Jodie Anne Laubenberg | |
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Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 89th district |
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Assumed office January 2003 |
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Preceded by | Charlie Geren (moved to District 99) |
Personal details | |
Born | April 20, 1957 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Robert Angus "Bob" Laubenberg |
Children |
David Pate Laubenberg |
Residence |
Parker, Collin County Texas, USA |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Profession | Businesswoman |
David Pate Laubenberg
Jodie Anne Laubenberg (born April 20, 1957) has been since 2003 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 89 in Collin County in suburban Dallas, Texas.
Laubenberg was born Jodie Anne Barta. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, from which she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She and her husband, Robert Angus "Bob" Laubenberg (born c. 1948), own CompuHelp Services in Allen, Texas. The couple has two children, David P. Laubenberg (born c. 1984) and Elizabeth Anne "Liz" Laubenberg (born c. 1988), both of Allen.
In her first five terms from 2003 to 2013, Laubenberg also represented part of Rockwall County as well as Collin County. Laubenberg currently represents Parker, her municipality of residence on which she once served on the city council, as well as the communities of Murphy, Lucas, Fairview, Wylie, Lowry Crossing, and parts of Allen and the much larger Plano and Dallas.
In the 2002 primary to choose a successor to Republican Charlie Geren, who was moved to District 99 in Tarrant County, Laubenberg led a three-candidate field with 3,084 votes (42.2 percent). She was forced into a runoff election with George Michael "Mike" Lawshe (born c. 1961) of Rockwall, who polled 2,374 votes (32.5 percent). A third candidate, businessman Tommy Jack Hooper (born c. 1949), also of Rockwall, held the remaining 1,854 votes (25.4 percent). To win her first nomionation to the House, Laubenberg then defeated Lawshe, 2,374 votes (53 percent) to 2,107 votes (47 percent).