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Ken Legler

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Ken Legler
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Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives District 144

Ken Legler was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 144 from 2009 until 2012. He passed away on June 1, 2012 from an apparent heart attack.[1]

Legler announced on September 20, 2011 that he would not be seeking re-election in 2012.[2]

Biography

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Legler was the President & Owner of House Wire Works. He was also a member of the Bush Strike Force Team, Chamber of Commerce Board, National Federation of Independent Business Board, and Texas Association of Business Board.[3]

Committee assignments

2011-2012

Ken Legler served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

2009-2010

Issues

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

  • HB 975 - Relating to drug testing of professional employees of public school districts.
  • HB 1135 - Relating to required drug testing for applicants and recipients of unemployment compensation benefits.
  • HB 1136 - Relating to disqualification for the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits for violation of an employer drug testing policy.
  • HB 4301 - Relating to the availability of certain county, municipal, and school district financial information on certain Internet websites[4]

Elections

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Legler won re-election in District 144. He was unopposed in the March 2 Republican primary and then defeated Democrat Rick Molina, independent Brandon Weaver, and Libertarian Clifford Messina in the November 2 general election.[5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 144
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Ken Legler (R) 15,425 59.45%
Rick Molina (D) 9,931 38.27%
Clifford Messina (L) 339 1.30%
Joel West (G) 249 0.95%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Legler won election to the Texas House of Representatives from the 144th District, defeating Democrat Joel Redmond. Legler received 19,980 votes, ahead of Redmond (19,078).[6] He raised $592,850 for his campaign; Redmond raised $554,453.[7]

Texas House of Representatives, District 144
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Ken Legler (R) 19,980 51.15%
Joel C. Redmond (D) 19,078 48.84%

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Texas House District 144
2009–2012
Succeeded by
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