State House: | Texas |
District: | 71st |
Term Start: | 2007 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Predecessor: | Robert Dean Hunter |
Successor: | Stan Lambert |
Birth Date: | 1952 |
Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, US |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | University of Texas at Austin Abilene Christian University |
Residence: | Abilene |
Susan Lewis King (born 1952) is an American Republican politician who represented District 71 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017.[1]
King studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a nurse for over 35 years.[2]
In 2016, King was one of six candidates in the Republican primary to replace retiring state senator Troy Fraser in Texas Senate District 24.[3] In the March 1, 2016, primary she received 27% of the vote, with Dawn Buckingham receiving 25% of the vote.[4] Because neither candidate received a majority, they advanced to a runoff election in May. After a contentious campaign focusing on the records and geographic profiles of the two candidates,[5] Buckingham won the runoff with over 60% of the vote.[6]
After leaving politics she obtained her master’s degree in social work and Christian ministry at Abilene Christian University.