Jeff Wentworth
| Jeff Wentworth | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 25th district |
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| Assumed office 1997 |
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| Preceded by | William "Bill" Sims |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's 26th district |
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| In office 1993 – 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Cyndi Taylor Krier |
| Succeeded by | Gregory Luna |
| State Representative from Texas District 123 (Bexar County) | |
| In office May 11, 1988 – January 12, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Kae T. Patrick |
| Succeeded by | Frank J. Corte, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 20, 1940 Mercedes, Hidalgo County Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Karla Wentworth |
| Residence | San Antonio, Texas |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Profession | Attorney |
Earl Jeffrey "Jeff" Wentworth (born November 20, 1940) is a Republican member of the Texas Senate since 1993. He succeeded Republican Cyndi Taylor Krier (then District 26), who instead became the Bexar County judge. The current District 25 includes northern portions of Bexar County, all of Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, and Kendall Counties, and portions of southern Travis County.[1][2]
From 1988 to 1993, Wentworth served in the Texas House of Representatives from District 123. He won a special election on May 7, 1988, called when the Republican Representative Kae T. Patrick of San Antonio resigned in his fourth term. Wentworth was himself succeeded in the House by Republican Frank Corte, Jr., a real estate businessman from San Antonio. Corte was subsequently switched to District 122 in 2003.[3]
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[edit] Wentworth Bio
Senator Jeff Wentworth is serving his seventh term in the Texas Senate where he was president pro tem in 2004 -2005 and where he was inaugurated as Governor of Texas for a Day on November 20, 2004.
Senator Wentworth, a fourth generation Texan, was first elected to the Texas Senate in 1992 after serving nearly five years in the Texas House of Representatives. He represents the nearly one million people of District 25, which consists of Comal, Hays, Kendall and Guadalupe Counties as well as north Bexar County and south Travis County.
He is chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Open Government, and serves on the Select Committee on Redistricting; Higher Education; Administration; Transportation and Homeland Security; and Intergovernmental Relations Committees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Natural Resources Foundation of Texas, the Board of Directors of the Austin Community College Center for Public Policy and Political Studies.
Jeff's public service prior to the Texas Legislature includes one year as a university system regent, six years as a county commissioner, two years as a city attorney, three years as a Congressional assistant, and three years' active duty as a United States Army counterintelligence officer.
Among his younger-life experience, he worked as a newspaper boy, television station copy boy, waiter, dishwasher, library clerk, and taxicab driver.
A 1958 graduate of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Jeff earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Texas A&M University in 1962. He served in the United States Army from 1962-65, and he was an assistant to Republican United States Congressman Bob Price of Texas from 1966-68 and from 1971-72.
He worked as a general assignments reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for a year, and another year as an assistant to the Lubbock County Attorney while he worked on his law degree at Texas Tech University School of Law. He served as vice president of his high school student body, senior class officer in college, and president of his law school student body. In addition, he served as national president of the American Bar Association Law Student Division. In 2000, Senator Wentworth was named the Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University School of Law.
Senator Wentworth is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Council of State Governments. He is chairman of the board of trustees of the 21st Century Foundation of the Council of State Governments and served as the 2008-09 chairman of the 16-state Southern Legislative Conference. He is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders' Board of Trustees.
Senator Wentworth, a practicing attorney, is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, as well as the San Antonio Bar Foundation. He is admitted to practice law in both the District of Columbia and Texas.
He is married to Karla Wentworth, a licensed professional interior designer. Jeff and Karla have two sons, Jason and Matthew.
