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Washington was elected, and represented District 86 in the state House from 1973 to 1982. He then represented District 13 in the state senate from 1983 until 1989. Washington was elected as a Democrat to the 101st United States Congress for Texas's 18th congressional district , by special election, December 9, 1989, to fill the vacancy caused ...
Adam Hinojosa is an American politician and the member-elect for district 27 of the Texas Senate. He narrowly ousted Democratic incumbent Morgan LaMantia in the 2024 election . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
While for all three of his terms he served as Chairman of the Texas House Border Caucus and was a member of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and LGBTQ Caucus. [2] [5] In 2017, Blanco served as the Vice-Chair on the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs. [6] In 2015, Texas Monthly named him one of the best Texas legislators of ...
A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday in Democrats’ latest defiance over new voting restrictions, but it only delayed Republicans, who went on to approve a version of the ...
State Senator Bruce A. Farley (D) sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud (1999) [37] State Senator John A. D'Arco, Jr. (D) served about three years in prison for bribery and extortion (1995) [38] State Representative James DeLeo (D) caught in the "Operation Greylord" investigation of corruption in Cook County.
Robert Lee Hall III, known as Bob Hall (born March 5, 1942), is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate.Aligned with the Tea Party movement, he succeeded fellow Republican Bob Deuell, whom he unseated by three hundred votes in the Republican runoff election held on May 27, 2014.
Kevin Sparks (born May 10, 1964) [1] [2] is an American Republican businessman who is the State Senator for the 31st District, having been duly elected in 2022.The Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin seat, where incumbent Republican Kel Seliger announced his retirement, was effectively won by Sparks after the Republican primary election as he faced no Democratic opponent in the general election.
Troy Lynn Fraser (born 10 August 1949) [1] is a Republican and a former member of the Texas State Senate.From 1997 through his retirement in 2016, he held the 24th District seat, which encompasses all or parts of the counties of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba, Taylor, and Travis.