He was the only GOP member of the 31-member chamber to have been defeated in the general election held on November 4, 2008, when he lost to Democrat Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth, her party's 2014 nominee for governor against Republican Greg Abbott.
In the 2000 primary, he defeated a challenge from Bill Zedler, a medical consultant from Fort Worth.
[2] In 2002, Zedler won the House seat that Brimer vacated to move on to the state Senate.
degree in Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
In July 2005, Texas Monthly magazine, in its article "The Best and Worst Legislators of 2005," awarded Brimer an "Honorable Mention"[clarification needed] for his resolution of the Senate deadlock over taxes.