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'''Timothy Alan Kleinschmidt''', known as '''Tim Kleinschmidt''' (born November 15, 1956),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/56621/tim-kleinschmidt#.UwwS8MuPIfg|title=Tim Kleinschmidt's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in Giddings, [[Texas]], who currently serves as the general counsel for the Texas Department of Agriculture under commissioner [[Sid Miller]]. From 2009 to 2015 he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 17, which comprises his native Lee County as well as Bastrop, Caldwell,  Gonzales, and Karnes counties in the central portion of the state.<ref name=timbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=17|title=Rep. Kleinschmidt, Tim (District 17)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 25, 2014}}</ref>

'''Timothy Alan Kleinschmidt''', known as '''Tim Kleinschmidt''' (born November 15, 1956),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/56621/tim-kleinschmidt#.UwwS8MuPIfg|title=Tim Kleinschmidt's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in Giddings, [[Texas]], who currently serves as the general counsel for the Texas Department of Agriculture under commissioner [[Sid Miller]]. From 2009 to 2015 he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 17, which comprises his native Lee County as well as Bastrop, Caldwell,  Gonzales, and Karnes counties in the central portion of the state.<ref name=timbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=17|title=Rep. Kleinschmidt, Tim (District 17)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 25, 2014; page no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Kleinschmidt defeated Democrat Carolyn Banks for re-election in 2014, but he resigned two months later in January 2015 to serve as general counsel in the Department of Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=

Kleinschmidt defeated Democrat Carolyn Banks for re-election in 2014, but he resigned two months later in January 2015 to serve as general counsel in the Department of Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=

://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/11/kleinschmidt-to-resign-for-job-at-agriculture-department/|author=Patrick Svitek|title=Kleinschmidt to resign for job at agriculture department |

http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/11/kleinschmidt-to-resign-for-job-at-agriculture-department/|author=Patrick Svitek|title=Kleinschmidt to resign for job at agriculture department |

|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|date=November 22, 2014|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> He was replaced in the House by fellow Republican John Cyrier in a [[special election]].<ref>Cyrier Elected State Representative for District 17, ''The Lexington (Texas) Leader,'' February 19, 2015.</ref>

|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|date=November 22, 2014|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> He was replaced in the House by fellow Republican John Cyrier in a [[special election]].<ref>Cyrier Elected State Representative for District 17, ''The Lexington (Texas) Leader,'' February 19, 2015.</ref>