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District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Chambers county, and portions of Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. [1]
Austin College in Sherman, Texas is located within the district. As of 2017, the 4th district represents 747,188 people who are predominantly white (80.8%) and middle-class (median family income is US$56,062, compared to $50,046 nationwide). [ 2 ]
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]
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
The Texas Legislature passed legislative redistricting bills in 1981, but governor Clements vetoed the state Senate map, and the State Supreme Court struck down the state House map for violating the "county line rule". The Legislative Redistricting Board drew maps for both chambers, which were challenged by lawsuits in Terrazas v. Clements. [118]
Texas Senate districts — for the state senate of the Texas Legislature. Pages in category "Texas Senate districts" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
(Please list previous offices sought, with years): Prior to being elected as the Member of Congress for the 24th District in November 2020, I was Mayor of the City of Irving, Texas from 2011-2017 ...
District 9 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion Tarrant County in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] The current senator from District 9 is Kelly Hancock . Election history