[edit] Election history
Senate election history of Wentworth.[4]
[edit] Most recent election
[edit] 2010
| Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 25[5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 192,965 | 82.17 | not reported | |
| Libertarian | Arthur Maxwell Thomas, IV | 40,972 | 17.44 | not reported | |
| Independent | Eric R. Anderson | 885 | 0.37 | not reported | |
| Democratic | No candidate on ballot | 0 | 0 | not reported | |
| Turnout | 234,822 | not reported | not reported | ||
[edit] Previous elections
[edit] 2006
| Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 25[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 132,872 | 58.32 | -8.41 | |
| Democratic | Kathleen “Kathi” Thomas | 84,816 | 37.23 | +7.03 | |
| Libertarian | James R. “Bob” Thompson | 10,137 | 4.45 | +1.38 | |
| Majority | 48,056 | 21.09 | -15.45 | ||
| Turnout | 227,825 | +11.14 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
[edit] 2002
| Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 25[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 136,802 | 66.73 | -20.70 | |
| Democratic | Joseph “Joe” P. Sullivan | 61,899 | 30.20 | +17.63 | |
| Libertarian | Rex Black | 6,293 | 3.07 | +3.07 | |
| Majority | 74,903 | 36.54 | -38.32 | ||
| Turnout | 204,994 | -36.86 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 25[8] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| John H. Shields | 25,265 | 48.83 | ||
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 26,481 | 51.17 | |
| Majority | 1,216 | 2.35 | ||
| Turnout | 51,746 | |||
[edit] 2000
| Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 25[9] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 283,857 | 87.43 | -12.57 | |
| Libertarian | George Meeks | 40,806 | 12.57 | +12.57 | |
| Majority | 243,051 | 74.86 | -25.14 | ||
| Turnout | 324,663 | +45.11 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
[edit] 1996
| Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 25[10] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 223,739 | 100.00 | +24.97 | |
| Majority | 223,739 | 100.00 | +46.58 | ||
| Turnout | 223,739 | +5.10 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Republican primary, 1996: Senate District 25[11] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Randy Staudt | 24,930 | 29.54 | ||
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 59,476 | 70.46 | |
| Majority | 34,546 | 40.93 | ||
| Turnout | 84,406 | |||
[edit] 1994
| Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 25[12] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jim Saunders | 53,152 | 24.97 | -26.78 | |
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent)[13] | 159,729 | 75.03 | +26.78 | |
| Majority | 106,577 | 50.06 | +46.58 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
| Republican primary, 1994: Senate District 25[14] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Van Archer | 21,341 | 39.66 | ||
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth (Incumbent) | 32,473 | 60.34 | |
| Majority | 11,132 | 20.69 | ||
| Turnout | 53,814 | |||
[edit] 1992
| Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 26[15] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Carlos Higgins | 73,303 | 33.40 | ||
| Republican | Jeff Wentworth | 146,159 | 66.60 | ||
| Majority | 72,856 | 33.20 | |||
| Turnout | 219,462 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
| Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 26[16] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Alan Schoolcraft | 10,388 | 47.30 | [17]+12.59 | |
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 11,574 | 52.70 | +18.98 |
| Majority | 1,186 | 5.40 | ||
| Turnout | 21,962 | |||
| Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 26[18] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Jim Canady | 1,547 | 3.71 | ||
| John Fisher | 7,222 | 17.30 | ||
| George Pierce | 4,407 | 10.56 | ||
| ✓ | Alan Schoolcraft | 14,490 | 34.71 | |
| ✓ | Jeff Wentworth | 14,076 | 33.72 | |
| Turnout | 41,742 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ "Earl Jeffrey Wentworth". Texas State Cemetery. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form22.asp?step=1&pers_id=7155. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). "State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election". http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/candidates/general/senate/senateaddr.shtml. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
- ^ "Jeff Wentworth". lrl.state.tx.us. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=382&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~district=123~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=69~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
- ^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "2002 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "1996 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ Wentworth was the District 26 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate redistricting.
- ^ "1994 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ Change from primary election
- ^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
[edit] External links
- Senate of Texas - Senator Jeff Wentworth official TX Senate website
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Earl Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wentworth (TX) profile
- Follow the Money - Jeff Wentworth
| Texas House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Kae T. Patrick |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 123 (San Antonio) 1988 – 1993 |
Succeeded by Frank Corte, Jr. |
| Texas Senate | ||
| Preceded by Cyndi Taylor Krier |
Texas State Senator from District 26 (San Antonio) 1993 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Gregory Luna |
| Preceded by Bill Sims |
Texas State Senator from District 25 (San Antonio) 1995 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Jane Nelson |
President pro tempore of the Texas Senate 20 April 2004–11 January 2005 |
Succeeded by Florence Shapiro |
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