Leo Berman (October 21, 1935 – May 23, 2015) was an American businessman, military officer, and politician from

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, who was a Republican member of the

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for District 6 in Smith County from 1999 to 2013. He was first elected in the

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held in November 1998. In January 2011, Berman announced a challenge to

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for the presiding officer's position but subsequently withdrew from the race. Though Representative

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filed his candidacy for Speaker, Straus was handily reelected to a second term in the leadership in January 2011.

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Representative Leo Berman
''official Texas House of Representatives site'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Leo 2015 deaths 1935 births American people of Latvian-Jewish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Politicians from New York City People from Tyler, Texas People from Arlington, Texas Texas city council members Businesspeople from Texas Converts to Anglicanism from Judaism Southern Methodist University alumni United States Army officers Recipients of the Air Medal 21st-century American politicians 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American Episcopalians Military personnel from Texas