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|image=Steve Allison.JPG
|image=Steve Allison.JPG
|office=State Representative for<br> [[Texas]] House District 121
|office=State Representative for<br> [[Texas]] House District 121
|term_start=January 3, 2019 (pending)
|term_start=January 8, 2019
|preceded=[[Joe Straus]]
|preceded=[[Joe Straus]]
|birth_date=January 4, 1947
|birth_date=January 4, 1947
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
}}
}}
'''Stephen Philip Allison''', known as '''Steve Allison''' (born January 4, 1947), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative-elect in [[Texas]]'s House District 121, based in [[San Antonio]]. The seat is currently held by the retiring [[Joe Straus]], also the outgoing House Speaker. Straus endorsed Allison, his fellow [[Moderate Republican]], in a runoff contest against the more [[conservative]] Matthew Stewart "Matt" Beebe (born November 3, 1973), a [[pro-life]] business owner and two-time former Straus opponent.
'''Stephen Philip Allison''', known as '''Steve Allison''' (born January 4, 1947), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for [[Texas]]'s House District 121, based in [[San Antonio]]. The seat is currently held by the retiring [[Joe Straus]], also the outgoing House Speaker. Straus endorsed Allison, his fellow [[Moderate Republican]], in a runoff contest against the more [[conservative]] Matthew Stewart "Matt" Beebe (born November 3, 1973), a [[pro-life]] business owner and two-time former Straus opponent.
Candidates eliminated in the [[primary]] for House District 121 held on March 6, 2018, were Marc Whyte, a business attorney; Carlton Soules, a former member of the San Antonio City Council and an unsuccessful candidate for Bexar County judge in 2012; Charlotte Williamson, an employee of her family's petroleum and natural gas company, and attorney Adrian Spears. ''The San Antonio Express-News'' endorsed Allison for the nomination. A 1969 graduate of Texas Christian University in [[Fort Worth]], Allison has been since December 2015 a partner in the firm Jefferson Cano Allison Barkley. From 1989 to 2015, he was a partner and senior counsel for the Haynes and Boone law firm. He served twelve years as a trustee of the Alamo Heights Independent School District. From 2010 to 2016, he was a VIA transit board member.<ref>"Pick Allison to replace Straus in 121", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', February 16, 2018, p. 14A.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-allison-39a8988|title=Steve Allison: Partner, Jefferson Cano Allison Barkley|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=May 25, 2018}}</ref>
Candidates eliminated in the [[primary]] for House District 121 held on March 6, 2018, were Marc Whyte, a business attorney; Carlton Soules, a former member of the San Antonio City Council and an unsuccessful candidate for Bexar County judge in 2012; Charlotte Williamson, an employee of her family's petroleum and natural gas company, and attorney Adrian Spears. ''The San Antonio Express-News'' endorsed Allison for the nomination. A 1969 graduate of Texas Christian University in [[Fort Worth]], Allison has been since December 2015 a partner in the firm Jefferson Cano Allison Barkley. From 1989 to 2015, he was a partner and senior counsel for the Haynes and Boone law firm. He served twelve years as a trustee of the Alamo Heights Independent School District. From 2010 to 2016, he was a VIA transit board member.<ref>"Pick Allison to replace Straus in 121", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', February 16, 2018, p. 14A.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-allison-39a8988|title=Steve Allison: Partner, Jefferson Cano Allison Barkley|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=May 25, 2018}}</ref>