Political People and their Moves

Gov. Rick Perry appointed Erleigh Norville Wiley of Forney as Kaufman County district attorney, replacing Republican Mike McLelland, who was killed in his own home last month. Wiley is judge of the Kaufman County Court-at-Law; she is a former supervising attorney with the Dallas County district attorney. 

Toni Anne Dashiell was elected national GOP committeewoman from Texas. She will serve the remainder of the late Borah Van Dormolen’s term. Dashiell is a former president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women and the current chair of the Kendall County GOP.

Indicted: John Higgins, aide to Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt, R-Lexington, on felony charges related to allegations of improper state travel reimbursements. He said last year that other employees had signed his name to those documents.