By Ken Esten Cooke
Kyle Biedermann rode a tea party-backed wave of anti-incumbent sentiment and scored a huge upset against three-term District 73 State Rep. Doug Miller in Tuesday’s runoff elections.
In county races, Vicki Schmidt defeated sitting county tax assessor-collector Marissa Weinheimer and Charles Olfers outpaced Dennis Behrends to win the runoff for Precinct 1 County Commissioner.
“I started this campaign as a grassroots challenger knocking on thousands of doors and meeting tens of thousands of voters,” Biedermann said in a news release Tuesday night. “I have been blessed to live in Texas for the past 30 years and I have been working as hard as I can to provide for my family and serve my community. Tonight was a great win for the taxpayers and conservative grassroots.”
Biedermann, who was not available for comment by press time, stated he will not be beholden to entrenched interests when he gets to the State Capitol.
“It was a tough fight, but this fact also means that I do not owe the Austin lobby, the entrenched interests and the capitol power brokers anything when I arrive in Austin,” he said. “My votes as a representative will be cast based upon rock solid conservative principles and doing what is right and just for the people in this district and our great state.”
The race was called for Biedermann just after 9 p.m. as the challenger kept a consistent 55 percent to 45 percent lead as precincts reported.
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