Don Huffines | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 16th district | |
| In office January 13, 2015 – January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John Carona |
| Succeeded by | Nathan M. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 26, 1958 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Huffines |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BBA) |
Donald Blaine Huffines is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Huffines co-owns and operates Huffines Communities, a real estate development company in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A conservative,[1] Tea Party[2] Republican, Huffines represented District 16 in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019. He lost his re-election campaign in 2018.
Remaining active in politics, Huffines ran for Governor of Texas in the 2022 Republican primary, challenging incumbent Greg Abbott[3] after the COVID-19 pandemic and government lockdowns.[4]
Huffines now serves as president of the Huffines Liberty Foundation, a fiscally conservative Texas think-tank.[5] Huffines has published numerous op-eds with the Foundation in the Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News on property taxes.[6][7]
- ^ KERA, Elizabeth Myong (May 11, 2021). "Who Is Don Huffines? Former State Senator Challenges Gov. Greg Abbott". Houston Public Media. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "Huffines victory shows the fight for the soul of the Texas GOP is over, and the tea party won". Dallas News. August 17, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Texas Primary Election Results". The New York Times. March 2022.
- ^ Huffines, Don (April 15, 2020). "Commentary: Gov. Abbott is Not Leading". Texas Scorecard. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "This is why Texas should eliminate school property taxes". Dallas News. June 6, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ Huffines, Don (April 28, 2023). "Huffines: Property tax cuts proposed by House and Senate are Band-Aid solutions". Houston Chronicle.