Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Julia Rathgeber as commissioner of insurance.

Rathgeber, current deputy chief of staff for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, replaces Eleanor Kitzman, who did not receive confirmation during the Legislative Session.

Kitzman did not make it onto the agenda of the Senate Nominations Committee. She needed to be confirmed to the post after being appointed in 2011 by Perry to take the place of Mike Geeslin.

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