Lyle Thomas Larson | |
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Texas State Representative from District 122 (Bexar County) | |
Assumed office January 2011 |
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Preceded by | Frank Corte, Jr. |
Member of the Bexar County Commissioners Court, Precinct 3 | |
In office 1997–2008 |
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Succeeded by | Kevin Wolff |
Personal details | |
Born |
San Antonio, Bexar County Texas, USA |
March 25, 1959
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Single |
Residence | San Antonio, Texas |
Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | United Methodist |
Lyle Thomas Larson (born March 25, 1959) is a businessman from San Antonio, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 122 in his native northern Bexar County. He was first elected to the state House in 2010 to succeed fellow Republican Frank Corte, Jr.
Larson, who is single, was reared on a family farm; he has four siblings. He graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in the North East Independent School District in Bexar County. In 1981, he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University in College Station. He is a former salesman for a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. He has since operated his own business.
Larson is United Methodist. He is a quail hunter and bass fisherman. San Antonio International Ag Promotions, which he founded, hosts such trade expositions as the San Antonio International Farm and Ranch Show and the Texas Hunting and Outdoor Classic.
Larson was elected on a nonpartisan ballot in 1991 to the San Antonio City Council, on which he served from District 10 for two two-year terms under Mayor Nelson Wolff. Larson was elected in 1996 to the Bexar County commissioner's court from Precinct 3, a partisan position that he filled from 1997 to 2008.