Jimmie Don Aycock | |
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Texas State Representative for District 54 (Bell, Burnet, and Lampasas counties) |
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In office 2007–2017 |
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Preceded by | Suzanna Hupp |
Succeeded by | Scott Cosper |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bell County, Texas, USA |
October 14, 1946
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ellen Marie McKamie Aycock (m. 1967) |
Children | Jimmie and Michelle |
Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
Occupation | Veterinarian |
Jimmie Don Aycock (born October 4, 1946) is a veterinarian, rancher, and businessman in Killeen, Texas, who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected in District 54 on November 7, 2006. After five two-year terms, he did not seek re-election in 2016.
In a 2006 general electionn with a turnout of only 14.14 percent, Aycock polled 16,314 votes (60.4 percent), to 9,802 (36.3 percent) for Democrat Edward J. Lindsay (born January 2, 1939), a retiree from Killeen, and 873 (3.2 percent) for the Libertarian Nicolaas Jan Kramer (born June 5, 1947), self-employed in [[Copperas Cove< Texas|Copperas Cove]]. Only 26,989 of the 190,825 registered voters in the district went to the polls.
He served on two House committees: Public Education and Appropriations, having also been appointed to the Appropriations subcommittee on Education. Aycock's district office is located in Lampasas.
Aycock was born in Bell County and graduated from Moody High School in Moody, Texas, in 1965 as the class valedictorian. In 1967, he married the former Ellen Marie McKamie, also of Central Texas. They have a married son, attorney Jimmie Aycock of Houston, a married daughter, Michelle, who is a music educator in Bastrop, and four grandchildren.