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Charles Jeffrey Schwertner (born May 29, 1970) [1] [2] is an American orthopedic surgeon and politician from Georgetown, Texas. He has served in the Texas State Senate since November 6, 2012, after having represented House District 20 in the Texas House of Representatives for a single term beginning in January 2011. [3] He is a Republican. As a ...
Kevin Sparks (born May 10, 1964) [1] [2] is an American Republican businessman who is the State Senator for the 31st District, having been duly elected in 2022.The Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin seat, where incumbent Republican Kel Seliger announced his retirement, was effectively won by Sparks after the Republican primary election as he faced no Democratic opponent in the general election.
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.
Senate Majority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 20, 2021 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Debbie Stabenow: MI: January 3, 2017: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2017: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner: VA ...
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.
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.
Smallest upper house: Alaska Senate (20 senators) Largest lower house: New Hampshire House of Representatives (400 representatives) Smallest lower house: Alaska House of Representatives (40 representatives) There are a total of 1,972 state senators nationwide, with the average state senate having 39 members.
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...