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Burt Solomons

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Burt Solomons
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives District 65

Burt Solomons is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 65 from 1995 to 2013.

Solomons works as Of Counsel for Bell, Nunnally and Martin, Limited Liability Partnership, Legal Counsel for Greater Lewisville Association of Realtors, and has a private law practice.

He has previously worked as an Alternate Municipal Judge for Lewisville and Flower Mound from 1993-1994, Presiding Municipal Judge for the City of Carrollton from 1987-1993, and an Attorney for the City of Denton.[1]

Solomons is a member of the Texas Conservative Coalition.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

Burt Solomons served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

  • HB 128 - Relating to the requirement that applicants for certain licenses be eligible for employment in the United States.
  • HB 1153 - Relating to expanding the public high school curriculum to promote personal financial literacy.
  • HB 1866 - Relating to distributed renewable generation of electric power.
  • HB 2459 - Relating to tax credits for business development in low-income communities.[2]

Elections

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Solomons won re-election in District 65 in 2010. He defeated Mike Murphy (Washington) in the March 2 Republican primary and then defeated Libertarian Ryan Gray in the November 2 general election.[3]

Texas House of Representatives, District 65
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Burt Solomons (R) 27,585 82.43%
Ryan Gray (L) 5,878 17.56%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Solomons won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 65th District, defeating Lee Hooper (L). Solomons received 47,471 votes in the election while Hooper received 12,114 votes.[4] Solomons raised $331,983 for his campaign.[5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 65
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Burt Solomons (R) 47,471 79.66%
Lee Hooper (L) 12,114 20.33%

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Solomons
  2. ↑ Texas Legislature - Bills Authored/Joint Authored by Rep. Solomons
  3. ↑ Official Texas Election Results
  4. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 24, 2014
  5. ↑ District 65 Texas House candidate funds, 2008
Political offices
Preceded by
' 		Texas House District 65
1995–2013 		Succeeded by
Ron Simmons (R)


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