Harvey Ray Hilderbran (born February 9, 1960) is an American politician and former member of the

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from District 53, which included fifteen counties in central

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. Hilderbran resides in Kerrville west of

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Career

In 2008, the Texas Deer Association awarded Hilderbran the "Frank Madla Award for Representative of the Year", named for the late State Senator Frank L. Madla of San Antonio. Hilderbran was also named "Legislator of the Year" in 2007 by the Texas Municipal League, and was the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Legislator Award by the Texas Recreation and Parks Society. Hilderbran was a candidate for the Republican nomination for

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in 2014. Businessman Andrew Stevenson Murr of

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, Texas, led the March 4 primary to succeed Hilderbran with 9,951 votes (41 percent). Robert Earl "Rob" Henneke (also born c. 1977), a Kerrville lawyer, received 7,030 (29 percent). In third place was Karen D. Harris (born c. 1969) of Kerrville with 5,840 votes (24 percent). Two others held the remaining 6 percent of the ballots cast. Andrew Murr faced the second highest vote-getter, Robert Earl "Rob" Henneke, in a May 27 runoff, winning 9,387 (60.6 percent) to 6,100 (39.4 percent). Without a Democratic Party nominee in District 53, Murr defeated the Libertarian

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, Maximiliam Martin, 36,878 votes (89.9 percent) to 4,139 (10.1 percent) in the general election on November 4.

References

External links

Hilderbran's Texas House of Representatives website

* ttp://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=332 Rep. Hilderbran pushes bill for Texas Parks
Animal Underworld: Rep. Hilderbran's Efforts to Protect America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species

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About HB 2414 that was modified in Committee in Harvey Hilderbran

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