Preceded by Craig Eiland Political party Republican Party Role Insurance Agent | Name Wayne Faircloth Residence Galveston, Texas, USA | |
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Alma mater Sam Houston State University Profession State Farm Insurance agent
Former educator Religion Non-denominational Christian Education Sam Houston State University | ||
State representative wayne faircloth
Wayne Faircloth (born 1953) is an American insurance agent from Dickinson, Texas. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 23 in part of Galveston County.
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A graduate of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Faircloth is a former educator and coach. He has lived in Galveston County since 1979. He is a former member of the Dickinson City Council and a past president of the Galveston County Water District. He is an active member of the Coastal Community Church in Galveston.
In the November 4, 2014, general election, the veteran incumbent Democratic state representative, Craig Eiland, did not seek reelection to a ninth term. Faircloth instead defeated the Democratic nominee, Susan Elizabeth Criss (born 1961), a state district court judge from Galveston, 17,702 (54.6) to 14,716 (45.4 percent). In the earlier Republican primary on March 4, Faircloth had defeated Bob Senter, 6,112 votes (66.1 percent) to 3,134 votes (33.9 percent). Faircloth carried the backing of most of the state and local Republican leaders, including both U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs and her successor, outgoing State Senator Glenn Hegar.
Faircloth won a second term in the state House in 2016, when, with 36,501 votes (58.9 percent), he defeated the Democratic former state Representative Lloyd William Criss, Jr., a lawyer from La Marque who served in the House from 1979 to 1991 and the father of the 2014 Democratic House candidate, Susan Criss. Faircloth polled 25,501 votes (41.1 percent).