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The head of the General Land Office is the Texas Land Commissioner, a statewide public official. Since a 1972 constitutional amendment , Texas state-wide officers–including the Commissioner–have been elected every four years, prior to which they were elected every two years.
Dawn Buckingham (February 21, 1968) is an American physician and politician who has served as Land Commissioner of Texas since 2023. She was elected in November 2022 and sworn in on January 10, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a state Senator from 2017 to 2023. She worked as a surgeon before being elected Land Commissioner.
George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976) [1] is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party's nomination in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres the state purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used in a mass deportation operation. In a ...
Trump relied heavily on immigration detention centers while carrying out his anti-immigration policies during his first term
May 2—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham has announced that the General Land Office has now obtained ownership of the historic Alamo Cenotaph. This landmark decision was voted on in ...
The board is composed of a Chair and two governor appointees. Under the Texas Constitution, the Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office is the ex officio chair. As of 2024, the Chairwoman is Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham), plus two citizens — one specializing in veterans' affairs and one in finances. The citizen members are ...
Oct. 10—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham announced Thursday a signed agreement between the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and ExxonMobil to lease approximately 271,068 ...