Pete Laney

Politician

1943 –

22

Who is Pete Laney?

James Earl Laney, Sr., known as Pete Laney, is a U. S. Democratic Party politician from West Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 2007. A resident of Hale Center, near Plainview in Hale County, Laney served as House Speaker from 1993 to 2003, a record matching that set by his predecessor, fellow Democrat Gib Lewis of Fort Worth, whose tenure as Speaker extended from 1983 to 1993.

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Born
Mar 20, 1943
Plainview
Spouses
Religion
  • Churches of Christ
Profession
Education
  • Texas Tech University
Lived in
  • Texas
  • Plainview
  • Hale Center

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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