Travis Clardy

Clardy is a member of the executive board of the East Texas Boy Scouts of America and the Dean's Circle for College of Fine Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University.[1] He is also a Paul P. Harris Fellow at the Nacogdoches Rotary International, a sponsor of the Heartbeat Pregnancy Center, and is active on the alumni board of his alma mater, Abilene Christian University.[1]

In 2012, Clardy narrowly defeated the incumbent Representative Chuck Hopson, in the Republican primary election.

In the 2013 legislative session, Clardy joined majorities in the House and Texas Senate to support SB5, which banned abortions after twenty weeks of gestation, required abortion providers to meet ambulatory surgical center facilities regulations, and required physicians to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of their office.[3] In 2016, the facilities and admitting privileges portions of the bill were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt.[4]

In the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, Clardy won re-nomination to a second term. He received 13,054 (84 percent) to opponent Tony Sevilla, who polled 2,487 votes (16 percent).[5]

In the general election on November 6, 2018, Clardy defeated Democrat Alec Johnson, 38,694 votes (74.4 percent) to 13,334 (25.6 percent).[6]

Clardy and his wife, Judy, have four sons. He is a member of the Church of Christ.[1][7]

• Campaign website
• State legislative page
• Travis Clardy at the Texas Tribune