Allen Fletcher (Texas politician)
| Billy Allen Fletcher | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 130 (northwestern Harris County) | |
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In office January 13, 2009 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Corbin Van Arsdale |
| Succeeded by | Tom Oliverson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 9, 1955 Place of birth missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Penelope Suzanne Benn Fletcher |
| Children | Three children |
| Residence | Tomball, Harris County, Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | Sam Houston State University |
| Occupation | Security company owner |
Billy Allen Fletcher, known as Allen Fletcher (born April 9, 1955), is a security company owner from Tomball, a suburb of Houston, Texas, who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. He represented District 130 in northwestern Harris County from 2009 through 2017.
Fletcher did not seek re-nomination in the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016. Anethesiologist Tom Oliverson won the party nomination to succeed Fletcher by defeating Kay Smith, 16,988 votes (70 percent) to 7,265 (30 percent).
Fletcher holds three degrees, Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Science, from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville in East Texas. He is also a graduate of the East Texas and the Houston police academies.
For nineteen years, Fletcher was a Houston city police officer. His last assignment, which ended in 1998, was in the office of the inspector general. He is affiliated with Rotary International, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Emergency Preparedness Committee, all in Tomball.
Fletcher's wife is the former Penelope Suzanne Benn, known as "Penny" Fletcher (born c. 1958), was born and raised in Jamaica and came to the states at the age of 19. He has three children and, as of 2014, three grandchildren. Representative Fletcher is a member of the Spring Creek Church of Christ at 14847 Brown Road in Tomball.
In the 2008 Republican primary, Fletcher unseated the three-term incumbent Corbin Van Arsdale, a lawyer from Tomball, previously from Cypress, Texas. Fletcher polled 9,246 votes (52.2 percent) to Van Arsdale's 8,454 (47.8 percent). Fletcher then defeated Libertarian Party nominee, William B. Gray, Jr., in the general election 63,945 (87.6 percent) to 9,031 (12.4 percent). Never has Fletcher faced a Democratic opponent.
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