Role Attorney Name Dustin Burrows | Nationality American | |
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Spouse(s) Elisabeth Hause Burrows Children Davis Burrows and Whitby Burrows Parents Dennis Ray and Gail Marie Burrows Education Similar People John Frullo, Charles Perry, Andrew Murr, Don Huffines | ||
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Dustin Ray Burrows (born November 14, 1978) is an attorney and businessman in his native Lubbock, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83 in the South Plains. On January 13, 2015, he succeeded Charles Perry, who won a special election in the summer of 2014 to the Texas State Senate.
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Representative dustin burrows explains constitutional amendment propositions
Biography
Burrows graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock. In 2001, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College, a private college in Memphis, Tennessee, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. In 2004, Burrows received a Master of Business Administration from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a Juris Doctor from the Texas Tech University School of Law. He is affiliated with the firm, McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf in Lubbock, through which he focuses on commercial litigation. His father, Dennis Ray Burrows (born 1947), is also a member of the McCleskey firm.
The younger Burrows is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Texas. He is a member of the West Texas Home Builders Association and the Texas Residential Construction Commission. In 2010, he was a member of the Lubbock Charter Review Committee and used to serve on the Lubbock Zoning Board of Adjustments.
An active Republican since 2008, Burrows was named by the party leadership to succeed Perry as the party nominee for the Texas House after Perry won the contest to succeed veteran Senator Robert L. Duncan. Duncan had resigned to become the new chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, succeeding Kent Hance in that position. Burrows defeated his Democratic opponent, Max R. Tarbox, 26,932 (81.2 percent) to 6,218 (18.8 percent) percent in the general election held on November 4, 2014.
Burrows said that he will work closely with regional colleagues Perry and John Frullo, a neighboring state representative from District 84, who was first elected in 2010. Frullo said that Burrows "has a lot of agriculture in his district, and that is good. And there are a lot of committees where he can do a lot of good.” Burrows indicated he would seek a seat on the Agriculture & Livestock Committee.
Burrows is married to the former Elisabeth Hause, who grew up in South Texas in a family involved with cattle ranching and oil and gas. They are the parents of two boys, Davis and Whitby. The family is evangelical Christian.