| | David A. Swinford|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=November 13, 2011}}</ref> | | David A. Swinford|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=November 13, 2011}}</ref> |
| − | Swinford did not seek an eleventh term in the state House in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary election]] held on March 2, 2010. His successor, fellow Republican [[Four Price|Walter Thomas Price, IV]], known as Four Price, is an attorney from [[Amarillo]]. Before winning the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010, Price had defeated an intraparty rival bscked by Swinford, Victor Leal, an Amarillo restaurateur and the former [[mayor]] of Muleshoe, the seat of Bailey County in far western Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar02_148_state.htm?x=0&y=18482&id=272|title=Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010|publisher=sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> | + | Swinford did not seek an eleventh term in the state House in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary election]] held on March 2, 2010. His successor, fellow Republican [[Four Price|Walter Thomas Price, IV]], known as Four Price, is an attorney from [[Amarillo]]. Before winning the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010, Price had defeated an intraparty rival backed by Swinford, Victor Leal, an Amarillo restaurateur and the former [[mayor]] of Muleshoe, the seat of Bailey County in far western Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar02_148_state.htm?x=0&y=18482&id=272|title=Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010|publisher=sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> |