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The Texas State Senate: District 3 (594 words) |
 | Born and raised in East Texas, Todd Staples was re-elected to serve his second term in the Texas Senate in 2002, and currently represents all or part of 16 counties. |
 | Staples' legislative priorities encompass balancing the budget without tax increases, ensuring education funding remains the first spending priority, implementing tort reform measures to curb escalating insurance costs, enhancing property taxpayers' rights, creating economic development opportunities for local communities, attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers and state employees, and protecting natural resources for future Texans. |
 | Staples is also a member of the Popp, Gray & Hutcheson property tax law firm focusing on valuation issues in mediation and arbitration, and he and his father are partners in a cow-calf operation. |