Texas House of Representatives, District 63

District 63 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County. The current representative for District 63 is Republican Tan Parker, who was elected in 2006.

District description

The district is located wholly within Denton County. It is one of four serving Denton County. In terms of geography, it consists of the southwestern part of the county. Major cities in the district include Flower Mound, the western half of Highland Village, and the southwestern part of Lewisville.

Elections

2006 candidates

Mary C. Denny served as Representative starting in 1993. She chose not to seek re-election in 2006. Five Republican candidates (listed below) filed to take Denny's place. No candidate from any other party filed (the district, like much of Denton County, is a GOP stronghold), so the winner of the Republican Party primary would serve District 63 in the Eightieth Texas Legislature.

The five candidates seeking election were:

  • Ricky Gruden, financial advisor
  • Anne Lakusta, Realtor; served on the Lewisville Independent School District Board of Trustees, 1994–2003, and as the Board's first female president, 1998–2003. Lakusta received the endorsement of the Dallas Morning News for this race, due in large part to her prior school board experience.
  • Bill Lawrence, businessman, served as mayor of Highland Village, 2000–2005.
  • Tan Parker, businessman; Parker received the endorsement of outgoing Representative Denny and former Congressman Dick Armey, notwithstanding his lack of political experience
  • Michael Savoie, businessman and college administrator, served two terms as mayor of Northlake, 1997–2003, and the latter half of 2005.

The March 7 election resulted in a runoff between Parker (who finished first) and Lakusta (who finished second). Gruden (the third-place finisher) requested a recount, as he was only 45 votes behind Lakusta for the second-place spot, but the recount confirmed the standings. Lawrence finished fourth and Savoie finished last.

Gruden and Lawrence endorsed Parker in the April 11 runoff, while Savoie endorsed Lakusta; the runoff saw Parker defeating Lakusta by 48 votes.

2008 candidates

Parker faced opposition in the general election for the first time in the form of Democratic Party candidate Jesus Carrillo and Libertarian Party candidate John Turner, but defeated them 64,048 (72.97 percent) to Carrillo's 19,883 (22.65 percent) and Turner's 3,831 (4.36 percent).

Representatives[1]
Leg. Representative Party Term start Term end Counties represented
5th Henry Eustace McCulloch Unknown November 7, 1853 November 5, 1855 Guadalupe
6th John Rhodes King November 5, 1855 November 2, 1857
7th Isham Vining Harris November 2, 1857 November 7, 1859
8th Matthew Dawson Anderson November 7, 1859 February 8, 1861
Washington Edmund Goodrich March 18, 1861 November 4, 1861
9th November 4, 1861 November 2, 1863
J.E. Harwell Lavaca
10th W. H. Howard November 2, 1863 August 6, 1866
11th William Tate August 6, 1866 February 7, 1870
15th Travis Shaw Democratic April 18, 1876 January 14, 1879 Fayette, Lee
16th Gottlieb Pauli Republican January 14, 1879 January 11, 1881
17th Augustin Haidusek Democratic January 11, 1881 January 9, 1883
18th Charles E. Gass January 9, 1883 January 22, 1883 Coryell Hamilton
C.W. Cotton January 22, 1883 January 13, 1885
19th John Powell "Jack" Key January 13, 1885 January 11, 1887
20th Andrew Carroll Graves Republican January 11, 1887 January 8, 1889
21st Crockett McDonald King Democratic January 8, 1889 January 13, 1891
22nd George Federick Perry January 13, 1891 January 10, 1893
23rd Romanus 'Roe' Talbot January 10, 1893 January 8, 1895 Robertson
24th Roger Lanier Mills Moody January 8, 1895 January 12, 1897
25th W. P. Blackburn January 12, 1897 January 10, 1899
26th Semmes Wilder Parish January 10, 1899 January 8, 1901
27th January 8, 1901 January 13, 1903
28th Christopher Columbus Pearson January 13, 1903 January 10, 1905 Burnet, Williamson
29th Franklin Deaderick Love January 10, 1905 January 8, 1907
30th January 8, 1907 January 12, 1909
31st Christopher Columbus Pearson January 12, 1909 November 9, 1910
32nd W. H. Corder January 10, 1911 January 14, 1913
33rd Joe Frank Coffey January 14, 1913 March 26, 1914 Falls, Limestone, McLennan
Nicholas Patten Houx September 9, 1914 January 12, 1915
34th Edgar Earnest Witt January 12, 1915 January 9, 1917
35th Frank Minnock Fitzpatrick Sr. January 9, 1917 January 14, 1919
36th James Louis Quicksall Sr. January 14, 1919 January 11, 1921
37th January 11, 1921 January 9, 1923
38th Cecil Anderson Morgan Sr. January 9, 1923 January 13, 1925 Robertson
39th Corry Thaddeus Sheats January 13, 1925 January 11, 1927
40th January 11, 1927 January 8, 1929
41st Robert Brown Ewing January 8, 1929 February 24, 1930
42nd Jacob Leonard Goodman January 13, 1931 January 10, 1933
43rd January 10, 1933 January 8, 1935
44th David Hollis Frazer January 8, 1935 January 12, 1937
45th Cecil Taylor Rhodes January 12, 1937 January 10, 1939
46th January 10, 1939 January 14, 1941
47th January 14, 1941 January 12, 1943
48th January 12, 1943 January 9, 1945
49th Herman R. Yezak January 9, 1945 January 14, 1947
50th January 14, 1947 January 11, 1949
51st January 11, 1949 January 9, 1951
52nd January 9, 1951 January 13, 1953
58th Wayne B. Gibbens January 8, 1963 January 12, 1965 Callahan Eastland, Palo Pinto Shackelford, Stephens
59th January 12, 1965 January 7, 1966
60th Burke Musgrove January 10, 1967 January 14, 1969
61st Robert Temple Dickson III January 14, 1969 January 12, 1971 Howard, Mitchell, Nolan
62nd Dee Jon Davis January 12, 1971 January 9, 1973
63rd Renal Boyd "Al" Rosson January 9, 1973 January 14, 1975 Borden, Coke, Dawson Howard, Scurry, Sterling
64th Michael Herman "Mike" Ezzell January 14, 1975 January 11, 1977
65th January 11, 1977 January 9, 1979
66th January 9, 1979 October 15, 1980
Larry Don Shaw December 3, 1980 January 13, 1981
67th January 13, 1981 January 11, 1983
68th William G. "Bill" Cody January 11, 1983 January 8, 1985 Cooke, Parker, Wise
69th Ric Williamson January 8, 1985 January 13, 1987
70th January 13, 1987 January 10, 1989
71st January 10, 1989 January 8, 1991
72nd January 8, 1991 January 12, 1993
73rd Mary Diane Denny Republican January 14, 1993 January 10, 1995 Collin, Denton, Rockwall
74th January 10, 1995 January 14, 1997
75th January 14, 1997 January 12, 1999
76th January 12, 1999 January 9, 2001
77th January 9, 2001 January 14, 2003
78th January 14, 2003 January 11, 2005 Denton
79th January 11, 2005 January 9, 2007
80th Tan Parker January 9, 2007 January 13, 2009
81st January 13, 2009 January 11, 2011
82nd January 11, 2011 January 8, 2013
83rd January 8, 2013 January 13, 2015
84th January 13, 2015 January 10, 2017
85th January 10, 2017 January 8, 2019
86th January 8, 2019 January 12, 2021
87th January 12, 2021 Present

References
  1. "Texas Legislators: Past&Present". lrl.texas.gov.
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