Bill Siebert

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William Earl "Bill" Siebert​
Texas State Representative for District 121 (Bexar County)​
In office 1993​ – 2001​
Preceded by	Alan Schoolcraft​
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Ames Jones
Born	September 22, 1947​ ​Place of birth missing, presumably Missouri
Nationality	American​
Political party	Republican​
Spouse(s)	Stephanie Anne Siebert Parents: William M. and Wilma Maxine Dewitt Siebert ​
Residence	San Antonio, Texas
Alma mater	Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville)
Occupation	Businessman United States Army service

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William Earl Siebert, known as Bill Siebert (born September 22, 1947), is a businessman in San Antonio, Texas, who is a Republican former state representative for District 121 in Bexar County. His service extended from 1993 to 2001.^[1]

A veteran of the United States Army, Siebert attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He thereafter relocated to San Antonio^[2] and founded American Health Insurance Services and Siebert and Associates. He is a registered lobbyist with expertise in the fields of insurance, health care, transportation, and telecommunications.^[3]

In 1993, Siebert assumed the District 121 House seat when Republican Alan Schoolcraft vacated the post to run unsuccessfully against Moderate Republican Jeff Wentworth for the Texas State Senate. In the primary on March 10, 1992, Siebert finished second with 2,552 votes (21.6 percent) to Libba Barnes, who led a five-candidate field with 4,322 votes (36.6 percent). Three other candidates, Judy Sisk Millspaugh, Robert X. Johnson, and Davene Jonas, held the remaining 41 percent of the ballots.^[4] In the April 14 runoff, Siebert defeated Barnes, 4,877 (58.7 percent) to 3,429 (41.3 percent).^[5] Siebert was then unopposed in the 1992 general election.

In 1996, Siebert was named "National Legislator of the Year" by the National Republican Legislators Association.^[2] Though he had been unopposed for the Republican legislative nomination in 1998, Siebert was handily unseated in 2000 in the primary election by Elizabeth Ames Jones, later a member of the Texas Railroad Commission appointed by Governor Rick Perry. Siebert's work as a lobbyist while also serving in the legislature was denounced in the campaign by The San Antonio Express-News, which urged voters to "clean house and dump [Siebert], the local GOP's biggest embarrassment."^[6] The 2000 primary results were 8,053 (66.4 percent) for Jones and 4,082 (33.6 percent) for Siebert.^[7]

In 2002, Siebert considered running for Texas's 23rd congressional district seat but deferred to the then incumbent Republican, Henry Bonilla, who ran again successfully for Congress in 2002 and 2004.^[8] Meanwhile, the District 121 House seat is now held by Republican Steve Allison, who in 2019 succeeded former Representative and House Speaker Joe Straus, a Moderate Republican from San Antonio.

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