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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; State Comptroller of Public Accounts; State Land Commissioner; State Agriculture Commissioner; Treasurer (before 1996) The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State ...
The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives . The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin .
For about a hundred years, from after Reconstruction until the 1990s, the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, making it part of the Solid South.In a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s, the Republican Party has grown more prominent.
From debating school vouchers and improving the state’s water supply to reining in property taxes, the GOP-led body will look to pass its conservative priorities amid fighting within the party.
Anita Lee Blair, first blind woman elected to a state legislature; Jack Brooks, U.S. Representative (1953–1995) Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas (1973–1979) Frank Kell Cahoon, Midland County oilman and representative from 1965 to 1969; only Republican member in 1965 legislative session; Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative (2013–present)
Number of seats of each group or party c1, c2, ... Color of the seats for each group or party, indicated as a hex color (3- or 6-digits). Predefined value: #CCC. p1, p2, ... Name of the party to use the Module:Political party template (automatic loading of the color) b1, b2, ... Eventual color of the circle borders
(The Center Square) – Members of the Texas House elected their new speaker Tuesday, state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock. They did so after the former speaker, state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont ...
If in thumbnail, sets a title above the diagram. n1, n2, … Number of seats of each group or party c1, c2, … Color of the seats for each group or party, indicated as a hex color (3- or 6-digits). Predefined value: #CCC. p1, p2, … Name of the party to use the Module:Political party template (automatic loading of the color)