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The 80th Texas Legislature met in regular session beginning 9 January 2007. All members of the House of Representatives and 16 members of the Senate were up for election on 7 November 2006 in the general election .
John Joseph Carona (born 14 December 1955) [1] [2] is a former Republican member of the Texas Senate from District 16 in Dallas County, Texas, serving as President pro tempore during the 80th legislature. Previously, Carona served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
The 2006 Texas Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. The winners of this election served in the 80th Texas Legislature. Five Senators chose to not run or were defeated in the primaries.
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.
Democrats are seeing new signs they could make inroads in the traditionally deep-red state of Texas this fall. The party has long faced hurdles in the Lone Star State. Winning the White House race ...
Democrats are seeing signs of growing momentum in the Texas Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Rep. Colin Allred (D), fueling the party’s hopes that this year could be the breakthrough ...
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 80th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949.. Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term.
Some polls show this year's Texas Senate race is virtually tied, energizing Democrats in a state where no candidates in their party have won a statewide election since 1994. A new poll released on ...