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In spring 2020, when Kirk Watson announced he would resign from the Texas Senate, Eckhardt announced that she would run in the special election to succeed him, and resigned as county judge in accordance with the Texas Constitution. [4] [5] She received 49.7% of the vote, just shy of the 50% required to avoid a runoff.
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.
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.
On Thursday, Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez joined Don Lemon Tonight in Uvalde, Texas, and spoke about the school shooting earlier in the week that left 19 children dead.Gutierrez, a Democrat ...
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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
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 ...
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to observations. The guard reportedly failed to check on Moore for an hour and seven minutes. Jail or Agency: Rolling Plains Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 4/26/2016 ...