John Raney

John Raney
Texas State House, District 14
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$7,200/year
Per diem	$150/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 8, 2011
Next election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Texas A&M University
Personal
Birthday	04/04/1947
Place of birth	Huntsville, TX
Profession	Founder/Owner, Texas Aggieland Bookstore
Religion	United Methodist
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

John Raney is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 14. He was first elected in the the November 8, 2011 special election. The special election was called to fill the vacancy created when Fred Brown (R) retired after more than 12 years in the legislature.

Raney graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in marketing. In 1969, while still enrolled at Texas A&M, he founded Texas Aggieland Bookstore. Raney is a member of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, Texas Leadership Council. He is also chairman of the Private Stores Committee of the National Association of College Stores. He is also an member of the Texas Retailers Association, Executive Committee. He is married to his wife, Elizabeth. They have two children.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Texas Committee Assignments, 2013
• Appropriations
• Higher Education
• House Administration

Elections

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Raney won re-election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 14. Raney defeated Hal Hawkins in the May 29 primary election and won re-election in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Texas House of Representatives, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Raney Incumbent	60.2%	24,269
	Democratic	Judy Le Unes	36.2%	14,614
	Libertarian	Joshua Baker	3.6%	1,463
Total Votes				40,346

Texas House of Representatives District 14 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Raney Incumbent	81.5%	6,695
Hal Hawkins	18.5%	1,522
Total Votes		8,217

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011

On November 8, Raney faced fellow Republicans Bob Yancy and Rebecca Boenigk. He also faced Libertarian Joshua Baker and Democrat Judy Webb LeUnes. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote on November 8, the top two vote getters--Yancy and Raney--proceeded to a run-off election on December 13, 2011. Raney defeated Yancy by a 3,901 to 2,834 margin.

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

Issues

John Raney campaign ad.

Campaign issues

Raney's 2011 campaign site discussed his qualifications:

• "John Raney is conservative to the core, and will represent our values in Austin. He wants to be a voice for the people of District 14. We need a leader who knows our area like the back of his hand, and has been a part of building a better community. That leader is John Raney."

Recent news

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John Raney News Feed

• Framing History: Texas Art Depot preserves Civil War-era flag - Palestine Herald Press
• Texas House Votes Twice on Extending the State Lottery - WTAW
• From the Ground Up - Texas Water Shortage - KBTX.com - KBTX
• The Marketplace Fairness Act: Taxing Light Bulbs To Save Candles - Hardhatters
• How the NFL Draft became the biggest non-sporting sports event - The Guardian

Debates

• On October 18, candidates for District 14 participated in a debate sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Video of the debate can be found here. (See video player in upper right)

• On October 25, candidates for District 14 participated in a second debate sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Audio of the debate can be found here.

Additional reading

• The Eagle, "Boenigk, Yancy clash at District 14 debate," October 25, 2011
• The Eagle, "John Raney is the solid choice for District 14," October 20, 2011
• The Eagle, "District 14 field split on school vouchers," October 19, 2011
• The Eagle, "District 14 hopeful Paula Hand out of race over bounced check," October 1, 2011

External links

Suggest a link

• John Raney, Campaign page

References

Political offices
Preceded by Fred Brown	Texas House District 14 2011 – present	Succeeded by NA