Texas House of Representatives In November 2002, after campaigning while still in law school, Rose defeated the
Republican incumbent,
Rick Green, to win election to the Texas House of Representatives from District 45; his margin of victory was less than 1 percent of all votes cast. At the time of his election, Rose was the youngest member of the Texas House at 24. In his freshman term, Rose supported the
tort reform bill pursued by Governor
Rick Perry and other Republicans, putting forward an amendment requiring a reduction in the price of
malpractice insurance for physicians, but also participated in the Democratic withdrawal to
Ardmore, Oklahoma to prevent legislative approval of the Republicans' plan for
2003 Texas redistricting. After his freshman Session, Rose received the distinguished "Rookie of the Year" designation from Texas Monthly Magazine. Rose was re-elected for three further terms, in 2004, 2006, and 2008. He was named to the chairmanship of the House Human Services Committee for the 2007-2008 biennium after supporting Republican
Tom Craddick for election to a third term as
Speaker, and was reappointed as chair of the Human Services Committee for the 2009-2010 session by Speaker
Joe Straus. In 2010, he was defeated for re-election by Republican
Jason Isaac.
Elections 2002 In 2002, Rose defeated incumbent Republican State Representative Rick Green, by a margin of 48.81% to 47.93%, with 3.24% going to Green Party candidate John D. Schmidt.
2004 In 2004, Rose defeated Republican challenger Alan Askew by a much more comfortable margin of 54.56% to 45.43%.
2006 In 2006, Rose defeated Republican challenger Jim Neuhaus by a large margin of 60.12% to 35.83% with 4.04% going to Libertarian candidate Tom Gleinser.
2008 In 2008, Rose defeated Republican challenger Matt Young by a large margin of 59.30% to 37.43% with 3.25% going to Libertarian Tom Gleinser.
2010 In 2010, Rose was defeated by Republican challenger
Jason Isaac by a total of 46.09% to 53.90%. ==Later career==