Dwayne Bohac

Dwayne Alan Bohac (born September 4, 1966) has been since 2003 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 138, which encompasses west and northwest Houston, Texas. He unseated Democratic Representative Ken Yarbrough in the general election held on November 5, 2002. Bohac lost two previous challenges to Yarborough in the 1990s.

Dwayne Alan Bohac
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 138th district
Assumed office
January 2003
Preceded byKen Yarbrough
Personal details
Born (1966-09-04) September 4, 1966
Houston, Texas, US
Political partyRepublican
Children4
ResidenceHouston, Texas
Alma materTexas A&M University (BS)
OccupationPolitician, businessman

Early life

A resident of his district, Bohac was born in northwest Houston and attended Scarborough High School. After graduation, he went on to Houston Community College and Texas A&M University at College Station, at which he earned at Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in 1989 and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in 1990.

Legislative career

Many of Bohac's legislative initiatives have been oriented around law-enforcement and small business incentives. In April 2012, he was named "Best of the House" by the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)[1] and the "Taxpayers Best Friend" by the Texas House and was instrumental in the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.[2]

At the close of the 2012 season, Bohac introduced his "Merry Christmas Bill" in response to his son's school removing the word "Christmas" from all of its holiday activities.[3]

Despite the Democratic sweep of Harris County in the general election held on November 6, 2018, Bohac secured his ninth term by 72 votes. With 24,194 votes (50.3 percent) he defeated Democrat Adam Milasincic, who polled 24,122 (49.9 percent). A write-in candidate held another 20 votes (0.04 percent).[4]

On September 25, 2019, Bohac announced that he would not be running for reelection.[5]

Personal life

Bohoc resides in the Spring Branch area and is a member of the Second Baptist Church Houston.

References
  1. "Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas Award Rep. Bohac as "Best of the House"". State Representative Dwayne Bohac. April 16, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. "Bohac Announces Effort to Complete Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway Project". State Representative Dwayne Bohac. February 16, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. "Texas lawmaker's 'Merry Christmas Bill' focuses on displays in schools | ABC13 Houston | abc13.com". ABC13 Houston. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  4. "Election Returns". Texas Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  5. Svitek, Patrick (September 25, 2019). "State Rep. Dwayne Bohac announces he won't seek reelection". Texas Tribune. Austin, Texas. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ken Yarbrough		 Texas State Representative for
District 138 (Bexar County)
2003–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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