Vicki Truitt (born February 18, 1954) is a

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former member of the

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for District 98. First elected in 1998, she served for fourteen years until she was defeated in the Republican

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in 2012. Truitt is now a

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and represents various clients including retired teachers, mental health providers, law enforcement, and various business interests. In 1984, Truitt established and still owns a small health care consulting company operated by her husband which focuses on medical staff development. She has worked for the medical staff of John Peter Smith Hospital, in administration at

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, and as a physician recruiter. Truitt has long been involved in various community organizations serving northeast

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. She was a lifelong resident of Northeast Tarrant County (the area she represented in the Texas House) until 2014. Truitt became noted in the wider popular culture in a segment of episode 14, season 1, of ''

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'', where she, in a House session, noted Gary Elkins's

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at being opposed to bigger regulation of the

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industry while owning several payday loan stores himself (known as Power Finance Texas). The episode also notes she later became a lobbyist for ACE Cash Express, one of Elkins's competitors.

Committee assignments

* Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee (Chair) * Public Health Committee * Appropriations * Federal Economic Stabilization Funding, Select

References

External links

Vicki Truitt's campaign websiteTexas State Directory profile''Texas Tribune'' profile & bioVote-TX.org profileTexas Conservative Coalition profileVicki Truitt on Facebook
{{DEFAULTSORT:Truitt, Vicki 1954 births Living people Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Women state legislators in Texas American lobbyists People from Keller, Texas 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians