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Illinois's 1st congressional district has the longest continuous streak of electing African-American representatives, a tendency that has occurred from 1928 to the present. There currently are 57 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives , representing 29 states, plus the U ...
Norvell Kay Granger (née Mullendore; born January 18, 1943) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district from 1997 to 2025. She is a member of the Republican Party, and was chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations from 2023 to 2024. She did not seek re-election in 2024.
Lost re-election. Ed Foreman: Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 16th: Odessa: Elected in 1962. Lost re-election. Martin Frost: Democratic January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2005 24th: Dallas: Elected in 1978. Redistricted to the 32nd district and lost re-election. Pete Gallego: Democratic January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 23rd ...
New Lieutenant Governor appointed April 12, 2022: May 25, 2022: New Lieutenant Governor appointed Brian Benjamin (born 1976) Democratic: New York: September 9, 2021 April 12, 2022 Resigned Winsome Sears (born 1964) Republican. Virginia: January 15, 2022 present Antonio Delgado (born 1977) Democratic: New York: May 25, 2022 present Austin Davis ...
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
The post Justin Moore, civil rights attorney, officially joins congressional race in Texas appeared first on TheGrio. ... U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee would become Houston’s 1st Black female ...
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, [1] and politician.A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, [2] the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, [3] [4] and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House ...
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas became the first Black woman to play ball for the Democrats in the annual Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday night.