The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional connections between it and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas,but also due to Texas's plural executive.
Marion Price Daniel Sr.,was an American jurist and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th governor of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the National Security Council,Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness,and Assistant to the President for Federal-State Relations. Daniel also served as Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Thomas Russell Craddick is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 82nd district. Craddick was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from January 2003 to January 2009. He was the first Republican to serve as Speaker since Reconstruction.
Sunnyside is a community in southern Houston,Texas,United States,south of Downtown Houston.
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.
Rodney Glenn Ellis is an American politician. He represented Texas' 13th state senate district in the Texas Senate from 1990 to 2017. The district contains portions of Harris County,including downtown Houston,and Fort Bend County. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On June 25,2016,Ellis won the Democratic Party's nomination for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 1. He was elected county commissioner on November 8,2016 and sworn into office on January 1,2017.
Evan Edward Worthing Early College High School is a secondary school located in the Sunnyside area of Houston,Texas,United States.
The 82nd Texas Legislature began on January 11,2011 and ended on May 29,2011. All members of the House and 16 of the 31 members of the Senate were elected in the general election held on November 2,2010.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in Texas have some protections in state law but may face legal and social challenges not faced by others. Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in Texas in 2003 by the Lawrence v. Texas ruling. On June 26,2015,the Supreme Court of the United States ruled bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional in Obergefell v. Hodges.
James Earl White is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 19,which encompassed Polk,Hardin,Jasper,Newton,and Tyler counties. A member of the Republican Party,White was first elected in District 12 in 2010,which then included Angelina,San Jacinto,Trinity,and Tyler counties. He left office on August 11,2022.
Cecil Ivan Bell Jr. is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 3,which initially encompassed Waller County and is now entirely a portion of populous Montgomery County in Southeast Texas.
Charles Brandon Creighton is an American attorney and politician from Conroe,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas Senate from District 4,and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 16.
Daniel G. Huberty is an American businessman,who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 127 in Harris County from 2011 to 2023.
Richard Wayne Smith,commonly known as Wayne Smith,is a former seven-term Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128. He was first elected in November 2002 and served until January 2017. On May 24,2016,Smith was unseated by 23 votes in the Republican runoff election by Briscoe Cain,3,050 (50.2%) to 3,027 (49.8%).
James Richard Murphy,known as Jim Murphy,is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 2007 to 2009 and again since 2011,he has represented District 133 in Harris County.
Matthew Daniel Rinaldi is an American attorney and politician serving as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. Rinaldi was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for district 115 in Dallas County from 2015 to 2019 when he was defeated by Democrat Julie Johnson.
Shawn Nicole Thierry is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives,representing the 146th District. She won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10,2017. Thierry was an unsuccessful candidate for the 57th Civil District Court in 2010.
The 85th Texas Legislature began on January 10,2017. All members of the House and Senate were elected in the general election held on November 8,2016.
David Mayes Middleton II is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas Senate for the 11th district. Previously,he served as a Texas House of Representatives for District 23. A member of the Republican Party,Middleton has been in the Texas legislature since January 8,2019.
Venton C. Jones,Jr is an American politician and non-profit CEO. Known for his advocacy for black gay men and those with HIV,he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2022 to represent HD 100 in central Dallas County. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones is the first HIV-positive member of the Texas Legislature.
