State Representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) plans to visit Jayton Dec. 1 as part of a tour to introduce himself to communities that will shift to his district as of the March 2022 state election.
He will hold a town hall with lunch provided at the Kent County Community Center in Jayton at 11:30 a.m, Wednesday, Dec.1. Plans are still tentative for a breakfast town hall in Dickens County the following week. The public is welcome at any of these events.
Burrows represents House District 83, which currently includes a large portion of Lubbock County and all of Gaines, Borden, Scurry, Terry, Lynn and Mitchell Counties.
The redistricting maps approved by the Texas legislature in October remove Gaines from the district and add Dickens and Kent Counties, as well as Crosby and Garza.
The counties added to HD 83 will shift from the current HD 68, represented since early 2021 by David Spiller, R-Jacksboro. Spiller will con tinue to represent his current constituents until January 1, 2023, when the winner of the November 2022 election is sworn into office.
Burrows is a Lubbock attorney and businessman has represented the 83rd district since January 2015. He is the former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. During the 86th Legislature, Burrows authored HB2, which enables Texas taxpayers to control local tax rates and tax increases. On February 4, 2021, Burrows was named chairman of the House Calendars Committee, which determines what bills are brought to the floor for debate and a vote.
According to Wikipedia, Burrows graduated from Lubbock’s Monterey High School and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001 from Rhodes College, a private college in Memphis, Tennessee, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. In 2004, Burrows received a Master of Business Administration from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a Juris Doctor from the Texas Tech University School of Law. He and his father, Dennis Ray Burrows (born 1947), are in private partnership together.
Burrows is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Texas. He is a member of the West Texas Home Builders Association and the Texas Residential Construction Commission.
An active Republican since 2008, Burrows was named by the party leadership to succeed Charles Perry as the party nominee for the Texas House after Perry won the contest to succeed veteran Senator Robert L. Duncan.
In the upcoming elections, December 13, 2021 is the filing deadline for the March 1, 2022 primary, which will be the first election held under the new districts.
TOWN HALLS WITH REP. DUSTIN BURROWS
GARZA COUNTY Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, 7:30–9 a.m. George’s Restaurant, 202 S. Broadway St., Post, TX 79356
Burrows will provide an overview of the past regular and special sessions, and take questions. Breakfast off the menu provided.
KENT COUNTY Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Kent County Community Center, 156 W. 4th St., Jayton, TX 79258
Burrows will provide an overview of the past regular and special sessions, and take questions. Sandwiches and drinks provided.
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