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Cindy Werner (born 1959), State Ambassador - Frederick Douglass Foundation-WI, former school board trustee, 2022 Lt. Governor candidate - WI; Allen West (born 1961), Texas Republican Party Chairman and former U.S. Representative from Florida; John Francis Wheaton (1866–1922), a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Texas.
The United States House of Representatives has had 188 elected African-American members, of whom 182 have been representatives from U.S. states and six have been delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. [1]
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Black candidates across the country made history Tuesday as the first Black person elected to their respective office.
Today, two dozen Black major party candidates are battling for U.S. Senate, governor and other high office positions across the country. Here are 22 Black candidates who could make history on ...
Listed are those African-American candidates who achieved ballot access for a federal election. They made the primary ballot , and have votes in the election in order to qualify for this list. Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements , etc.), potential candidates who did not file ...
In 2021, as stated by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 27 Black women will serve in the 117th Congress, doubling the number of Black women to serve in 2011. [36] In 2014, Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to Congress for the Republican Party. [37]