Ken King
| Kenneth Paul "Ken" King | |
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 88th district |
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Assumed office January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Landtroop (formerly District 85) |
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December 28, 1971 Canadian, Hemphill County Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rhonda Renell King |
| Residence | Canadian, Texas |
| Occupation | Oil and natural gas businessman |
| Religion | United Methodist Church |
Kenneth Paul King, known as Ken King (born December 28, 1971), is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 88 in the Texas Panhandle.
A businessman engaged in the oil and natural gas industry, King resides with his wife, Rhonda Renell King, in his native Canadian, Texas, the county seat of Hemphill County. The son of Karl L. and Paulette King, he is United Methodist.
On July 31, 2012, King defeated in a runoff election incumbent one-term Republican Jim Landtroop, an insurance agent from Plainview. King received 7,541 votes (54 percent) to Landtroop's 6,426 ballots (46 percent). The runoff was required because of the unsuccessful candidacy of a third candidate, former State Representative Gary Walker. The 2011 legislative redistricting removed Landtroop's Hale County from his District 85 in the South Plains and placed him in otherwise all new territory in the reconfigured District 88, previously represented by Republican Warren Chisum of Pampa.
In his campaign against Landtroop, King had the financial backing ($100,000) of Salem Abraham, a futures trader and a former president of the Canadian Independent School District. King himself vacated the presidency of the school board upon election to the House. A commodities trader, Abraham is the grandson of former State Representative Malouf Abraham, Sr., of Canadian, a Republican who served in the state House from 1967 to 1971. Abraham is an heir to his grandfather's oil and natural gas fortune and is a local philanthropist in Canadian.
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