Dodie Horton
Sylvia Delores Miller "Dodie" Horton | |
|---|---|
| Louisiana State Representative for District 9 (Bossier Parish) | |
| Assumed office January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Burns |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent (pending) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1956 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Gary Horton (married 1976) |
| Children | Three daughters |
| Residence(s) | Haughton, Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Occupation | Legislative assistant prior to her election to the state House of Representatives |
Sylvia Delores Miller Horton, known as Dodie Horton (born December 1956),[1] is a Republican from Haughton, Louisiana, who is the state representative for District 9 in Bossier Parish in the northwestern corner of her state.
In January 2016, Horton succeeded Henry Burns of Bossier City, who left the House seat to seek the District 36 position in the Louisiana State Senate. Horton had been Burns' legislative assistant since he entered the House in 2008.[2] Burns, meanwhile, lost a runoff election on November 21, 2015, with fellow Republican Ryan Gatti, also of Bossier City, for the right to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Robert R. Adley of Benton.
In the primary election held on October 24, 2015, Horton handily defeated a single opponent, fellow Republican Mike McHalffey (born March 1959) of Benton, 4,584 votes (63.8 percent) to 2,602 (36.2 percent), for the right to succeed Burns.[3]
Burns and her husband, Gary Lynn Horton (born November 1953),[4] married in 1976. They have three daughters. She is Southern Baptist.[2]
References
- ^ "Sylvia Horton, December 1956". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Marty Carlson (June 17, 2015). "Carlson: Meet state representative candidate Dodie Horton". Bossier Press-Tribune. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ "Gary Horton, November 1953". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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