Larry Taylor (politician)
{{Short description|Texas State Senator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Larry Taylor
|image = Larry Taylor (Texas politician).png
|office = Majority Leader of the Texas Senate
|term_start = January 12, 2021
|term_end = January 25, 2023
|predecessor = Paul Bettencourt
|successor = Angela Paxton
|state_senate1 = Texas
|district1 = 11th
|term_start1 = January 8, 2013
|term_end1 = January 10, 2023
|predecessor1 = Mike Jackson
|successor1 = Mayes Middleton
|state_house2 = Texas
|district2 = 24th
|term_start2 = January 14, 2003
|term_end2 = January 8, 2013
|predecessor2 = Craig Eiland
|successor2 = Greg Bonnen
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|25}}
|birth_place = Friendswood, Texas, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse = Pam Taylor
|children = 3
|education = Baylor University (BBA)
|website = {{URL|larrytaylor.com|Official website}}
}}
Larry Taylor (born June 25, 1960){{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/25471/larry-taylor|title=Larry Taylor's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|access-date=5 May 2021}} is a former Republican member of the Texas Senate.{{cite news |url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/friendswood/news/taylor-s-senate-assignment-includes-twia/article_64d9175e-a406-5f58-b0c3-f82a76c91be8.html |title=Taylor's Senate assignment includes TWIA |publisher=Your Houston News |author=Newpher, Jeff |date=January 21, 2013}} He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 24 in Galveston County from 2003 to 2012.
Early life, education, and career
Born and raised in Friendswood and a graduate of Friendswood High School. He then went on an attended to Baylor University, where he received a BBA in Business Administration in 1982. Since then he has helped managed and own his fathers insurance company in Friendswood.{{cite web|title=Larry Taylor - Biography|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/members/bios/5549.pdf|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=May 5, 2021|date=May 11, 2010}}
In 2011, Taylor caused a controversy when he told the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to be fair to policy holders and not "nitpick or Jew them down". He subsequently apologized for the slur, but was criticized by Democratic state representative Lon Burnam.{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-special-interest-groups/texas-windstorm-insurance-association/twia-hearing-rep-larry-taylor-said-jew-them-down/|title=Texas State Rep. Taylor Sorry for Slur Against Jews|date=November 3, 2011 }}
Taylor became chairman of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute in February 2015.{{cite web|title=TCCRI Announces Senator Larry Taylor as New Board President|url=http://www.txccri.org/new-to-tccri/tccri-announces-senator-larry-taylor-as-new-board-president|publisher=Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute|accessdate=6 March 2015}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.larrytaylor.com/ Campaign website]
- [http://www.senate.state.tx.us/member.php?d=11 State legislative page]
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Category:Baylor University alumni
Category:People from Friendswood, Texas
Category:Politicians from Galveston, Texas
Category:Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Texas state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Texas Legislature
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