Elton Bomer
| Elton L. Bomer | |
|---|---|
| 101st Secretary of State of Texas | |
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In office January 11, 1999 – December 31, 2000 |
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| Governor | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alberto Gonzales |
| Succeeded by | Henry R. Cuellar |
| Texas State Representative from Anderson County (District 11) | |
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In office 1981–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Hollowell |
| Succeeded by | Cliff Johnson |
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In office 1991–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Swift |
| Succeeded by | Todd Staples |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 30, 1935 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Virginia Maxine Roco Bomer (m. 1964; d. 2001) Hazel Roark Allen |
| Children |
Two children, including |
| Residence |
Montalba, Anderson County Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Houston |
| Profession | Businessman |
Two children, including
Elton L. Bomer (born July 30, 1935) is an insurance executive and a retired American politician from Montalba near Palestine, the seat of Anderson County in eastern Texas.
From 1981 to 1985, and again from 1991 to 1995, Bomer was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Palestine, the seat of Anderson County in East Texas.
In 1994, Bomer managed a visit to Palestine for the Republican gubernatorial candidate, George W. Bush gubernatorial campaign at the request of Bomer's friend and Bush's campaign strategist Karl Rove. In his memoir entitled Courage and Consequence: My Life As a Conservative in the Fight, Rove describes Bomer as a "hard-working, thoughtful Democrat [who was] not fond of Ann Richards [Bush's unsuccessful gubernatorial opponent] because he thought that she was not willing to get her hands dirty on tough issues." Rove recalls that years later Bomer told him that he had read about Bush's intention if elected governor to "reform education, juvenile justice, . . . and tort laws."
Bomer left the House in 1995 though he had been reelected in 1994 when Bush offered him the appointment as state insurance commissioner. In 1999, Bush named Bomer as Texas Secretary of State, an appointed office which handles state election matters and public documents and whose occupants over the years included even Stephen F. Austin. Bomer remained Secretary of State until Bush left office in December 2000. Bush's gubernatorial successor, his fellow Republican Rick Perry, invited another Democrat to become Bomer's successor as secretary of state, then State Representative Henry R. Cuellar of Laredo in South Texas, who in 2004 was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he remains. Bomer's successor in House District 11 was Todd Staples, the first Republican to hold the seat in the 20th century. In 2006, after a stint in the Texas Senate, Staples was elected state agriculture commissioner, a position to which he was easily reelected in 2010.
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