Dodie Horton

Sylvia Delores Miller "Dodie" Horton
Louisiana State Representative for District 9 (Bossier Parish)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2016
Preceded by	Henry Burns
Succeeded by	Incumbent (pending)
Personal details
Born	December 1956
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Gary Horton (married 1976)
Children	Three daughters
Residence	Haughton, Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA
Occupation	Legislative assistant prior to her election to the state House of Representatives
Religion	Baptist Church

Sylvia Delores Miller Horton, known as Dodie Horton (born December 1956), is a Republican from Haughton, Louisiana, who is the state representative for District 9 in Bossier Parish in the northwestern corner of her state.

In January 2016, Horton succeeded Henry Burns of Bossier City, who left the House seat to seek the District 36 position in the Louisiana State Senate. Horton had been Burns' legislative assistant since he entered the House in 2008. Burns, meanwhile, lost a runoff election on November 21, 2015, with fellow Republican Ryan Gatti, also of Bossier City, for the right to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Robert R. Adley of Benton.

In the primary election held on October 24, 2015, Horton handily defeated a single opponent, fellow Republican Mike McHalffey (born March 1959) of Benton, 4,584 votes (63.8 percent) to 2,602 (36.2 percent), for the right to succeed Burns.

Burns and her husband, Gary Lynn Horton (born November 1953), married in 1976. They have three daughters. She is Southern Baptist.

References

Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Burns	Louisiana State Representative for District 9 (Bossier Parish) Sylvia Delores Miller "Dodie" Horton 2016 –	Succeeded by Incumbent (pending)