James F. Landtroop Jr. (born January 18, 1968) is an American politician and insurance businessman. He has previously served in the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...

, serving District 85 for one term in the early 2010s.

Political career

Landtroop first campaigned for the

in 2006, challenging Joe Heflin as both fought for the seat vacated by the retiring

Pete Laney James Earl "Pete" Laney (born March 20, 1943) is an American former politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 2007. A resident of Hale Center, Texas, Laney served as House Speaker fro ...

. In 2010, Landtroop challenged Heflin again after defeating David Andrews in a partisan primary election. Landtroop won the election, garnering 62% of the vote. During his first term in the House, Landtroop was named vice chairman of the rural caucus. After his first legislative term, Landtroop was redistricted in to District 88 and lost the Republican runoff to

Ken King Kenneth Paul King (born December 28, 1971), is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 88 in the Texas Panhandle. King is a business ...

. Landtroop claimed the move was Republican leadership reprimanding him for not supporting House speaker

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. After that election, Landtroop and his family moved from Plainview, Texas to Lubbock, Texas. In 2015, Landtroop announced his intentions to challenge incumbent John Frullo in a House District 84 election. Landtroop was defeated in the primary election.

Personal life

Landtroop is an insurance agent affiliated with State Farm. He graduated from

Keller High School Keller High School is a public high school located in the city of Keller, Texas and is served by the Keller Independent School District. The school educates students in the majority of the city of Keller, western Southlake, northwestern Colleyv ...

, and after initially attending

Texas Wesleyan University Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is t ...

, graduated from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

. Landtroop and his wife Cathy have three children.

Electoral history

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landtroop, Jim Living people 1968 births People from Fort Worth, Texas People from Plainview, Texas People from Lubbock, Texas Texas A&M University alumni American businesspeople in insurance Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians