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| term_end=January 2013
| term_end=January 2013
| preceded=Joseph P. Heflin
| preceded=Joseph P. Heflin
| succeeded=Ken King in reconfigured District 88<br>
| succeeded=Ken King in reconfigured District 88
Phil Stephenson in reconfigured District 85
Phil Stephenson in reconfigured District 85
| birth_date=January 16, 1968
| birth_date=January 16, 1968
[[Texas A&M University]]
[[Texas A&M University]]
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'''James Franklin Landtroop, Jr.''', known as '''Jim Landtroop''' (born January 18, 1968), is a [[business]]man from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party| Republican]] former one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives]for District 85 in the [[South Plains]]. He lost his 2016 bid to return to the House with an intra-party challenge to Representative John Frullo of Lubbock
'''James Franklin Landtroop, Jr.''', known as '''Jim Landtroop''' (born January 18, 1968), is a [[business]]man from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party| Republican]] former one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives]for District 85 in the [[South Plains]]. He lost his 2016 bid to return to the House with an intra-party challenge to Representative John Frullo of Lubbock.
In the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010,the [[conservative]] Landtroop, who then resided in Plainview in Hale County, unseated two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent Joseph P. Heflin of Crosbyton, 17,426 votes (61.6 percent) to 10,853 (38.4 percent). Landtroop won fifteen of the sixteen counties in the district, losing only in Heflin's own Crosby County. He secured comfortable margins in two of the larger counties in the district, Hale and Howard, which includes Big Spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov02_154_state.htm|title=Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010|publisher=[[Texas Secretary of State]]|accessdate=November 5, 2010}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010,the [[conservative]] Landtroop, who then resided in Plainview in Hale County, unseated two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent Joseph P. Heflin of Crosbyton, 17,426 votes (61.6 percent) to 10,853 (38.4 percent). Landtroop won fifteen of the sixteen counties in the district, losing only in Heflin's own Crosby County. He secured comfortable margins in two of the larger counties in the district, Hale and Howard, which includes Big Spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov02_154_state.htm|title=Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010|publisher=[[Texas Secretary of State]]|accessdate=November 5, 2010}}</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>
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>
He is employed by State Farm Insurance, originally in Plainview, in 1999 and currently, Lubbock. He has been a member of Lions International, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[United Way]], and the American Cancer Society. He was a founding member of the Plainview Bible Church (established 1999) and served as the boys' varsity basketball coach at Plainview Christian Academy, at which his team went to the state semi-finals in 2009.<ref name=landtroop>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11931749|title=About Jim Landtroop|publisher=kcbd.com|accessdate=November 5, 2010}}</ref> Upon his relocation to Lubbock, he attends Harvest Christian Fellowship.ref name=runningagain/>
He is employed by State Farm Insurance, originally in Plainview, in 1999 and currently, Lubbock. He has been a member of Lions International, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[United Way]], and the American Cancer Society. He was a founding member of the Plainview Bible Church (established 1999) and served as the boys' varsity basketball coach at Plainview Christian Academy, at which his team went to the state semi-finals in 2009.<ref name=landtroop>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11931749|title=About Jim Landtroop|publisher=kcbd.com|accessdate=November 5, 2010}}</ref> Upon his relocation to Lubbock, he attends Harvest Christian Fellowship.ref name=runningagain/>
==Legislative races==
==Legislative races==
In 2006, Heflin defeated Landtroop, who made his first bid for the state House, by 217 votes to claim the seat vacated by James "Pete" Laney, a former Texas House Speaker. Heflin received 14,323 votes (49 percent) to Landtroop's 14,106 votes (48.3 percent) and David K. Schumacher (born 1946) of Anson, nominee of the [[Libertarian Party]], who polled 793 ballots, or 2.7 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=Texas general election returns, November 7, 2006|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref>
In 2006, Heflin defeated Landtroop, who made his first bid for the state House, by 217 votes to claim the seat vacated by James "Pete" Laney, a former Texas House Speaker. Heflin received 14,323 votes (49 percent) to Landtroop's 14,106 votes (48.3 percent) and David K. Schumacher (born 1946) of Anson, nominee of the [[Libertarian Party]], who polled 793 ballots, or 2.7 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=Texas general election returns, November 7, 2006|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref>