David J. Porter

David J. Porter
David Jerome Porter
Born April 21, 1956 (1956-04-21) (age 55)
Fort Lewis, Washington
USA
Residence Giddings, Lee County
Texas
Nationality American
Alma mater Harding University
Occupation Certified Public Accountant
Political party Republican
Religion Church of Christ
Spouse Cheryl Jenkins Porter (married 1979)
Children

Jennifer Porter Brown

One grandchild

David Jerome Porter (born April 21, 1956), a Certified Public Accountant, is a member of the Texas Railroad Commission. Formerly in a private CPA practice in Midland in Midland County, Porter has since relocated to Giddings in Lee County, Texas.

Background

Porter is a native of Fort Lewis, Washington near Olympia, where his parents resided while his father was in the United States Army. He graduated with honors in 1977 from the Church of Christ-affiliated Harding University in Searcy in White County near Little Rock, Arkansas. He and his wife, the former Cheryl Jenkins, a dietitian, resided in Midland for more than twenty-five years prior to their relocation to Giddings, where in 2004 they had purchased rural property. In 2009, their daughter, Jennifer P. Brown, and husband, Ryan, had their first child.[1]

Porter passed the CPA exam on his first attempt in November 1977. He became a Texas CPA in 1981, the same year that he moved to Midland. His CPA practice is concentrated on accounting and tax services to petroleum and natural gas producers, royalty owners, oil field service companies, and other small businesses and individuals. He has also assisted numerous Republican candidates and conservative organizations comply with campaign finance disclosure and tax compliance regulations.[1]

From 1989-1991, Porter served on the elected Midland Hospital District Board. A political conservative, Porter was affiliated with William F. Buckley's Young Americans for Freedom and the College Republicans while attending Harding. He has worked in various Republican campaigns at all levels, has been a delegate to county and state Republican conventions, and a precinct chairman in Midland and then Lee counties.[1]

He served as a deacon at Fairmont Park Church of Christ in Midland and is now affiliated with the Giddings Church of Christ. He was an officer in the Midland Junior Chamber and is a member of Junior Achievement, Toastmasters International, and the National Rifle Association. He is a member of the interest groups Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, the Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association, the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Professionally, he is affiliated with the Texas Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.[1]

2010 election

In the March 2 Republican primary, Porter, with little previous political experience, unseated Railroad Commissioner Victor G. Carrillo, a former county judge of Taylor County who previously resided in Abilene. Carrillo was seeking his second full term on the commission, having originally been appointed by Governor Rick Perry to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Tony Garza of Brownsville, who became the United States Ambassador to Mexico.[2]

Porter went on to win handily the general election held on November 2, 2010. He garnered 2,875,744 votes (59.4 percent) to 1,753,625 (36.2 percent) for the Democrat Jeff Weems, a Louisiana native and an oil and gas lawyer from Houston. Another 138,707 votes (2.9 percent) were cast for Libertarian Roger Gary. The Green Party nominee, Art Browning, received the remaining 72,143 votes (1.5 percent).[3]

Porter's colleagues on the Railroad Commission are Elizabeth Ames Jones of San Antonio and Barry Smitherman of Houston, both original Perry appointees to the panel.

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