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'''George Edward Lavender''' (born September 7, 1955) is a small [[business]]man from Texarkana, [[Texas]], who is a freshman [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 1, encompassing Bowie, Cass, Marion, and Morris counties in the northeastern portion of the state.<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5679&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=1~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=82~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=George Lavender|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

'''George Edward Lavender''' (born September 7, 1955) is a small [[business]]man from Texarkana, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 1, encompassing Bowie, Cass, Marion, and Morris counties in the northeastern portion of the state.<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5679&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=1~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=82~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=George Lavender|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

   

   

Lavender was reared in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]], the sister city of Texarkana, Texas, where he now resides with his wife, the former Jan Timberlake. He graduated in 1973 from Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas, and holds a bachelor's degree in management from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is active in the First [[Baptist]] Church of Texarkana, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/george-lavender/|title=State Rep. George Lavender|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

Lavender was reared in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]], the sister city of Texarkana, Texas, at which he now resides with his wife, the former Jan Timberlake. He graduated in 1973 from Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas, and holds a bachelor's degree in management from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is active in the First [[Baptist]] Church of Texarkana, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/george-lavender/|title=State Rep. George Lavender|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

   

   

In the 2008 general election Lavender polled 45 percent of the vote but was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Representative Stephen James Frost of New Boston, Texas. In their 2010 rematch, however, Lavender prevailed with 51.5 percent. In 1994 and 1996, Lavender ran unsuccessfully for the District 1 seat in the Texas Senate, first as a Democrat, then as a Republican, respectively.<ref>Austin, Texas:Texas Secretary of State, Texas general election returns from 1994, 1996, 2008, and 2010</ref>

In the 2008 general election Lavender polled 45 percent of the vote but was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Representative Stephen James Frost of New Boston, Texas. In their 2010 rematch, however, Lavender prevailed with 51.5 percent. In 1994 and 1996, Lavender ran unsuccessfully for the District 1 seat in the Texas Senate, first as a Democrat, then as a Republican, respectively.<ref>Austin, Texas:Texas Secretary of State, Texas general election returns from 1994, 1996, 2008, and 2010</ref>