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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; State Comptroller of Public Accounts; State Land Commissioner; State Agriculture Commissioner; Treasurer (before 1996) The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State ...
The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives . The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin .
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [2] Party strength Term (yrs.) Name Size [2] Party strength Term (yrs.) Alabama: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 105 R 76–29: 4: Senate: 35: R 27–8: 4 Alaska: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 40 MC 21–19 [nb 2] 2: Senate: 20: Coal. 14–0, 6 NCR [nb 3] 4 ...
(The Center Square) – Members of the Texas House elected their new speaker Tuesday, state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock. They did so after the former speaker, state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont ...
The Chairman of the Texas Republican Party, Abraham George, said it is time for Burrows to remove himself from the race and support Cook for Speaker. George said any members who go against the GOP ...
For about a hundred years, from after Reconstruction until the 1990s, the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, making it part of the Solid South.In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent.
Polls closed in the state at 7 p.m. local time. Given the state has multiple time zones, the first polls close at 8 p.m. EST and the last polls close at 9 p.m. EST.