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{{Officeholder
|name=Erwin Alfred Cain
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1960|3|15}}
|offices=
Texas State Representative
|district=3
|state=Texas
|term_start=January 2011 -
|preceded=Mark S. Homer
|former=
|succeeded=}}
'''Erwin Alfred Cain''' (born March 15, 1960) is an attorney and businessman from Sulphur Springs, [[Texas]], who is a freshman Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 3, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, and Titus counties.[1] Prior to his election to the state House, the conservative Cain had served as the chairman of the Hopkins County Republican Party. He also launched and chaired the Northeast Texas GOP Chairmen’s Coalition.[2]
'''Erwin Alfred Cain''' (born March 15, 1960) is an attorney and businessman from Sulphur Springs, [[Texas]], who is a freshman Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 3, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, and Titus counties.[1] Prior to his election to the state House, the conservative Cain had served as the chairman of the Hopkins County Republican Party. He also launched and chaired the Northeast Texas GOP Chairmen’s Coalition.[2]
Cain is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison Cain, Sr. In 1982, he received an associate's degree from Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore, Texas. He graduated in 1985 from Texas A&M University at Texarkana with a Bachelor of Science degree in management and marketing. In 1988, Cain earned his law degree from the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Cain and his wife, the former Hope Hunter, reside in Como outside Sulphur Springs, with their three children, Hunter, Averi, and Honour. He is active in the First [[Baptist]] Church of Sulphur Springs.[2]
Cain is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison Cain, Sr. In 1982, he received an associate's degree from Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore, Texas. He graduated in 1985 from Texas A&M University at Texarkana with a Bachelor of Science degree in management and marketing. In 1988, Cain earned his law degree from the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Cain and his wife, the former Hope Hunter, reside in Como outside Sulphur Springs, with their three children, Hunter, Averi, and Honour. He is active in the First [[Baptist]] Church of Sulphur Springs.[2]
In 2008, Cain was narrowly defeated in a race for the 62nd Judicial District state judgeship. With 17,479 votes (48 percent), he lost to the incumbent Democrat Judge Scott McDowell, who received 18,977 votes (52 percent).[3] Cain carried carried Delta, Hopkins, and Rains counties, but McDowell's winnng margin is attributed to Lamar County. It was after this judicial race that Cain assumed the Hopkins County Republican chairmanship.[4]
In 2008, Cain was narrowly defeated in a race for the 62nd Judicial District state judgeship. With 17,479 votes (48 percent), he lost to the incumbent Democrat Judge Scott McDowell, who received 18,977 votes (52 percent).[3] Cain carried carried Delta, Hopkins, and Rains counties, but McDowell's winning margin is attributed to Lamar County. It was after this judicial race that Cain assumed the Hopkins County Republican chairmanship.[4]