Rob Orr (Texas politician)
| Robin Duke "Rob" Orr | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 58 (Johnson and Bosque counties) | |
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In office January 2005 – January 13, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Arlene Wohlgemuth |
| Succeeded by | DeWayne Burns |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 20, 1955 Johnson County, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Orr |
| Children | Chelsea, Randi, Michael, Taylor, and James Orr |
| Residence | Burleson, Johnson County |
| Alma mater | University of Alaska |
| Occupation | Real estate agency owner |
| Religion | Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Robin ("Rob") Duke Orr (born December 20, 1955), is a real estate businessman from Burleson, Texas, who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 58, based in his native Johnson County and including adjacent Bosque County. The district is located south of Fort Worth. He was first elected to his seat in 2004 but did not seek a sixth two-year term in the 2014 primary election.
Orr attended the University of Alaska, either the Fairbanks or the Anchorage campus. He and his wife, Pamela Orr, have five children, Chelsea, Randi, Michael, Taylor, and James Orr. He is an elder and Sunday school teacher at the St. Matthew Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burleson, a Cumberland Presbyterian denomination, distinct from the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Orr owns and operates Orr & Associates Real Estate. He is a former chairman of the Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a former president of the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors. He has also been a Little League coach.
In 2004, District 58 Republican state Representative Arlene Wohlgemuth ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 17th congressional district. She lost 51-48 percent to the Democrat Chet Edwards. Three Republicans hence entered the primary to succeed Wohlgemuth. Sam Walls led the field with 3,518 votes (41.6 percent). Orr trailed with 2,774 (32.8 percent), and Scott Cain (born 1966) of Cleburne finished with 2,158 votes (a critical 25.5 percent). In the ensuing runoff election, Orr defeated Walls, 4,630 (60.4 percent) to 3,033 (39.6 percent). Walls lost 485 votes between the primary and the runoff contest, whereas Orr gained 1,856 ballots. In the 2004 general election, Orr handily defeated the Democrat Greg Allen Kauffman (born c. 1954) of Crowley, Texas, 37,001 (69.8 percent) to 16,020 (30.2 percent).
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