on Facebook
• Joan Huffman on Twitter

References

Political offices
Preceded by Kyle Janek	Texas Senate District 17 2008-present	Succeeded by NA