Kevin Eltife

Kevin Paul Eltife

Member of the Texas State Senate from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2004
Preceded by	Bill Ratliff

Born	March 1, 1959 (1959-03-01) (age 49) Smith County, Texas
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kelly
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Profession	owner, Eltife Properties

Kevin Paul Eltife (born 1 March 1959)^[1] is a Republican member of the Texas Senate who was sworn in on March 5, 2004 to represent the citizens of Texas Senate, District 1.

[edit] Election History

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 1^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin P. Eltife	109,450	83.13	+14.96
	Libertarian	Jason Albers	22,211	16.87	+16.87
Majority			87,239	66.26	+29.92
Turnout			131,661		-21.23
	Republican hold

Special runoff election, 17 February 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Eltife	46,437	51.86	^[4]+15.85
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	43,103	48.14	+8.63
Majority			3,334	3.72
Turnout			89,540		^[5]+29.38
	Republican hold

Special election, 20 January 2004: Senate District 1, Unexpired term^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Eltife	24,919	36.01
	Republican	Bill Godsey	502	0.73
	Republican	Tommy Merritt	14,786	21.36
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	27,339	39.50
	Constitution	Daryl Ware^[7]	480	0.69
	Republican	Jerry Yost	1,180	1.71
Turnout			69,206

^ Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Records (1929-03-01). Birth Certificate for Kevin Paul Eltife (Third party index of birth records for Smith County). Rootsweb.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
^ 2006 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
^ Special Election Runoff, State Senate, District 1. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
^ change from special election
^ change from special election
^ Special Election, State Senate, District 1. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
^ Secretary of State’s web page says party is "CON". Daryl Ware to Run for Texas State Senate (5 January 2004) confirms it is the Constitution Party

Preceded by Bill Ratliff	Texas State Senator from District 1 (Tyler) 2004 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e

1: Eltife (R) • 2: Deuell (R) • 3: Nichols (R) • 4: Williams (R) • 5: Ogden (R) • 6: Gallegos (D) • 7: Patrick (R) • 8: Shapiro (R) • 9: Harris (R) • 10: Brimer (R) • 11: Jackson (R) • 12: Nelson (R) • 13: Ellis (D) • 14: Watson (D) • 15: Whitmire (D) • 16: Carona (R) • 17: Janek (R) • 18: Hegar (R) • 19: Uresti (D) • 20: Hinojosa (D) • 21: Zaffirini (D) • 22: Averitt (R) • 23: West (D) • 24: Fraser (R) • 25: Wentworth (R) • 26: Van de Putte (D) • 27: Lucio (D) • 28: Duncan (R) • 29: Shapleigh (D) • 30: Estes (R) • 31: Seliger (R)

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