Linda Harper-Brown
| Linda L. Harper-Brown | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 105 (Dallas County) | |
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In office January 2003 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dale Tillery |
| Succeeded by | Rodney Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 20, 1948 Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | William Edgar Brown |
| Children | Three sons |
| Residence |
Irving, Dallas County Texas, USA |
| Religion | Christian |
Linda L. Harper-Brown (born March 20, 1948), is a former Republican six-term member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 105, based in Irving in Dallas County, Texas.
First elected in 2002, Harper-Brown was unseated in the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014 by her intraparty rival, former Representative Rodney Anderson (born c. 1968), of Grand Prairie, who polled 3,456 votes (52.7 percent) to her 3,098 (47.3 percent) in a low-turnout contest.
A Dallas native, Harper-Brown served on the Irving City Council, a nonpartisan position, from 1997 until she assumed her House seat in January 2003. During part of her municipal service, she was the mayor pro tempore of Irving.
Harper-Brown is married to William Edgar Brown (born c. 1942), a Certified Public Accountant, a former vice president of the Duncanville Independent School District, and the president of the Greater Irving Republican Club. The couple has three sons, Craig, Timothy, and Terry, last names unavailable.
In 2002, Brown won the Republican nomination for House District 105 over Rose Ann Cannaday (born c. 1944) of Irving, 1,807 (51.1 percent) to 1,728 (48.9 percent). She then won the general election without a Democratic opponent, having polled 75.8 percent of the vote over three minor candidates. She succeeded the Democrat Dale Tillery, who did not seek reelection that year. To win her second House term in 2004, Harper-Brown defeated a Democrat, Mike Moore, 21,599 (59.2 percent) to 14,884 (40.8 percent).
Though she had been unopposed for re-nomination in 2012, Harper-Brown had a tough reelection battle that fall against the Democrat, Rosemary R. Robbins (born c. 1948), an educator from Irving. Harper-Brown polled 21,705 votes (50.06 percent) to Robbins' 20,923 (48.3 percent). The Green Party candidate, Saul Arechar, polled the remaining 724 votes (1.7 percent). In the 2008 general election, Harper-Brown retained her seat by a margin of nineteen votes over the Democratic challenger, Robert C. "Bob" Romano (born c. 1975) of Irving. Harper-Brown received 19,857 votes (48.72 percent) to Romano's 19,838 (48.67 percent). The Libertarian nominee, James Glynn Baird (born c. 1963), also of Irving, polled the remaining 1,061 votes (2.6 percent). Two years earlier in the 2006 general election, she had defeated Romano by a comfortable margin, 11,881 (55.1 percent) to 8,865 (41.1 percent). In 2013 in her last regular legislative session, Harper-Brown chaired the Government Efficiency and Reform Committee. She also served on the House Transportation Committee.
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