Don Huffines

Donald Blaine Huffines, known as Don Huffines (born 1958), is the Republican State Senator for District 16 in the Texas Senate.

Background

Huffines is a fifth generation Texan, born in Greenville in Hunt County. He has two older brothers, James and Ray, and an identical twin brother, Phillip. Alongside his twin brother, Huffines operates Huffines Communities, a large real-estate development company in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Don Huffines' grandfather, James Lecil "J.L." Huffines, started the Huffines Motor Company in Denton, Texas, in 1924 which has grown into a large network of metroplex dealerships and is currently run by Ray Huffines.^[1][2][3]

2014 Texas State Senate District 16 campaign

The district encompasses a part of Dallas County, Texas. Huffines unseated Senator John J. Carona by a narrow margin in the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014. A combined $6.3 million was spent by both candidates in the critical primary race.

In the November 4 general election, Huffines's Libertarian challenger, Mike Dooling, dropped out of the race, and Huffines hence ran unopposed.^[4] Huffines campaigned on the themes of term limits, school choice, funding highway construction, opposing new toll roads, and cutting taxes.^[5]

Election history

Most recent election

2014

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