Rick Hardcastle

Richard Lynn "Rick" Hardcastle
Texas State Representative from District 68 (then Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Throckmorton, Wilbarger, and Young counties)
In office
January 8, 1999  January 12, 2013
Preceded byCharles Adkins Finnell
Succeeded byDrew Springer Jr.
Personal details
Born (1956-04-06) April 6, 1956
Sherman
Grayson County
Texas, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy Zeissel Hardcastle
ChildrenTwo children
Residence(s)Vernon
Wilbarger County
Texas
Alma materTarleton State University
OccupationBusinessman; Rancher

Richard Lynn Hardcastle, known as Rick Hardcastle (born April 6, 1956), is an American businessman and rancher who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 68 in the eastern South Plains.

In Hardcastle's last term, the district included sixteen counties: Baylor Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, King, Knox, Montague, Motley, Thorckmorton, Wilbarger, and Young counties. However, in 2013, because of redistricting District 68 was expanded to twenty-two counties with several changes from the above listing. It is now represented by Republican Drew Springer Jr. of Muenster, Texas.