Switched to District 19 in 2012, White unseated incumbent Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton in the Republican primary, 10,190 (54.5 percent) to 8,503 (45.5 percent).
Switched to District 19 in 2012, White unseated in the Republican primary the 10-year incumbent Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton of Lumberton in Hardin County. White polled 10,190 votes (54.5 percent) to Hamilton's 8,503 (45.5 percent).