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{{Infobox officeholder

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=James Franklin "Jim" Landtroop, Jr.​

|name=James Frankli<br> "Jim" Landtroop, Jr.​

|nationality=United States|American​]]

|nationality=United States|American​]]

| office= [[Texas]] State Representative for District 85​

| office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br> for District 85​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  ​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  ​

| term_start=January 2011​

| term_start=January 2011​

In the Republican runoff election held on July 31, 2012 in District 88, Landtroop was defeated for a second term by Ken King, a [[Moderate Republican]] and the  president of the Canadian Independent School District in Canadian  in Hemphill County in the northeastern Panhandle. King received 7,541 votes (54 percent) to Landtroop's 6,426 ballots (46 percent).<ref>[http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/july31_162_state.htm?x=0&y=4365&id=514 Texas Secretary of State official election results, July 31, 2012.]</ref>​

In the Republican runoff election held on July 31, 2012 in District 88, Landtroop was defeated for a second term by Ken King, a [[Moderate Republican]] and the  president of the Canadian Independent School District in Canadian  in Hemphill County in the northeastern Panhandle. King received 7,541 votes (54 percent) to Landtroop's 6,426 ballots (46 percent).<ref>[http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/july31_162_state.htm?x=0&y=4365&id=514 Texas Secretary of State official election results, July 31, 2012.]</ref>​

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==Background==​

==Background==

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A fifth-generation Texan, Landtroop is a son of James, Sr., and Bobbie S. Landtroop (both born c. 1940) of Ranger in Eastland County to the east of [[Abilene]], Texas. Landtroop was born in [[Fort Worth]] and graduated in 1986 from Keller High School, in which he was starting point guard for the [[basketball]] in Keller in [[suburb]]an Tarrant County]]. After capturing two  state championships, he subsequently enrolled at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, at which from 1986 to 1988 he played basketball  and was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He then transferred to [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he majored in business management and became the star player for the Aggies.  He was a member of Sigma Iota Epsilon, the national management honor society.  After college, he was drafted in the third of the [[National Basketball Association]] draft as a part of the  Philadelphia 76ers.  

A fifth-generation Texan, Landtroop is a son of James, Sr., and Bobbie S. Landtroop (both born c. 1940) of Ranger in Eastland County to the east of [[Abilene]], Texas. Landtroop was born in [[Fort Worth]] and graduated in 1986 from Keller High School, in which he was starting point guard for the [[basketball]] in Keller in [[suburb]]an Tarrant County]]. After capturing two  state championships, he subsequently enrolled at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, at which from 1986 to 1988 he played basketball  and was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He then transferred to [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he majored in business management and became the star player for the Aggies.  He was a member of Sigma Iota Epsilon, the national management honor society.  After college, he was drafted in the third of the [[National Basketball Association]] draft as a part of the  Philadelphia 76ers.