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|preceded=Steve Holzheauser
|preceded=Steve Holzheauser
|birth_date=October 6, 1950
|birth_date=October 6, 1950
|birth_place=[[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]], Texas, USA
|birth_place=Victoria, Texas, USA
|residence=Victoria, Texas
|residence=Victoria, Texas
|occupation=Homemaker
|occupation=Homemaker
|spouse=Jack Ryberg Morrison, Jr.
|spouse=Jack Ryberg Morrison, Jr.
|children=Lauri Gean Morrison Perry<br>
|children=Lauri Gean Morrison Perry
Matt Clayton Morrison
Matt Clayton Morrison
|alma_mater=Victoria College
|alma_mater=Victoria College
'''Geanie Williams Morrison''' (born October 6, 1950)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/25497/geanie-morrison|title=Geanie Morrison's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 23, 2020}}</ref>is a homemaker from [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]], [[Texas]], who has been since 1999 a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 30, based in Victoria County but including as well Aransas, Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, and Refugio counties. Victoria is located 125 miles west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] off U.S. Highway 59 in the southeastern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=30|title=Texas House Member: Rep. Morrison, Geanie W. (District 30)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 28, 2014}}</ref>
'''Geanie Williams Morrison''' (born October 6, 1950)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/25497/geanie-morrison|title=Geanie Morrison's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 23, 2020}}</ref>is a homemaker from [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]], [[Texas]], who has been since 1999 a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 30, based in Victoria County but including as well Aransas, Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, and Refugio counties. Victoria is located 125 miles west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] off U.S. Highway 59 in the southeastern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=30|title=Texas House Member: Rep. Morrison, Geanie W. (District 30)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 28, 2014}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Victoria native Morrison is one of four children of the late Vesta and Gene Williams. She has a sister, Carol Williams of rural Prairie Lea in Caldwell County, Texas, and two brothers, Jeff Williams of Victoria and Wayne Williams of [[Palo Alto]], [[California]].<ref name=jmorrison/>
Victoria native Morrison is one of four children of the late Vesta and Gene Williams. She has a sister, Carol Williams of rural Prairie Lea in Caldwell County, Texas, and two brothers, Jeff Williams of Victoria and Wayne Williams of [[Palo Alto]], [[California]].<ref name=jmorrison/>
Morrison is a member of the Junior League of Victoria. She has served as secretary and treasurer of the Texas Conservative Coalition, a [[bipartisan]] group of state legislators. She is a member and former officer of the National Council of State Legislatures. She is a former executive director of the Governor's Commission for Women, a position which she held under then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=jmorrison/>
Morrison is a member of the Junior League of Victoria. She has served as secretary and treasurer of the Texas Conservative Coalition, a [[bipartisan]] group of state legislators. She is a member and former officer of the National Council of State Legislatures. She is a former executive director of the Governor's Commission for Women, a position which she held under then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=jmorrison/>
The [[interest group]], the Texas Community College Teachers Association once named Morrison, who attended a community college Victoria College, as its "Legislator of the Year." In 2008, she was named "Distinguished Citizen of the Year" by the South Texas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/geanie-morrison/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Geanie W. Morrison District 30 (R-Victoria)|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}</ref>
The [[interest group]], the Texas Community College Teachers Association once named Morrison, who attended a community college Victoria College, as its "Legislator of the Year." In 2008, she was named "Distinguished Citizen of the Year" by the South Texas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/geanie-morrison/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Geanie W. Morrison District 30 (R-Victoria)|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}</ref>
She is married to Jack Ryberg Morrison, Jr. (born c. 1947), a partner of the certified public accounting firm, Bumgardner Morrison Company, LLP. The couple has two children, Lauri Gean Morrison Perry (born c. 1972) and Matt Clayton Morrison (born c. 1978). Lauri and her husband, Christopher Perry, reside in [[Austin]] with their two children, Cole Matthew Perry and Ella Simone Perry. The Morrisons' son, Matt, is a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]] and an [[attorney]] in [[San Antonio]], Texas.<ref name=votesmart/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Jack&qmi=R&qn=Morrison&qcs=Victoria%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Jack Ryberg Morrison|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name=jmorrison>{{cite web|url=http://www.geaniemorrison.com/about.html|title=Morrison: Texas State Representative District 30|publisher=geaniemorrison.com|accessdate=March 2, 2014}}</ref>
==Political life===
In 1998, the Republican incumbent Representative Steven Glenn Holzheauser (born c. 1953) of Victoria did not seek reelection to the District 30 House seat, which he had won over fellow incumbent [[Tim Von Dohlen]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from Goliad, in the 1992 [[general election]] following [[redistricting]] from the 1990 census.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 30), November 3, 1992.</ref> Morrison narrowly defeated John Taylor Starkey (born c. 1958) of Victoria to claim the Republican nomination for the seat in the 1998 [[primary]] election. She polled 3,183 votes (50.9 percent) to Starkey's 3,065 (49.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (House District 30), 1998.</ref>Morrison then claimed the seat in the general election by defeating the Democrat Vernon N. Reaser (born c. 1965), of Victoria, 16,176 (52.7 percent) to 14,494 (47.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 30), November 1998.</ref>
In 1998, the Republican incumbent Representative Steven Glenn Holzheauser (born c. 1953) of Victoria did not seek reelection to the District 30 House seat, which he had won over fellow incumbent [[Tim Von Dohlen]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from Goliad, in the 1992 [[general election]] following [[redistricting]] from the 1990 census.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 30), November 3, 1992.</ref>Geanie Morrison narrowly defeated John Taylor Starkey (born c. 1958) of Victoria to claim the Republican nomination for the seat in the 1998 [[primary]] election. She polled 3,183 votes (50.9 percent) to Starkey's 3,065 (49.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (House District 30), 1998.</ref>Morrison then claimed the seat in the general election by defeating the Democrat Vernon N. Reaser (born c. 1965), of Victoria, 16,176 (52.7 percent) to 14,494 (47.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns (House District 30), November 1998.
After her initial election, Morrison was mostly unopposed for reelection every two years. However, in the 2012 general election, she faced a Democratic opponent, attorney Alex R. Hernandez, Jr. of Victoria, whom she defeated, 38,304 (68.3 percent) to 17,750 (31.7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=2012 General election returns (House District 30)|publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 28, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Morrison again was unopposed in the general election.
After her initial election, Morrison was mostly unopposed for reelection every two years. However, in the 2012 general election, she faced a Democratic opponent, attorney Alex R. Hernandez, Jr. of Victoria, whom she defeated, 38,304 (68.3 percent) to 17,750 (31.7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=2012 General election returns (House District 30)|publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 28, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Morrison again was unopposed in the general election.