Daniel James Kubiak was an educator and businessman from Rockdale, Texas, who served as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983 and again from 1991 until his death in 1998.
16 Facts About Dan Kubiak
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Dan Kubiak attended elementary and junior high school in Reagan but graduated in 1957 from Marlin High School in Marlin.
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Dan Kubiak pursued graduate studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC Dan Kubiak later received a PhD in education from UT-Austin.
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Dan Kubiak then spent five years from 1963 to 1968 at Cypress-Fairbanks High School in Houston.
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Dan Kubiak was elected the year that US President Lyndon B Johnson of Texas declined to seek a second full term in office.
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In 1972, after redistricting, Dan Kubiak defeated an incumbent Democrat in District 36, which included Waller, Washington, Milam, and Robertson counties.
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Dan Kubiak was reelected in District 36 in 1974,1976,1978, and 1980.
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In 1983, Dan Kubiak failed to unseat Republican convert Phil Gramm for US representative in the Bryan-College Station district.
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Gramm resigned his House seat but retained the post in a special election in which Dan Kubiak was one of Gramm's challengers.
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In 1984, Kubiak won the Democratic nomination for Congress over State Senator Hugh Parmer of Fort Worth but lost the general election to the still serving Republican, Joe Barton, who succeeded Gramm in the House upon Gramm's election to the US Senate seat vacated by John G Tower.
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In 1990, L B Kubiak did not seek reelection, and Dan Kubiak was instead elected to the state House from District 13, which then included Milam, Robertson, Washington and Waller counties.
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In 1992, as a Bill Clinton supporter, Dan Kubiak won narrowly, 52 to 48 percent over the Brenham Republican Robert Mikeska, who fared particularly well in Washington and Austin counties in the southern end of the district.
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Thereafter, Dan Kubiak devoted greater time and attention to those counties and won them both in 1996 over the Republican James Hartley.
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Dan Kubiak died in 1998 of cardiovascular disease at the age of 60 at his home in Rockdale, while he was again campaigning for reelection.
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In 1967, while he was still in the field of professional education, Dan Kubiak published Ten Tall Texans, biographical sketches designed for juveniles and young adults taken from the period in Texas history from 1821 to 1845.
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In 1984, Dan Kubiak's book was republished by Eakin Publishers under the title Titans of Texas.