State Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, first elected in 1994, won't seek another term in 2014. He made the announcement in a personal privilege speech to the House, becoming the second state representative (the first was Mark Strama, D-Austin) to say during the session that this will be his last term.

Cases of the Maybes:

• Former state Rep. Raul Torres, R-Corpus Christi, says he is seriously considering a run for comptroller, based on his assumption the current Comptroller Susan Combs won't be seeking re-election but will be running for lieutenant governor.

• State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, won't say, exactly, that he is running for attorney general, but says he has been visiting some "nice counties" on weekends and that people are whispering in his ear. "We have a sitting attorney general. When he makes a decision on what he wants to do next, I've been encouraged to take a look at it."

Abilene Dr. Austin King, husband of state Rep. Susan King, R-Abilene, is the new president-elect of the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Stephen Brotherton of Fort Worth moves out of that post and into the top job. They’ll each serve for a year.

The Association of Texas Professional Educators named Gary Godsey their new executive director. He is current president and CEO of Kansas City-based PKD Foundation, which does medical research and education. Before that, he headed the United Way in Dallas.