{{Short description|American politician (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Drew Springer | image = Drew Springer.jpg | state_senate = Texas | district = 30th | preceded = Pat Fallon | succeeded = Brent Hagenbuch | term_start = January 6, 2021 | term_end = January 14, 2025 | state_house1 = Texas | district1 = 68th | preceded1 = Rick Hardcastle | succeeded1 = David Spiller | term_start1 = January 8, 2013 | term_end1 = January 6, 2021 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|27}} | death_date = | birth_name = Drew Alan Springer Jr. | death_place = | death_cause = | birth_place = | occupation = Financial Services | party = Republican | education = University of North Texas (BS) | footnotes = }} '''Drew Alan Springer Jr.''' (born October 27, 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/campaign-finance/filer/00067769-drew-alan-springer-jr/|title=Drew Alan Springer|publisher=texastribune.org|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref> is an American businessman and politician who represented District 30 in the Texas Senate as a Republican from 2021 until 2025.
Springer announced on November 7, 2023 that he would not seek re-election in 2024 and would spend more time focused on managing the family money management firm.<ref>Svitek, Patrick. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/state-sen-drew-springer-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024/ar-AA1jxLNK State Sen. Drew Springer will not seek reelection in 2024], ''Texas Tribune'', November 7, 2023.</ref>
==Education== Springer graduated from Weatherford High School in 1985. He then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of North Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Representatives|first=Texas House of|title=Texas House of Representatives|url=https://www.house.texas.gov/|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=www.house.texas.gov}}</ref>
== Career == A businessman, Springer is a former controller of a railcar company. He thereafter was a manager of three companies with a total of more than 1,000 employees. In 2005, he joined his father in business in the financial services industry.<ref name="weatherford">{{cite web|title=Weatherford grad takes his seat as state legislator, February 1, 2013|date=February 2013 |url=http://weatherforddemocrat.com/top-news/x503838784/Weatherford-grad-takes-his-seat-as-state-legislator|access-date=July 18, 2013|publisher=Weatherford Democrat}}</ref>
Springer was first elected in 2012 when the incumbent Republican, Rick Hardcastle of Vernon,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=178&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=68~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Republican~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Rick Hardcastle|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref> stepped down after fourteen years in office<ref name=herald/> because of multiple sclerosis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4j2BxJ638E|title=Stem cells for Texas Representative Rick Hardcastle|date=October 11, 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> Springer was appointed to the Agriculture and Livestock and the Land and Resource Management committees.<ref name=springer/>
It initially appeared that Springer had lost the 2012 Republican primary election in a heavily rural district, when his chief opponent, Trent McKnight, finished with 49 percent of the vote.<ref name=herald/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012 |publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us |access-date=July 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref> However, in the runoff election on July 31, with backing from two eliminated candidates in the primary, Springer topped McKnight, 8,434 (56.4 percent) to 6,521 (43.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Texas Republican runoff primary returns, July 31, 2012 |publisher=elections.sos.state.tx.us |access-date=July 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref> Springer was unopposed in the 2012 general election in his heavily Republican district.
Springer noted that McKnight is a former Democrat who had never voted in a Republican primary election until his own race in 2012. The winner in eighteen of the twenty-two counties, McKnight blamed his loss on a high turnout in Cooke County, where there was also a competitive election for sheriff, and low participation in the counties in which McKnight led in the primary, despite the high-profile U.S. Senate primary between David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz. In addition to Cooke, Springer won in neighboring Montague as well as Garza and Floyd counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2012-08-01/springer-takes-office-tuesday-surprise|author=Enrique Rangel|title=Springer takes office in Tuesday surprise|date=August 1, 2012|publisher=Amarillo.com|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref>
Springer represented the district 68th of the Texas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/adam-d-young/2013-07-16/state-rep-springer-announces-district-tour-july-30#.UefOvhUo45s|title=State Rep. Springer announces district tour July 30|publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, July 16, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref> The district, the second largest in the state in terms of square miles, includes a wide swath of twenty-two counties.<ref name=herald>{{cite web|url=http://www.myplainview.com/news/article_0ed5603c-dbde-11e1-a822-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Doug McDonough, "Drew Springer wins Texas House District 68 nomination," August 1, 2012|date=August 2012|publisher=myplainview.com|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name=springer>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5723&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=68~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Republican~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Drew Springer Jr.|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|access-date=July 18, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Springer joined the large Republican majority in the Texas House in enacting H.B. 2 to restrict abortion. Springer co-sponsored the legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB2/id/872841|title = Texas HB2 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session}}</ref> The legislation was subsequently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in ''Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt''.<ref>Adam Liptak, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/us/supreme-court-texas-abortion.html Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions], ''The New York Times'' (June 28, 2016).</ref>
== Personal life == He and his wife, Lydia, who married in 1991, have three children. They reside in Muenster, Texas.<ref name="weatherford" />
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