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This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .
In November 2024, President-elect Trump selected former DNI and former congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas to serve as CIA director. The Select Committee on Intelligence is responsible for holding a hearing to advance the nomination for a full Senate vote.
Elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. [2] Seats up for election will be all seats of the Texas Legislature, [3] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is running for re-election. [4]
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Below is a list of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Such elections are called by state governors to fill vacancies that occur when a member of the House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial general election. Winners of these elections serve the remainder of the term and are usually candidates in ...
List of lieutenant governors of Texas [5] No. Image Lieutenant Governor Party Term in office Governor; 1 Albert Clinton Horton [a] Democratic: May 2, 1846 – December 21, 1847 James Pinckney Henderson: 2 John Alexander Greer: Democratic: December 21, 1847 – December 22, 1851 George Tyler Wood Peter Hansborough Bell: 3 James W. Henderson [b ...
A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies, USA.gov, the US government's official web portal. Directory of agency contact information. CyberCemetery, online document archive of defunct US Federal Agencies, maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO
She was elected in a January 2024 special election and faced a rematch with Brent Money. Money, the more conservative of the two candidates, sought victory in the primary after blaming his defeat in the special election on Democrats allegedly voting for Dutton. Texas has an open primary system for its elections. [73] Money defeated Dutton. [43]