Dwayne Bohac
{{short description|Lawmaker from Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Dwayne Bohac
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|4}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
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| death_place =
| alma_mater = Texas A&M University (BS, BBA)
| party = Republican
| state_house1 = Texas
| district1 = 138th
| term_start1 = January 14, 2003
| term_end1 = January 12, 2021
| preceded1 = Ken Yarbrough
| succeeded1 = Lacey Hull
}}
Dwayne Alan Bohac (born September 4, 1966) is an American businessman and politician who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2021. He represented District 138, which encompasses west and northwest Houston. He was first elected in 2002, unseating Democratic Representative Ken Yarbrough in the general election, after having lost two previous elections to Yarbrough.
Early life
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 were 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){{Cite web|url=https://www.bohac.com/posts/combined-law-enforcement-associations-of-texas-award-rep-bohac-as-best-of-the-house|title=Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas Award Rep. Bohac as "Best of the House"|last=|first=|date=April 16, 2012|website=State Representative Dwayne Bohac|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 19, 2019}}{{Better source needed|date=November 2019}} and the "Taxpayers Best Friend" by the Texas House{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} and was instrumental in the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bohac.com/posts/bohac-announces-effort-to-complete-ronald-reagan-memorial-highway-project|title=Bohac Announces Effort to Complete Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway Project|last=|first=|date=February 16, 2012|website=State Representative Dwayne Bohac|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 19, 2019}}{{Better source needed|date=November 2019}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://abc13.com/archive/8926359/|title=Texas lawmaker's 'Merry Christmas Bill' focuses on displays in schools {{!}} ABC13 Houston {{!}} abc13.com|last=|first=|date=|website=ABC13 Houston|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
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).{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110200011/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}
On September 25, 2019, Bohac announced that he would not be running for reelection.{{cite news |last=Svitek |first=Patrick |date=September 25, 2019 |title=State Rep. Dwayne Bohac announces he won't seek reelection |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/25/texas-state-rep-dwayne-bohac-announces-he-wont-seek-reelection/ |work=Texas Tribune |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=January 25, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bohac.com/ www.bohac.com] Official website
- [https://www.facebook.com/dwaynebohac?fref=ts Facebook] page
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before=Ken Yarbrough|
title=Texas State Representative for
District 138 (Harris County)
|years=2003–2021|
after=Lacey Hull}}
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Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:21st-century American businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Houston
Category:Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Houston