Travis Clardy

Texas politician

Travis Clardy

Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 11th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2013^[1]
Preceded by	Chuck Hopson

Personal details
Born	Travis Paul Clardy (1962-01-13) January 13, 1962 (age 62)^[1]
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Judy Clardy^[1]
Children	4
Residence(s)	Nacgdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, US^[1]
Alma mater	Abilene Christian University Pepperdine University School of Law
Occupation	Lawyer, businessman

Travis Paul Clardy (born January 13, 1962)^[2] is an attorney from Nacogdoches, Texas, who is the Republican state representative for House District 11, which includes Cherokee, Nacogdoches, and Rusk counties in East Texas.

Clardy serves on the House committees on Human Services and Homeland Security and Public Safety.^[1]

Affiliations

Clardy is a member of the executive board of the East Texas Boy Scouts of America and the Dean's Circle of the College of Fine Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University.^[1] He is also a Paul P. Harris Fellow at the Nacogdoches Rotary International, a sponsor of the Heartbeat Pregnancy Center, and is active on the alumni board of his alma mater, Abilene Christian University.^[1]

Political positions

In 2012, Clardy narrowly defeated the incumbent Representative Chuck Hopson, in the Republican primary election.

In the 2013 legislative session, Clardy joined majorities in the House and Texas Senate to support SB5, which banned abortions after twenty weeks of gestation, required abortion providers to meet ambulatory surgical center facilities regulations, and required physicians to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of their office.^[3] In 2016, the facilities and admitting privileges portions of the bill were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt.^[4]

In the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, Clardy won re-nomination to a second term. He received 13,054 (84 percent) to opponent Tony Sevilla, who polled 2,487 votes (16 percent).^[5]

In the general election on November 6, 2018, Clardy defeated Democrat Alec Johnson, 38,694 votes (74.4 percent) to 13,334 (25.6 percent).^[6]

During his re-election campaign in 2024, Clardy was issued a cease-and-desist letter from Governor Greg Abbott, telling him to quit claiming falsely that Abbott had endorsed his re-election campaign.^[7] In the March 2024 Republican primary, Clardy lost to Joanne Shofner. The loss came after Clardy's opposition to Governor Abbott's school voucher legislation in 2023.^[8]^[9]

Personal life

Clardy and his wife, Judy, have four sons. He is a member of the Church of Christ.^[1]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "State Rep. Travis Clardy District 11 (R-Nacogdoches)". Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
^ "Travis P. Clardy". Clardy Law Offices. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
^ "Record Vote Taken". Texas Legislature Online. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
^ Liptak, Adam (2016-06-27). "Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
^ "Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014". team1.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ "Election Returns". Texas Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
^ Gov. Abbott demands Rep. Clardy remove endorsement from campaign website, KLTV Channel 7, Tyler, Texas, January 31, 2024.
^ Writers, Andrew Hodge and Josh Edwards Staff (5 March 2024). "Shofner unseats Clardy in House District 11 race". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ Harper, Karen Brooks (6 March 2024). "Insurgent Republicans make major gains in Texas primaries". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Personal Financial Statement", TexasTribune.org, 2015.