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Due to the various powers of committee selection and bill assignment, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas is considered one of the most powerful lieutenant governorships in the United States. Unlike other state legislatures, the Texas Senate does not include majority or minority leaders. Instead, the President Pro Tempore is considered the second ...
Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1967 Kansas 2: Derek Schmidt (R) No Open seat; replacing Jake LaTurner (R) Kansas Attorney General Kansas Senate: 1968 Louisiana 6: Cleo Fields (D) Yes Open seat; replacing Garret Graves (R) U.S. House of Representatives [i] Louisiana Senate: 1962 Maryland 2: Johnny ...
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
United States Congress Electoral votes; Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House; 1846 J. Pinckney Henderson (D) Albert Clinton Horton (D) Volney Howard (D) James B. Shaw (D) James H. Raymond (D) Thomas W. Ward (D) D maj. D ...
The U.S. Congress is the bicameral legislature of the United States government, and is made up of two chambers: the United States Senate (the upper chamber) and the United States House of Representatives (the lower chamber). Together, the two chambers exercise authority over the following legislative agencies:
United States Senate Calendars and Schedules; Senate Manual via GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office) Works by United States Senate at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Chart of all U.S. Senate seat-holders, by state, 1978–present, via Texas Tech University; Works by or about United States Senate at the Internet Archive
The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Republican incumbent Ted Cruz won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic challenger and U.S. Representative Colin Allred .