Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	29	Elected but never sworn	80th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Republican	Pearland / Brazoria	Brazoria, Matagorda
H	29	Jan 11, 2005 - Sep 12, 2006	79th	Republican	Pearland / Brazoria	Brazoria, Matagorda
H	29	Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005	78th	Republican	Pearland / Brazoria	Brazoria, Matagorda

(1) Proclamation, 11/22/2006, Ordering special election in House District 29 on 12/19/2006 to serve unexpired term of Glenda Dawson. Governor Rick Perry.
(2) Dawson's death occured too late for her name to be removed from the ballot, "4 vie for seat of late lawmaker," 11/28/2006. Houston Chronicle.
(3) Proclamation, 1/2/2007, Ordering special runoff election in House District 29 on 1/16/2007 to serve unexpired term of Glenda Dawson. Governor Rick Perry.
(4) Mike O'Day, in special election 12/19/2006, runoff 1/16/2007, sworn 1/24/2007, succeeded unexpired term of Glenda Dawson, elected in the general election 11/7/2006 but never sworn, died 9/12/2006. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

80th Legislature, R.S., HR 202. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Dawson, Glenda Miles. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Gov. Perry Orders Flags at Half-Staff [on 9/15/2006] in Memory of Rep. Glenda Dawson, 9/14/2006. Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks at Glenda Dawson's Funeral Service, 9/15/2006. Governor Rick Perry.

Photographs

Photograph. Glenda Dawson, 79th Legislature, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
Photograph. Glenda Dawson, 78th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature, 2005.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

78th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
79th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
80th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

79th R.S. - 2005 Higher Education House Administration Medical Peer Review Process, Interim (Co-Chair) Public Health
78th R.S. - 2003 House Administration Public Education Public Health Public School Finance, Select Subcommittee on Completion and Dropout Rates

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