James E. "Pete" Laney (1943- ) is a Democratic U.S. political figure from West Texas. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person West Texas is a region in Texas that has more in common geographically with the Southwestern United States than it does with the rest of the state He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for thirty-four years from Hale Center (near Plainview). The Texas House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Texas Legislature. Hale Center is a city in Hale County, Texas, United States. The population was 2263 at the 2000 census Plainview is a city in and the County seat of Hale County, Texas, United States. Laney served as Speaker for ten years from 1993 to 2003, a record which tied his predecessor, fellow Democrat Gibson D. "Gib" Lewis of Fort Worth, who served as speaker from 1983 to 1993. The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Gibson Donald "Gib" Lewis (born ca 1937 is a Democratic U Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
During his tenure, Laney was widely regarded to have demonstrated principle, integrity, and character in his leadership of the House. He was cited by Republican Governor George W. Bush, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, as a model of legislative bipartisan cooperation. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then Vice President, and Republican As Speaker, Laney "foster[ed] a bipartisan atmosphere for legislators to work together with mutual respect and place public needs ahead of personal interests and partisan politics. "[1]
Lewis triggered a speaker's race in 1991 when he announced, amidst allegations of accepting an illegal gift from a law firm, that he would not seek re-election as speaker in 1993. Laney announced in November 1992 that he had secured the pledges of more than 80 of his colleagues to elect him speaker. [2]. In his first term as Speaker, Laney "ran the fairest, cleanest, most open, most democratic House in memory. " He was named by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top Ten" legislators of the Seventy-third Texas Legislature. Texas Monthly is a monthly American Magazine published in Austin, Texas. The 73rd Texas Legislature met from January 12, 1993 to May 31, 1993. [3] Laney's tenure as Speaker ended after the 2002 elections, when the GOP gained a majority in the Texas House for the first time since Reconstruction and Thomas R. "Tom" Craddick, Sr. (also born 1943), of Midland, was elected the first Republican Speaker since 1871. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Russell “Tom” Craddick (born September 19, 1943) is the first Republican to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Midland is a city in and the County seat of Midland County located on the Southern Plains of the western area of the U Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common When Craddick undertook an unprecedented mid-decade congressional redistricting, Laney joined fellow Democrats who traveled to Ardmore, Okla. to block consideration of the Republican's bill by denying the House a quorum. Ardmore is a business cultural and tourism city in and the County seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.
In December 2005, Laney announced he would not seek re-election to the House in which he served continuously since 1973. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Laney (while no longer Speaker) was re-elected in 2004 by defeating his Republican opponent with almost 59 percent of the vote in a district won by George W. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Bush with 76 percent of the vote. In 2006, Democrats retained Laney's seat in a hard fought general election won by former Crosby County Judge Joe Heflin, who was outspent by Laney's 2004 opponent. A general election is an Election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election It is the only Panhandle-area legislative seat held by a Democrat.
Born 20 March 1943 in Plainview to Wilber G. Laney (1918-2005) and the former Frances L. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wilson (1921-2000), Laney married the former Nelda Kay McQuien (also born 1943). Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Laney's children are KaLyn Laney, James Kay (Jamey) Laney Phillips, and J. Pete Laney. [4]
References
- ^ Tex. Legis. Council Research Div. , Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature: 1846-2002 7 (Tex. Legis. Council 2002).
- ^ Staff, Laney Says He's Got Speaker Votes, Houston Chronicle A1 (Nov. 10, 1992)
- ^ Paul Burka and Patricia Kilday Hart, The Best and Worst Legislators 1993, Tex. Monthly July 1993, http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/bestworst.php (accessed 21 February 2006). Paul Joel Burka (born May 21 1942) is a senior executive editor political columnist and blogger for Texas Monthly. Texas Monthly is a monthly American Magazine published in Austin, Texas. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
| Preceded by 76-1: Delwin Jones 76-2: Elmer Tarbox 76-3: R. Delwin L Jones is a US state Political figure from West Texas currently serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from B. McAlister |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 76 (Hale Center) 1973–1983 |
Succeeded by Tom Craddick |
| Preceded by Al Edwards |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 85 (Hale Center) 1983–2007 |
Succeeded by Joseph Paul "Joe" Heflin |
| Preceded by Gib Lewis |
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives 1993–2003 |
Succeeded by Tom Craddick |
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