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Ken Legler
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
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
Sponsored legislation
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
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 | ||
 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 | ||
| Ken Legler (R)
|
19,980 | 51.15% | ||
| Joel C. Redmond (D) | 19,078 | 48.84% | ||
Campaign finance summary
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External links
- Ken Legler's campaign website
- Texas House of Representatives - Rep. Legler (dead link)
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Official Campaign Contributions-Personal
- Official Campaign Contributions-Committee
- Follow The Money, Campaign Contributions: 2010,2008
- Facebook profile
- Texas State Directory profile
- Texas Political Almanac HD 144 page
- Texas Tribune profile & bio
- Vote-TX.org profile
- State Surge profile
- Texas Conservative Coalition profile
- Ken Legler on Facebook
- Ken Legler on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "State Rep. Legler, 54, dies of apparent heart attack," June 1, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedreelect - ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Legler
- ↑ Texas Legislature - Bills Authored/Joint Authored by Rep. Legler
- ↑ Official Texas Election Results
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 24, 2014
- ↑ District 144 Texas House candidate funds, 2008
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Texas House District 144 2009–2012 |
Succeeded by Vacant |
