Kim Brimer

Kim Brimer
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 10th district
In office
2003–2009
Preceded byChris Harris
Succeeded byWendy Davis
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 96th district
In office
1989–2003
Preceded byMichael D. Millsap
Succeeded byBill Zedler
Personal details
Born (1945-03-05) March 5, 1945 (age 79)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceFort Worth, Texas
Alma materB.S., Stephen F. Austin State University

Kenneth Kimberlin Brimer Jr., known as Kim Brimer (born 5 March 1945),[1] is a Republican former member of the Texas State Senate from Fort Worth, Texas. He represented District 10. He was the only GOP member of the 31-member chamber to have been defeated in the general election held on November 4, 2008, when he lost to Democrat Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth, her party's 2014 nominee for governor against Republican Greg Abbott.

Brimer also served for seven terms in the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. In the 2000 primary, he defeated a challenge from Bill Zedler, a medical consultant from Fort Worth. Brimer polled 5,472 votes (55 percent) to Bill Zedler's 4,461 (45 percent).[2] In 2002, Zedler won the House seat that Brimer vacated to move on to the state Senate.

Brimer was born in Houston to Kenneth Brimer Sr., and the former Louie Francis Hughes[3] and earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

In July 2005, Texas Monthly magazine, in its article "The Best and Worst Legislators of 2005," awarded Brimer an "Honorable Mention"[clarification needed] for his resolution of the Senate deadlock over taxes.[4]

Brimer is a cousin of actor Trey Wilson.

  1. ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). "State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
  2. ^ "General election returns, 2000 (House District 96)". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Records (1945-03-05). "Birth Certificate for Kenneth Kimberlin Brimer, Jr" (Third party index of birth records for Harris County). Rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2006-12-19. [dead link]
  4. ^ Burka, Paul; Patricia Kilday Hart (July 2005). "The Best and Worst Legislators of 2005" (subscription required). Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2006-01-29.