Jimmie Don Aycock

Who is Jimmie Don Aycock?

Jimmie Don Aycock is a semi-retired veterinarian, rancher, and businessman in Killeen who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected in District 54 on November 7, 2006, to succeed fellow Republican Representative Suzanna Hupp, the chief architect of the Texas law which permits citizens to carry a concealed weapon. Hupp, a survivor of the Luby's massacre in Killeen in 1991, did not seek reelection.

Although the district, which includes Bell, Burnet, and Lampasas counties is historically Democratic, Republicans managed to hold it easily when Hupp retired, even as their overall margin of control over the lower Texas House was reduced in a heavily Democratic year nationally.

In an election with a turnout of only 14.14 percent, Aycock polled 16,314 votes, to 9,802 for Democrat Edward J. Lindsay, a retiree from Killeen, and 873 for the Libertarian Nicolaas Jan Kramer, self-employed in Copperas Cove. Just 26,989 of the 190,825 registered voters in the district went to the polls.

Aycock considers himself a strong defender of property rights. He is a member of two House committees: Public Education and Appropriations, having also been appointed to the Appropriations subcommittee on Education. Aycock's district office is located in Lampasas.