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- George_Lavender abstract "George Edward Lavender (born September 7, 1955) is an American state politician and a Republican former two-term member of the Texas House of Representatives, having been first elected on November 2, 2010.Though he was reared in Texarkana, Arkansas, Lavender is a businessman in Texarkana in Bowie County, Texas, where he resides with his wife, the former Jan Timberlake. He graduated in 1973 from Arkansas High School in Miller County, Arkansas. He holds an undergraduate degree in management from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.Lavender was defeated, 45-55 percent in the 2008 general election by the Democratic incumbent, Representative Stephen James Frost of New Boston, also in Bowie County. However, in 2010, with 51.5 percent of the vote, Lavender unseated Frost. Earlier, in both 1994 and 1996, Lavender ran unsuccessfully for the District 1 seat in the Texas State Senate, first as a Democrat, then as a Republican.In the 2011 House session, Lavender served on the Transportation and the Land and Resource Management committees. He worked for passage of legislation signed by Governor Rick Perry, which permits the manufacture of incandescent light bulbs in Texas. Lavender contends that fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury and are manufactured mostly in China. Lavender said consumers should have the choice of light bulbs and jobs in the industry should be kept in the United States.In the 2012 general election Lavender faced no Democratic opponent. To secure his second term, he received 42,049 votes (82.6 percent) to the Libertarian Tim Eason's 8,830 ballots (17.4 percent).In the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014, Lavender was unseated in his bid for a third legislative term by Gary VanDeaver, the former school superintendent of the New Boston Independent School District in New Boston, Texas, who received 9,400 votes (54.3 percent) to Lavender's 7,898 (45.7 percent).On March 1, 2016, VanDeaver defeated Lavender in a rematch in the Republican primary. VanDeaver polled 18,263 votes (61.9 percent) to Lavender's 11,242 (38.1 percent).".
- George_Lavender almaMater Arkansas_High_School.
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- George_Lavender birthDate "1955-09-07".
- George_Lavender birthYear "1955".
- George_Lavender nationality United_States.
- George_Lavender occupation Business.
- George_Lavender office "Texas State Representative for District 1 (Bowie, Franklin, Lamar, and Red River counties; formerly, Bowie, Cass, Marion, and Morris counties)".
- George_Lavender party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- George_Lavender religion Baptists.
- George_Lavender residence Bowie_County,_Texas.
- George_Lavender residence Texarkana,_Texas.
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- George_Lavender wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Lavender".
- George_Lavender after Gary_VanDeaver.
- George_Lavender almaMater Arkansas_High_School.
- George_Lavender almaMater "University of Arkansas".
- George_Lavender before "Stephen James Frost".
- George_Lavender birthDate "1955-09-07".
- George_Lavender dateOfBirth "1955-09-07".
- George_Lavender name "George Edward Lavender".
- George_Lavender name "Lavender, George Edward".
- George_Lavender nationality United_States.
- George_Lavender occupation "Businessman".
- George_Lavender office Texas_House_of_Representatives.
- George_Lavender party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- George_Lavender preceded "Stephen James Frost".
- George_Lavender religion Baptists.
- George_Lavender residence Bowie_County,_Texas.
- George_Lavender residence Texarkana,_Texas.
- George_Lavender residence "Texas, USA".
- George_Lavender shortDescription "American politician".
- George_Lavender spouse "Jan Timberlake Lavender".
- George_Lavender succeeded Gary_VanDeaver.
- George_Lavender termEnd "2015-01-13".
- George_Lavender termStart "January 2011".
- George_Lavender title "Texas State Representative for District 1 (Bowie, Franklin, Lamar, and Red River counties; formerly Bowie, Cass, Marion, and Morris counties) George Edward Lavender".
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- George_Lavender years "2011".
- George_Lavender description "American politician".
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- George_Lavender subject Category:1955_births.
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