Bennett Ratliff [SEP] position held
Bennett Ratliff
Bennett Ratliff (born August 18, 1961) is a civil engineer and small business owner in Coppell, Texas, and served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 115 in Dallas County in the 83rd Session.
Background.
Born in Fort Worth, Ratliff is a son of former State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff of Mount Pleasant in Titus County in northeastern Texas. His brother, Thomas Ratliff is a former member of the Texas State Board of Education where he served as
of the Coppell Independent School District, had twice served as a delegate to the State Republican Party Convention and had been involved in a number of local and state Republican campaigns.
The House District 115 position in Dallas County opened in 2011, when the incumbent Republican Jim Jackson declined to seek re-nomination. Bennett Ratliff and four other candidates then entered the Republican primary held on May 29, 2012, nearly three months later than usual. Steve Nguyen led the primary with 3,081 votes (35 percent), followed by Ratliff