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The 2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 150 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Texas. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 Texas State Senate election .
The 2024 Texas House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. [1] The winners of this election will serve in the 89th Texas Legislature . It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the 2024 Texas Senate election .
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.
The first is the most important: With 150 members, it takes at least 76 votes to become House speaker. The breakdown of the membership is 86 Republicans and 63 Democrats, plus one vacancy.
On May 14, 2007, CBS Austin affiliate KEYE reported on the rampant multiple voting by members of the Texas House of Representatives during a voting session. [15] The report noted how representatives would race to the nearest empty seats to register votes for absent members on the legislature's automated voting machines.
But the rules of the House Republican caucus instruct GOP members to vote for the group’s endorsed candidate. To garner that endorsement, one must have support from at least three-fifths of members.
The 2020 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 of the state house's districts. Primary elections were held in March 2020. [1] The winners of this election served in the 87th Texas Legislature. Two seats changed hands, both in ...
The nearly $900 billion bill passed the House 281-140 Wednesday, with 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats voting in favor versus 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans voting against it. Most of the NDAA cons