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'''Carl Hawkins Isett''' (born March 7, 1957) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], and a  [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]]. First elected in 1996, Isett announced on December 18, 2009, that he would not be a candidate for an eighth two-year term in the Republican [[primary]] held on March 2, 2010. He indicated that he would instead focus on his [[United States Navy]] career.<ref name=blackburn>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121909/loc_537231776.shtml|author=Elliott Blackburn|title=Rep. Carl Isett won't run again|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=December 19, 2009||accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref> He resigned his seat in the summer of 2010, and it remained vacant until a [[special election]] was held in conjunction with the November 2 general election. Both contests were won by Isett's fellow Republican John L. Frullo, also a Lubbock accountant.​

'''Carl Hawkins Isett''' (born March 7, 1957) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], and a  [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. First elected in 1996, Isett announced on December 18, 2009, that he would not be a candidate for an eighth two-year term in the Republican [[primary]] held on March 2, 2010. He indicated that he would instead focus on his [[United States Navy]] career.<ref name=blackburn>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121909/loc_537231776.shtml|author=Elliott Blackburn|title=Rep. Carl Isett won't run again|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=December 19, 2009||accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref> He resigned his seat in the summer of 2010, and it remained vacant until a [[special election]] was held in conjunction with the November 2 general election. Both contests were won by Isett's fellow Republican John L. Frullo, also a Lubbock accountant.​

 

==Background and family==​

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Isett was born in Breckenridge in Stephens County in north central Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://action.au.org/au/bio/id/8349|title=Rep. Carl Isett, R-TX 84th District|publisher=Americans United for Separation of Church and State|accessdate =December 29, 2008}}</ref> and was reared in [[Massachusetts]] and [[El Paso]], Texas. His father, Dr. Philip E. Isett (born April 24, 1934), resides in Edmond,  [[Oklahoma]]. His mother, the former Lu Nell Hawkins (1934–2006), a native of [[Wichita Falls]] and a [[Lutheran]], authored two [[Christian]] books, ''Jonathan Oh Jonathan'' and ''Color Me Legitimate.'' At the time of her death Lu Nell Isett, who had worked in the field of health administration, was residing with her husband in Edmond. She is interred at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061306/obi_061306050.shtml|title=Lu Nell Isett obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,''|date= June 13, 2006|accessdate=July 6, 2012}}</ref>​

Isett was born in Breckenridge in Stephens County in north central Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://action.au.org/au/bio/id/8349|title=Rep. Carl Isett, R-TX 84th District|publisher=Americans United for Separation of Church and State|accessdate =December 29, 2008}}</ref> and was reared in [[Massachusetts]] and [[El Paso]], Texas. His father, Dr. Philip E. Isett (born April 24, 1934), resides in Edmond,  [[Oklahoma]]. His mother, the former Lu Nell Hawkins (1934–2006), a native of [[Wichita Falls]] and a [[Lutheran]], authored two [[Christian]] books, ''Jonathan Oh Jonathan'' and ''Color Me Legitimate.'' At the time of her death Lu Nell Isett, who had worked in the field of health administration, was residing with her husband in Edmond. She is interred at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061306/obi_061306050.shtml|title=Lu Nell Isett obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,''|date= June 13, 2006|accessdate=July 6, 2012}}</ref>​