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Elton L. Bomer (born July 30, 1935) is an insurance executive and a retired American politician from Montalba near Palestine, the seat of Anderson County in eastern Texas. ==Political life== From 1981 to 1985, and again from 1991 to 1995, Bomer was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Palestine, the seat of Anderson County in East Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elton Bomer )〕 In 1994, Bomer managed a visit to Palestine for the Republican gubernatorial candidate, George W. Bush gubernatorial campaign at the request of Bomer's friend and Bush's campaign strategist Karl Rove. In his memoir entitled ''Courage and Consequence: My Life As a Conservative in the Fight'', Rove describes Bomer as a "hard-working, thoughtful Democrat (was ) not fond of Ann Richards (unsuccessful gubernatorial opponent ) because he thought that she was not willing to get her hands dirty on tough issues." Rove recalls that years later Bomer told him that he had read about Bush's intention if elected governor to "reform education, juvenile justice, . . . and tort laws."〔 Bomer left the House in 1995 though he had been reelected in 1994 when Bush offered him the appointment as state insurance commissioner. In 1999, Bush named Bomer as Texas Secretary of State, an appointed office which handles state election matters and public documents and whose occupants over the years included even Stephen F. Austin. Bomer remained Secretary of State until Bush left office in December 2000. Bush's gubernatorial successor, his fellow Republican Rick Perry, invited another Democrat to become Bomer's successor as secretary of state, then State Representative Henry R. Cuellar of Laredo in South Texas, who in 2004 was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he remains.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Whatever Happened to Elton Bomer? )〕 Bomer's successor in House District 11 was Todd Staples, the first Republican to hold the seat in the 20th century. In 2006, after a stint in the Texas Senate, Staples was elected state agriculture commissioner, a position to which he was easily reelected in 2010. In 1999, as Bush was preparing to seek 2000 Republican presidential nomination, Bomer assisted him with the purchase of the Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas. According to Bomer, "image" was not a consideration in the acquisition of the property in McLennan County. "One thing I can tell you for sure: there were no public relations considerations when he bought that ranch. He purchased it as a great weekend getaway, a place to go on vacation, a place where he could do some fishing."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=W's Ranch )〕 Bomer conceded that while the Crawford ranch has PR value: "It portrays to the people of the country who () really is, and that is someone who is close to the land and loves the outdoors sincerely. . . . I think people like to know that he's a regular fellow, not a stuffy aristocrat that wants to stay behind closed doors in air conditioning."〔 In 2003, Bomer gave the maximum $2,000 per person allowed to the Bush-Cheney 2004 reelection campaign.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elton Bomer - $2,000 in Political Contributions for 2004 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elton Bomer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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