Todd Staples
| Douglas Todd Staples | |
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| Texas Agriculture Commissioner | |
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In office January 1, 2007 – November 2014 |
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| Governor | Rick Perry |
| Preceded by | Susan Combs |
| Succeeded by | Sid Miller |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 3rd district |
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In office January 2001 – January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Drew Nixon |
| Succeeded by | Robert Nichols |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 11th district |
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In office February 1995 – January 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Elton Bomer |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Hopson |
| Member of the Palestine City Council | |
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In office 1989–1991 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 24, 1963 Anderson County, Texas, USA |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Divorced |
| Children |
From first marriage: Stepsons from second marriage: |
| Residence |
(1) Palestine |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Occupation | Real estate; Ranching |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Website | toddstaples.com |
(1) Divorced
From first marriage:
Jared Cole Staples
Elizabeth Ann Staples
Stepsons from second marriage:
Brian Walker Thorn
(1) Palestine
Anderson County
Texas, USA
Douglas Todd Staples (born August 24, 1963) is the former two-term Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. He did not seek reelection in 2014 but instead unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.
Prior to his election in 2006 as agriculture commissioner, Staples had served as a Republican in both houses of the Texas State Legislature and in a nonpartisan position on the city council in Palestine in Anderson County, Texas.
Staples was unopposed for renomination in the GOP primary held on March 2, 2010. In the November 2 general election, he handily defeated the populist Democrat Hank Gilbert (born 1959) of Whitehouse and the Libertarian Party choice, Rick Donaldson of Rockwall County. Gilbert had also lost to Staples in 2006.
On September 18, 2014, Staples announced that he would resign by mid-November to become president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, following a controversy surrounding his views on a "Meatless Monday" campaign being adopted by some Texas schools.
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