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Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
Texas's congressional districts since 2023. A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865.
John Cornyn III (/ ˈ k ɔːr n ɪ n / COR-nin; born February 2, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, said of Wednesday’s border bill vote, "This is not ‘no’; this is ‘not now,’" adding that senators should go back to the drawing board.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
People who have represented Texas in the United States Senate. See the List of United States senators from Texas for a chronological list. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Senators of the United States from Texas .
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 ...