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A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate,with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865.
For about a hundred years,from after Reconstruction until the 1990s,the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics,making it part of the Solid South. In a reversal of alignments,since the late 1960s,the Republican Party has grown more prominent. By the 1990s,it became the state's dominant political party and remains so to this day,as Democrats have not won a statewide race since Bob Bullock won the 1994 Lieutenant gubernatorial election.
Nathaniel Willis "Tan" Parker IV is an American politician. A Republican,he has represented the District 12 in the Texas Senate since 2023. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2023. He was elected in 2006 to represent District 63. Parker sought the position of Texas House Speaker with the retirement of Joe Straus but withdrew his candidacy in 2018 to support the consensus choice,representative Dennis Bonnen of Angleton in Brazoria County.
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District 13 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).
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- ↑ "Republican Angelia Orr Wins Election to Texas House District 13 | FCT News". November 25, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Orr leads Republican race in House District 13". Waco Tribune-Herald. March 2, 2022.
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