Allan Ritter

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Distinguish|Allen Ritter}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Allan Ritter

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| state_house = Texas

| district = 21st

| term_start = January 12, 1999

| term_end = January 13, 2015

| predecessor = Mark Stiles

| successor = Dade Phelan

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| party = Republican (2010 - present)

| otherparty = Democratic (before 2010)

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Allan B. Ritter is an American politician and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1998 as a Democrat representing District 21.{{cite news |title=Allan Ritter |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=231 |access-date=7 January 2022 |publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library}} He switched political parties and became a Republican in 2010.{{cite news |title=Political People and their Moves |url=https://texasweekly.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-27/no-47/people/ |access-date=7 January 2022 |work=Texas Tribune |date=December 2010}}

In October 2013, Ritter stated that he would retire from the state legislature at the conclusion of his eighth term.{{cite news |last1=Aaronson |first1=Becca |title=Ritter Retiring From Texas House |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/04/allan-ritter-retiring-texas-house/ |access-date=7 January 2022 |work=Texas Tribune |date=4 October 2013}} Ritter was credited with the proposal and subsequent passage of House Bill 4 in 2014, regarding the water supply in Texas, an issue first considered by the state legislature in 1999.{{cite news |last1=Linton |first1=Tom |title=Texas recognizes The Rainmaker, Rep. Allan Ritter |url=https://www.galvnews.com/article_45299aa8-1ddc-11e4-a2f8-0017a43b2370.html |access-date=7 January 2022 |work=Galveston County Daily News |date=7 August 2014}}