KOLKHORST TO RUN FOR STATE SENATE

  

District-13 State Representative Lois Kolkhorst has announced her plans to run for State Senator.

Kolkhorst confirmed her plans to run for the District-18 State Senate seat currently held by Glen Hegar.

Hegar is the Republican candidate for State Comptroller and is expected to win the seat.  That would then lead to a special election for the Senate seat, sometime next year.

Kolkhorst has served seven terms in the State House, first elected to the position in 2000.

Kolkhorst is chairman of the House Public Health Committee and a member of the County Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee of Oversight of Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency.

She has been named among the "Ten Best Legislators" by Texas Monthly magazine.

Richmond businessman Gary Gates recently announced he will also seek the District-18 seat.