Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter | |
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Texas State Representative from District 102 (Dallas County) | |
In office 2011–2015 | |
Preceded by | Carol Kent |
Succeeded by | Linda Koop |
Personal details | |
Born | University of Texas[1] Harvard School of Law[1] | February 15, 1978
Occupation | Attorney[1] |
Stefani Carter (born February 15, 1978) is a former member of the
Early life
Carter was born in Dallas. She is a practicing
Carter excelled academically in school; her parents told her she would have to work her way through college. She graduated in 1996 from Plano East Senior High School and earned a full scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with highest honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. During Carter's undergraduate years at UT she interned at the White House during the Clinton administration.
After UT, Carter graduated with a
Political career
Carter decided to run for office in the 102nd House District in Texas, taking on Democrat Carol Kent. Carter won by simply pointing to Kent's record as being far too
Carter won in 2010 with 54.63 percent of the vote, having unseated Kent by a ten-point margin of victory.
On November 29, 2016, Carter was named as a Transition Landing Team member [5] for the newly elected President Donald Trump in the Department of Justice.
Election of 2014
Carter had announced on July 9, 2013 that she would be a candidate for the
However, on October 22, 2013, Carter announced that she was ending her bid for the Railroad Commission and would instead seek reelection to a third two-year term to her state House seat.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "State Rep. Stefani Carter District 102 (R-Dallas)". Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Texas House of Representatives : Representative Carter, Stefani
- ^ Dallas Morning News - Nov 4, 2010
- ^ PBS
- ^ "Trump=Pence transition team". Dec 10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ "State lawmaker drops out of Railroad Commission race". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 23, 2013.