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A veteran of the [[United States Army]], Siebert attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, [[Missouri]]. He thereafter relocated to San Antonio<ref name=talhi/> and founded American Health Insurance Services and Siebert and Associates. He is a registered [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] with expertise on insurance, health care, transportation, and telecommunications.<ref>"Bill Siebert: Lobbyist Directory," ''The Texas Tribune,'' September 24, 2011.</ref>

A veteran of the [[United States Army]], Siebert attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, [[Missouri]]. He thereafter relocated to San Antonio<ref name=talhi/> and founded American Health Insurance Services and Siebert and Associates. He is a registered [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] with expertise on insurance, health care, transportation, and telecommunications.<ref>"Bill Siebert: Lobbyist Directory," ''The Texas Tribune,'' September 24, 2011.</ref>

In 1993, Siebert assumed the District 121 House seat when Alan Schoolcraft vacated the post to run unsuccessfully against Jeff Wentworth for the Texas State Senate. In the primary on March 10, 1992, Siebert finished second with 2,552 votes (21.6 percent) to Libba Barnes, who led a five-candidate field with 4,322 votes (36.6 percent). Three other candidates, Judy Sisk Millspaugh, Robert X. Johnson, and Davene Jonas, held the remaining 41 percent of the ballots.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 10, 1992.</ref> In the April 14 runoff, Siebert defeated Barnes, 4,877 (58.7 percent) to 3,429 (41.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 14, 1992.</ref> Siebert was then unopposed in the 1992 general election.

In 1993, Siebert assumed the District 121 House seat when Republican [[Alan Schoolcraft]] vacated the post to run unsuccessfully against Jeff Wentworth for the Texas State Senate. In the primary on March 10, 1992, Siebert finished second with 2,552 votes (21.6 percent) to Libba Barnes, who led a five-candidate field with 4,322 votes (36.6 percent). Three other candidates, Judy Sisk Millspaugh, Robert X. Johnson, and Davene Jonas, held the remaining 41 percent of the ballots.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 10, 1992.</ref> In the April 14 runoff, Siebert defeated Barnes, 4,877 (58.7 percent) to 3,429 (41.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 14, 1992.</ref> Siebert was then unopposed in the 1992 general election.

In 1996, Siebert was named "National Legislator of the Year" by the National Republican Legislators Association.<ref name=talhi>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718154610/http://www.talhi.com/about.php|title=TALHI Team: Bill Siebert|publisher=Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Though he had been unopposed for the Republican legislative nomination in 1998, Siebert was handily unseated in 2000 in the primary election by Elizabeth Ames Jones, later a member of the Texas Railroad Commission appointed by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. Siebert's work as a lobbyist while also serving in the legislature was denounced in the campaign by ''The San Antonio Express-News,'' which urged voters to "clean house and dump [Siebert], the local GOP's biggest embarrassment."<ref>Morgan Smith, "Primary Races Tend to Be Bloody," ''The Texas Tribune,'' November 3, 2009.</ref> The 2000 primary results were 8,053 (66.4 percent) for Jones and 4,082 (33.6 percent) for Siebert.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, 2000.</ref>

In 1996, Siebert was named "National Legislator of the Year" by the National Republican Legislators Association.<ref name=talhi>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718154610/http://www.talhi.com/about.php|title=TALHI Team: Bill Siebert|publisher=Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Though he had been unopposed for the Republican legislative nomination in 1998, Siebert was handily unseated in 2000 in the primary election by Elizabeth Ames Jones, later a member of the Texas Railroad Commission appointed by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. Siebert's work as a lobbyist while also serving in the legislature was denounced in the campaign by ''The San Antonio Express-News,'' which urged voters to "clean house and dump [Siebert], the local GOP's biggest embarrassment."<ref>Morgan Smith, "Primary Races Tend to Be Bloody," ''The Texas Tribune,'' November 3, 2009.</ref> The 2000 primary results were 8,053 (66.4 percent) for Jones and 4,082 (33.6 percent) for Siebert.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, 2000.</ref>