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Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Texans Caring for Texan's annual luncheon took place today, honoring state employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

Monday, August 30, 2010  Monday, State Representative David Swinford resigned as District 87 State Representative.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  Texans Caring for Texans recognizes state employees who go above and beyond the call of duty.

Thursday, March 18, 2010  The TxDOT National Memorial for fallen victims made it through Amarillo Thursday.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010  Amarillo restaurant owner, Victor Leal received an endorsement from retiring Republican State Representative David Swinford, to fill his soon to be vacant seat.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  The race for David Swinford's vacated seat on the House of Representatives is starting to heat up as candidates announce their intentions to run. Local Amarillo businessman, Victor Leal held a press conference Wednesday to officially announce his candidacy.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  Now that State Rep. David Swinford has officially announced that he will not be seeking re-election, the vacant slot on the Republican ticket should draw a lot of attention this week.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  After nearly 20 years in the Texas House of Representatives, David Swinford is not seeking re-election for his post. Tuesday he held a press conference to explain why.

Monday, December 28, 2009  Pronews 7 has confirmed that State Rep. David Swinford won't seek re-election.

Friday, October 02, 2009  We told you yesterday about the world's largest wind farm being constructed in Roscoe, and today representative David Swinford told ProNews 7 that if the wind farms that are in the works for the panhandle pan out, ours will be even larger than the one in the big country.

Monday, April 27, 2009  Tomorrow will be big day for the bill filed in Austin that would ban smoking across the state of Texas.

Monday, March 23, 2009  The Texas legislature is about half way through the session and no bills have been passed. This prompted us to check in with our local representatives to see if this is normal or if the session is moving slower than usual.