Texas's 83rd House of Representatives district

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Texas's 83rd State
House of Representatives
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Representative
  Dustin Burrows
R – Lubbock
Demographics56.6%  White
5.2%  Black
35.0%  Hispanic
2.0%  Asian
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		185,969
140,204

District 83 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. Following 2021 redistricting, the district represents the entirety of the following counties: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, and Terry. [1] In addition, the district represents a portion of Lubbock County. Since 2014, it has been represented by Republican Dustin Burrows. [2]

Representatives [3]

Leg.RepresentativePartyTerm startTerm endCounties represented
18th Alexander J. Leo Jr. Democratic January 9, 1883November 24, 1883 Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal
Santos Benavides January 13, 1885
John McAllen Republican January 9, 1884
19th Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr. Democratic January 13, 1885January 11, 1887
Thomas W. Kennedy
20th Thomas W. Kennedy, James Watterson Showalter January 11, 1887January 8, 1889
21st Thomas W. Kennedy, Albert Urbahn January 8, 1889January 13, 1891
22nd Albert Urbahn, John James Dix Jr. January 13, 1891January 10, 1893
23rd A.G. Kennedy January 10, 1893January 8, 1895 Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria
24th J. D. Mitchell January 8, 1895January 12, 1897
25th Thomas Carlysle McFarland January 12, 1897January 10, 1899
26th January 10, 1899January 8, 1901
27th George Murat Thurmond January 8, 1901January 13, 1903
28th George F. Daugherty January 13, 1903January 10, 1905 Clay, Jack
29th January 10, 1905January 8, 1907
30th James Isaac Ballengee January 8, 1907January 12, 1909
31st January 12, 1909January 10, 1911
32nd Edgar Pierce Haney January 10, 1911January 14, 1913
33rd James Greenwood January 14, 1913January 12, 1915 Guadalupe
34th January 12, 1915January 9, 1917
35th Rudolph Tschoepe January 9, 1917September 29, 1917
George Justus Kempen UnaffiliatedMay 15, 1918January 14, 1919
36th Herman August Heideke Republican January 14, 1919January 11, 1921
37th Egbert Schweppe January 11, 1921October 18, 1922
38th Claud Duval Teer Democratic January 9, 1923January 13, 1925 Williamson
39th January 13, 1925January 11, 1927
40th January 11, 1927September 20, 1927
41st Harry Newton Graves January 8, 1929January 13, 1931
42nd January 13, 1931January 10, 1933
43rd January 10, 1933January 8, 1935
44th January 8, 1935January 12, 1937
45th January 12, 1937October 28, 1937
Robert Gottfried Stoll July 23, 1938January 10, 1939
46th January 10, 1939January 14, 1941
47th Duncan Spence Hughes January 14, 1941August 16, 1942
48th Frank G. Svadlenak January 12, 1943January 9, 1945
49th January 9, 1945January 14, 1947
50th January 14, 1947January 11, 1949
51st January 11, 1949January 9, 1951
52nd January 9, 1951January 13, 1953
53rd John Kimbrough January 13, 1953January 11, 1955 Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton
54th Edward Jacob Cloud January 11, 1955January 8, 1957
55th January 8, 1957January 13, 1959
56th January 13, 1959January 10, 1961
57th James Carl Wheatley January 10, 1961January 8, 1963
58th Roy Wade Arledge January 8, 1963January 12, 1965 Baylor, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Throckmorton
59th January 12, 1965January 10, 1967
60th Bill W. Barton January 10, 1967January 14, 1969 Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman
63rd Larry A. Vick Republican January 9, 1973January 14, 1975 Harris
64th January 14, 1975January 11, 1977
65th Chase Untermeyer January 11, 1977January 9, 1979
66th January 9, 1979January 13, 1981
67th Edgar Ashley Smith January 27, 1981January 11, 1983
68th Froylan D. Salinas Democratic January 11, 1983January 8, 1985 Lubbock
69th Ron D. Givens Republican January 8, 1985January 13, 1987
70th January 13, 1987January 10, 1989
71st Delwin Jones January 10, 1989January 8, 1991
72nd January 8, 1991January 12, 1993
73rd January 12, 1993January 10, 1995
74th January 10, 1995January 14, 1997
75th January 14, 1997January 12, 1999
76th January 12, 1999January 9, 2001
77th January 9, 2001January 14, 2003
78th January 14, 2003January 11, 2005 Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum
79th January 11, 2005January 9, 2007
80th January 9, 2007January 13, 2009
81st January 13, 2009January 11, 2011
82nd Charles Lee Perry January 11, 2011January 8, 2013
83rd January 8, 2013September 30, 2014 Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry
84th Dustin Burrows January 13, 2015January 10, 2017
85th January 10, 2017January 8, 2019
86th January 8, 2019January 12, 2021
87th January 12, 2021Present
88thTBDTBD20232025 Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry

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Dustin Ray Burrows is an attorney and businessman in Lubbock, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83. He has represented the 83rd district since January 2015. Burrows is the former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the former Chair of House Republican Caucus. He has sponsored legislation including the SB2 bill, enabling Texas taxpayers to control local tax rates and tax increases. He also serves as the Chairman of the House Calendars Committee, a position he has held since 2021.

References

  1. ↑ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Texas House of Representatives District 83". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". lrl.texas.gov.


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