Graham High School graduate seeks Texas House of Representatives position

Dr. Glenn Rogers, a Graham High School graduate, announced his plans on Thursday, Sept. 26, to seek the Republican nomination for Texas House District 60 in the March 2020 primary.

If elected to the seat he will be responsible to the citizens of Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Eastland, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford and Stephens county.

The seat is currently held by Mike Lang, who announced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, he did not intend to seek reelection and instead run for a Hood County Commissioner seat.

“It is my intention to run for this position and retire from the Texas House of Representatives at the end of my term,” Lang said in a released statement. “The fight starts at home and we need experienced servant leaders. I believe we can make Hood County a shining example of what local control truly embodies. Though in a different arena, I am still called to fight. This fight has been long overlooked by conservatives and it starts at the local level.”

Lang reversed his decision on Sept. 27 and announced on his Twitter that he plans to seek reelection. According to a campaign worker, Rogers still plans on seeking the seat.

According to a press release, Rogers is the current owner and operator of a Graford area ranch called the Holt River Ranch which develops and markets 800 heifers annually.

“As the urban and suburban areas of our state continue to grow at incredible speed, our rural values and way of life are at risk,” Rogers stated in a press release. “It is vital that we send elected leaders to Austin and Washington who understand the complex needs of rural Texans and who we can depend on to stand up for us. My family has ranched in Palo Pinto County since the 1890s, and I can tell you first-hand that the threats our rural communities face today are as great as we have ever seen before.”

The press release adds that Rogers is a past president of the Palo Pinto County Farm Bureau, a former Graford ISD School Board member and former president of American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

After graduating from Graham High School, Rogers earner a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University in 1979, a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M in 1980 and a Master’s in Beef Production Medicine in 1993 from Kansas State University. After finishing school, he owned and operated two small rural mixed veterinary practices in Graham and Graford.

For the rest of the story, see the Wednesday, Oct. 2 edition of The Graham Leader.