Don Huffines
Don Huffines | |
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Huffines in 2021 | |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 16th district | |
| In office January 13, 2015 – January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John Carona |
| Succeeded by | Nathan M. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Blaine Huffines April 26, 1958 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Huffines |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BBA) |
Donald Blaine Huffines (born April 26, 1958) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Huffines co-owns and operates Huffines Communities, a real estate development company in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A conservative, Tea Party Republican, Huffines represented District 16 in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019. He lost his re-election campaign in 2018.
Huffines founded the Huffines Liberty Foundation, a fiscally conservative Texas think-tank. Huffines has published numerous op-eds with the Foundation in the Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News on property taxes.
On March 7, 2025, Huffines announced his candidacy for Texas Comptroller. On March 3, 2026, Huffines won the Republican primary election, becoming the party's nominee.