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{{Officeholder
|name=Wayne Christian
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Lisa Ruth Lemoine Christian
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1950|9|26}}
|offices=
Texas State Representative
|district=9
|state=Texas
|term_start=1997-2005; 2007 -
|preceded=Roy Morris Blake, Jr. (2005-2007
) |former=
|succeeded=
}}
'''Wayne Christian''' (born September 26, 1950)<ref>[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=164&searchparams=chamber%3D%26city%3D%26countyID%3D0%26district%3D%26first%3DWayne%26gender%3D%26last%3DChristian%26leaderNote%3D%26leg%3D%26party%3D%26roleDesc%3D%26Committee%3D Legislative Reference Library]</ref> is a [[business]]man from Center in East [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 9, which includes Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynechristiancampaign.com/|title=Wayne Christian for State Representative|publisher=waynechristiancampaign.com|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
'''Wayne Christian''' (born September 26, 1950)<ref>[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=164&searchparams=chamber%3D%26city%3D%26countyID%3D0%26district%3D%26first%3DWayne%26gender%3D%26last%3DChristian%26leaderNote%3D%26leg%3D%26party%3D%26roleDesc%3D%26Committee%3D Legislative Reference Library]</ref> is a [[business]]man from Center in East [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 9, which includes Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynechristiancampaign.com/|title=Wayne Christian for State Representative|publisher=waynechristiancampaign.com|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
In 2009, Christian obtained passage of a controversial amendment sponsored by a legislative ally, Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, a Republican from Mauriceville in Orange County in far southeastern Texas, that allows Christian and a handful of neighbors on the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston, Texas, to rebuild beachfront houses destroyed by [[Hurricane Ike]]. While the measure was strongly opposed by Commissioner of the General Land Office [[Jerry E. Patterson]], who said he would not enforce it if passed, it easily passed through the House with almost no objection. Governor [[Rick Perry]] let the bill, and subsequently the Hamilton amendment, become law without his signature, a prerogative of the governor.<ref name=amendment>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/search/content/region/legislature/stories/06/05/0605beach.html|title=Danny Yadron, "Post-Hurricane Ike amendment would let legislator rebuild," June 5, 2009|publisher=''Austin American Statesman''|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref> Christian denied that the amendment is at odds with the Texas Open Beaches Act or an environmental interference but reflects the right of property owners to use their holdings as they deem appropriate. The Texas Supreme Court has since sided with the private landowners in the area and upheld the protections put in place by Hamilton's amendment.<ref name=amendment/>
In 2009, Christian obtained passage of a controversial amendment sponsored by a legislative ally, Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, a Republican from Mauriceville in Orange County in far southeastern Texas, that allows Christian and a handful of neighbors on the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston, Texas, to rebuild beachfront houses destroyed by [[Hurricane Ike]]. While the measure was strongly opposed by Commissioner of the General Land Office [[Jerry E. Patterson]], who said he would not enforce it if passed, it easily passed through the House with almost no objection. Governor [[Rick Perry]] let the bill, and subsequently the Hamilton amendment, become law without his signature, a prerogative of the governor.<ref name=amendment>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/search/content/region/legislature/stories/06/05/0605beach.html|title=Danny Yadron, "Post-Hurricane Ike amendment would let legislator rebuild," June 5, 2009|publisher=''Austin American Statesman''|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref> Christian denied that the amendment is at odds with the Texas Open Beaches Act or an environmental interference but reflects the right of property owners to use their holdings as they deem appropriate. The Texas Supreme Court has since sided with the private landowners in the area and upheld the protections put in place by Hamilton's amendment.<ref name=amendment/>
==2012 prospects==
==2012 prospects==