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Carlos "Charlie" Uresti (born September 18, 1963) is an American attorney and Democratic politician from San Antonio, Texas.From November 2006 until his resignation in June 2018, he served as a member of the Texas State Senate representing Senate District 19, one of the largest geographical senatorial districts in the Texas Senate, covering a third of the Texas-Mexico border.
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.
This is a list of notable U.S. state officials convicted of only certain federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are list
Jul. 30—The state Supreme Court denied former state Senate Democratic leader Jeff Woodburn's request for a new trial on two counts of criminal mischief stemming from an altercation he had with ...
Senate Bill 4, a proposed new law making it a state crime to enter Texas illegally from Mexico, could potentially harm community relations, burden local taxpayers and strain county jails, El Paso ...
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.
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.