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State Rep. Larry Phillips not seeking re-election
also of Sherman
The vacancy appeared when U S President George W Bush appointed Republican State Representative Ronald H Clark of Sherman as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, based in the branch court at Beaumont in southeastern Texas Clark had held the state House seat since 1997
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Phillips is the chairman of the House Transportation Committee and a member of the committees on Ethics, Redistricting, and Border and Intergovernmental Affairs
Republican Texas House Representative Larry Phillips announced that he would not seek re-election for the next term Phillips initially won his seat in 2003 in a special runoff election with nearly 66 percent of the vote His opponent in that initial year was the Democrat Donnie Jarvis, The
Phillips secured his latest full term in 2010 with nearly 88 percent of the ballots cast over the Libertarian Kenneth Myers No Democrat sought the seat.
Those seeking the office are Republicans Brent Lawson, an electrical engineer from Van Alstyne, and Kevin Couch, a former member of the Sherman City Council, and Reggie Smith, an attorney from Sherman
challengers for Texas House Representative
Reggie Smith is the founder and owner of Reginald B Smith, Jr PLLC, a general practice law firm which he established in 2003 He is a two term chairman of the Grayson County Republican Party and currently the Northern Regional Director of the Texas Republican County Chairman’s Association
In 2015, Kevin Couch was elected as City Councilman in Sherman, TX During his tenure, he championed the revitalization and rebirth of Sherman’s historic downtown In 2013, he took on the role of CEO at CBC Creative, a full-service creative firm that specializes in branding and marketing
Brent Lawson earned his Electrical Engineering degree from UT Arlington in 1991 and has spent the past 26 years working in R&D in the Defense and Semiconductor fields He is a Constitutional Conservative and Republican Party precinct chairman in Grayson County
