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==Political life==

==Political life==

When the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Robert L. "Robby" Cook, III, of Eagle Lake in Colorado County, then located in District 17, declined to seek a seventh term in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=166&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Robby~gender=~last=Cook~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Robert "Robby" Cook|publisher=Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 21, 2000}}</ref> Unopposed for his Republican nomination, Kleinschmidt then won the general election, 32,238 votes (54 percent) to the Democrat Donnie Dippel's 25,583 votes (42.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2008.</ref>

When the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Robert L. "Robby" Cook, III, of Eagle Lake in Colorado County, then located in District 17, declined to seek a seventh term in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=166&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Robby~gender=~last=Cook~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Robert "Robby" Cook|publisher=Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> Unopposed for his Republican nomination, Kleinschmidt then won the general election, 32,238 votes (54 percent) to the Democrat Donnie Dippel's 25,583 votes (42.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2008.</ref>

Representative Kleinschmidt is a member of the House committees on (1) Agriculture and Livestock and (2) Homeland Defense and Public Safety. He is the chairman of the House Republican Caucus Policy Committee.<ref name=timbio/>

Representative Kleinschmidt is a member of the House committees on (1) Agriculture and Livestock and (2) Homeland Defense and Public Safety. He is the chairman of the House Republican Caucus Policy Committee.<ref name=timbio/>