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The 2024 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2024, for 85 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states , approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
Among its population at the 2020 American Community Survey, 52.7% of its population was non-Hispanic white, 22.4% Black or African American, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.4% Asian alone, 0.2% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.1% some other race, 2.7% two or more races, and 20.3% Hispanic of Latino American of any race. [27]
Sandstorm, 1894 Main Street, 1894. Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station, on the Texas and Pacific Railway.Its name came from its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso, but because there were already other towns in Texas named Midway, the city changed its name to Midland in January 1884 when it was granted its first post office.
[47] [48] A Florida state quarter coin, whose design commemorates human exploration, is included, officially as a trim weight, [49] as is a Maryland state quarter to honor the probe's builders. [40] One of the science packages (a dust counter) is named after Venetia Burney , who, as a child, suggested the name "Pluto" after its discovery.
Kip Averitt, State senator from District 22 from 2002 to 2010, [135] and State Representative from District 56 from 1994 to 2002, and currently is a lobbyist Joe Barton , former US congressman representing Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019, was born and reared in Waco [ 136 ]
In connection with the University Pro-Palestine Protests, an encampment was formed adjacent to Library Walk on May 1, 2024. To much controversy, the encampment was cleared on UC San Diego's central campus by 200 officers in riot gear on May 6, 2024, resulting in 64 arrests. [52] Students responded to the arrests with a walk-out two days later. [53]
Austin, the southernmost state capital of the contiguous 48 states, is located in Central Texas on the Colorado River. Austin is 146 miles (230 km) northwest of Houston , [ 57 ] 182 miles (290 km) south of Dallas [ 58 ] and 74 miles (120 km) northeast of San Antonio .
In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.