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The politics of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas are complex and constantly shifting in part because the city is one of the fastest growing major cities in the United States and is the largest without zoning laws. Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837. The city is the county seat of Harris County.
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
Texas's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The district includes most of Fort Bend County, including most of the cities of Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Needville and the county seat of Richmond as well as the county's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area ...
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Sam Houston (CU) [c] Edward Clark (D) John Hemphill (D) 1860 George M. Flournoy (D) D maj. D maj. Louis Wigfall (D) Breckinridge/ Lane (SD) 1861 Edward Clark (D) [b] vacant: Francis Lubbock (D) John McClannahan Crockett (D) Expelled following Texas's secession from the U.S. 1862 Nathan G. Shelley (D) American Civil War: American Civil War/no ...
Texas has a reputation for strict "law and order" sentencing. Texas leads the nation in executions in raw numbers, with 578 executions from 1976 to 2022. The second-highest ranking state is Oklahoma at 119. [26] A 2002 Houston Chronicle poll of Texans found that when asked "Do you support the death penalty?" 69.1% responded that they did, 21.9% ...
State Sen. John Whitmire, first elected in 1982, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, in office since 1995, could be vacating seats that haven’t been open for decades. The election calendar ...
Change in apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2023, as a result of the 2020 United States census Change within apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2013, as a result of the 2010 United States census Change within apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2003, as a result of the 2000 United States census Change in apportionment of congressional ...