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Tracy King | |
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 80th district | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Timoteo Garza |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district | |
| In office January 10, 1995 – January 14, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro G. Nieto |
| Succeeded by | Irma Lerma Rangel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tracy Ogden King November 9, 1960 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Cheryl Baker |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas |
| Alma mater | Southwest Texas Junior College Texas A&M University |
| Occupation | Hearing aid specialist, politician |
Tracy Ogden King (born November 9, 1960) is an American politician and hearing aid specialist from Uvalde, who has been a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 80th district since 2005. Beginning in January 2023, the revised District 80 includes the counties of Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde, Atascosa, Zavala, and some of Webb County outside Laredo.[1] He is the only Anglo Democrat from a heavily rural district.[citation needed] By contrast, there were eighty-five Anglo Democrats in the House in 1985[citation needed], eighty-three in 1987, with fifty-six of those from primarily rural areas.[citation needed] King was initially elected to Texas House of Representatives as a representative of the 43rd district on November 8, 1994, when he unseated the one-term Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Pedro G. Nieto. King received 15,072 votes (61.8 percent) to Nieto's 9,321 (38.2 percent)[citation needed]. With his 2023 victory, King has been elected to a total of fifteen two-year terms.
- ^ "Tracy O. King". Texas Legislators: Past & Present. Texas Legislative Reference Library.