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Michael J. “Mike” Krusee (born February 26, 1959) is the departing Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 52, based about Round Rock in Williamson County. Considered an authority on transportation issues, Krusee has held the seat from the suburban area north of Austin since 1993. In his website, Krusee says that he places his “highest priority on educating our children, keeping our neighborhoods safe, and reducing traffic between communities in our region. () I fight to keep taxes low, encourage job growth, and support excellent education for our children. . .〔(State Representative Mike Krusee )〕 A business executive, Krusee is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. He and his wife, Leigh A. Krusee, have five children.〔http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/pdf/biodata.pdf〕 ==Election history== Krusee was nearly unseated in his usually Republican district in 2006 and announced in 2007 that he would not contest for renomination in the primary held on March 4, 2008. In the 2006 general election, Krusee defeated Democrat Karen Felthauser and Libertarian Party candidate Lillian Simmons: 18,853 (50.44 percent) to 16.520 (44.2 percent) and 1,998 (5.3 percent), respectively.〔http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe〕 He ran unopposed in 2004. In 2002, he defeated Democrat Eric Freeman, 22,433 (64.6 percent) to 10,979 (31.6 percent). Simmons ran that year too and polled 1,336 ballots (3.8 percent).〔 In his first election in 1992, Krusee narrowly defeated Democrat Parker McCollough, 25,259 (51.9 percent) to 23,443 (48.1 percent). In his initial reelection in 1994, he defeated Democrat Llorente Navarrette, 25,004 (63.9 percent) to 14,141 (36.1 percent). He faced a similar outcome in 1996, having defeated Democrat Jerry Graham, 31,752 (61.6 percent) to 19,809 (38.4 percent). He was unopposed in 1998, and in 2000, he faced only Libertarian opposition from Clark Simmons, 54,196 (83.9 percent) to 10,368 (16.05 percent).〔 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「Mike Krusee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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