Charlie Geren
Speaker pro tempore of the Texas House of Representatives
Assumed office
February 8, 2023
Preceded byJoe Moody
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 99th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2003
Preceded byKenny Marchant
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 89th district
In office
January 9, 2001 – January 14, 2003
Preceded bySue Palmer
Succeeded byJodie Anne Laubenberg
Personal details
Born (1949-10-22) October 22, 1949
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children1
RelativesPreston Geren Jr. (father)
Pete Geren (brother)
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BBA)

Charles L. Geren (born October 22, 1949)[1] is an American businessman and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. He represented District 89 from 2001 to 2003 before being redistricted into District 99. Both districts encompass a portion of Tarrant County.[2]

Political career

In the 2010 Republican primary in District 93, Geren defeated Matt Krause, 8,037 (57.6 percent) to 5,915 (42.4 percent).[3] Krause won the District 93 seat in 2012 and still holds the position.

In the general election in District 99 held on November 7, 2018, Geren with 37,944 votes (64.3 percent), defeated Democrat Michael Stackhouse, who trailed with 21,053 ballots (35.7 percent).[4]

Geren, an ally of Joe Straus, the moderate Republican former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, faced unsuccessful Tea Party movement opposition in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, from Bo French.[5] Geren defeated French again in the March 6, 2018, Republican primary.

References

  1. ↑ "Rep. Charlie Geren (R-TX 99th District)". Mississippi Library Association. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Geren". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Republican primary election returns, March 2010 (House District 99)". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Election Returns". Texas Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ David Saleh Rauf, "Straus among GOP establishment in fights with tea party", San Antonio Express-News, February 27, 2016, pp. 1, A10
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