Lyle Thomas Larson (born March 25, 1959)[1] is an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 122nd district from 2011 to 2023.
He was first elected to the state House in 2010 to succeed fellow Republican Frank Corte Jr. Larson was raised on a family farm at Thousand Oaks and Jones-Maltsberger Road; the location is now heavily urbanized.
While working on the farm, Larson contracted paratyphoid from handling feed for hogs and not washing his hands before eating.
"[2] After the 2017 regular session of the legislature, Governor Greg Abbott vetoed five of Larson's bills, including measures dealing with brackish water and desalination efforts.
Another Larson bill which would ensured that a parent has the right to view the body of a deceased child before the performance of an autopsy was vetoed because Abbott said that he had already signed a measure with identical language authored by Republican State Senator Donna Campbell of New Braunfels.
"[2] Despite his squabbles with Governor Abbott, Larson won re-nomination over a conservative intra-party challenger, Mayor Christopher Michael "Chris" Fails of Hollywood Park in Bexar County.
[7] Larson caused controversy within his own party after accusing Governor Abbott of quid pro quo, or "pay for play", politics.