John Turner (Texas politician)

John William Turner (born November 12, 1974) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Dallas, Texas, who represents District 114 in the Texas House of Representatives.[1]

John Turner
Texas State Representative for
District 114 (Dallas County)
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Preceded byJason Villalba
Personal details
Born (1974-11-12) November 12, 1974
Crockett, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Jenia Iontcheva
RelationsJim Turner (father)
Children2
ResidenceDallas, Texas
Alma materHarvard University
Yale Law School
OccupationAttorney

To win his seat, Turner defeated Republican Lisa Luby Ryan. Turner polled 36,744 votes (55.6 percent) to Ryan's 29,401 (44.4 percent). Ryan had earlier unseated the Republican incumbent, Jason Villalba, in the 2018 primary election.[2]

A native of Crockett in Houston County in East Texas, Turner is one of two children of Democratic former U.S. Representative Jim Turner, who represented Texas' 2nd congressional district from 1997 to 2005. Jim Turner also served in both houses of the Texas legislature.[3] John Turner graduated from Harvard University and Yale Law School. He formerly resided in Houston, Texas. He is now employed by the Dallas firm of Haynes and Boone and was the lead attorney for eighty-eight public school districts which fought a three-year legal battle for equitable school funding. He has represented Dallas and more than two dozen other Texas municipalities in opposition to the construction of eleven new coal-fired power plants in the state.[4]

Since 2004, Turner has been married to the former Jenia Iontcheva, also a Yale Law graduate. She is a professor at Southern Methodist University. The couple is United Methodist and has two sons.[4]

References
  1. Pollock, Cassandra (November 7, 2018). "Democratic women lead biggest shift in Texas House since 2010 midterms". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  2. "Election Returns". Texas Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  3. Allyson R. Waller (October 11, 2018). "Can a Democrat win in a Texas district held by Republicans for decades?". Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  4. "Meet John Turner". Johnturnerfortexas.org. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jason Villalba		 Texas State Representative for
District 114 (Dallas County)
2019–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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