Candidate · State House, District 82
Tom Craddick
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 82 (in the Texas House since 1969; District 82 since 1993)
- Occupation
- Businessman
- Lives in
- Midland
Background
- First elected to the Texas House in 1968 and took office in January 1969. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served as Speaker of the Texas House from 2003 to 2009. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Has held the title Dean of the House as longest-serving member since 2011, shared with Senfronia Thompson since 2021. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earned a BBA and an MBA from Texas Tech University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Owner of Craddick Properties and president of Craddick, Inc. source: ballotpedia.org
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