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.
James Richard Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the administration of Donald Trump. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.
Carole Stewart Keeton,formerly known as Carole Keeton McClellan,Carole Keeton Rylander and Carole Keeton Strayhorn,is an American politician and the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Oscar Branch Colquitt was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Texas from January 17,1911,to January 19,1915. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Colquitt defended the actions of the Texas Rangers who allegedly crossed into Mexico in pursuit of the body of Clemente Vergara in March 1914.
Saint Joseph Academy,sometimes referred to as St. Joe or SJA,is a private school conducted by the Marist Brothers of the Schools. It is located in Brownsville,Texas,United States,and serves junior high and high school students of the lower Rio Grande Valley and Matamoros,Tamaulipas,Mexico. The school is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.
The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006,to elect the governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race,with incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman,as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner.
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.
The 2002 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry,who had ascended to the governorship after the resignation of George W. Bush to become President of the United States,was elected to his first full term in office,winning 58% of the vote to Democrat Tony Sanchez's 40%.
Patrick M. Rose is a former Texas Democratic politician,who from 2002 to 2010 served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 45,which then consisted of Blanco,Caldwell,and Hays counties in Central Texas.
Michael Lawrence Williams is an American educator and attorney who is the former Education Commissioner of the U.S. state of Texas,in which capacity he was leader of the Texas Education Agency. Williams was appointed to the position on August 27,2012,by then Governor Rick Perry. On October 15,2015,Williams announced that he would step down as Education Commissioner at the end of the year to return to the private sector.
William Roark Ratliff is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Texas,after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry replaced George W. Bush,who resigned to become president of the United States.
Joseph Richard Straus III is an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican,he represented District 121,which comprises northeastern Bexar County,including parts of San Antonio and several surrounding communities,from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019. He chose not to seek re-election to the state House in 2018.
Elizabeth Ames Jones is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Railroad Commission,the regulatory body over petroleum and natural gas.
Geoffrey Scott Connor is an American public servant,attorney,historian,and businessman from the state of Texas. Connor has been an aide or appointee of several Republican Governors of Texas,including William P. Clements,Jr.,George W. Bush,and Rick Perry. Most notably,Connor served as the 104th Secretary of State of Texas under Governor Perry. Connor's tenure in this position was especially noteworthy for his efforts to build strong diplomatic and trade relationships between Texas and foreign countries.
David Jerome Porter is an American politician and accountant who served as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 2011 to 2017. Formerly in a private CPA practice in Midland,Porter since relocated to Giddings.
Rick Perry,having served as the Lieutenant Governor of Texas for one year,succeeded to the office of Governor of Texas on December 21,2000,when Governor George W. Bush resigned to prepare for his presidential inauguration. Perry became the first Texas A&M graduate to serve as governor. Perry was a member of the Republican Governors Association,the National Governors Association,the Western Governors Association,and the Southern Governors Association. Perry served as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008 and 2011.
Barry Thomas Smitherman is an American lawyer who served as a member and chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission from 2011 to 2015. A Republican,he was appointed to the commission on July 8,2011 by then Governor Rick Perry to fill a vacant post;on February 28,2012 he was elected chairman of the commission,which regulates not railroads but the Texas oil and gas industry.
Jeffrey Scott Boyd is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He was appointed to Place 7 on the court by Governor Rick Perry in the fall of 2012 to fill the seat vacated by Justice Dale Wainwright,and he won a full six-year term on the court in the 2014 election.
Christi Leigh Craddick is an American politician. She is one of three members of the Railroad Commission of Texas,the elected regulatory body over oil,natural gas,utilities,and surface mining first established in 1891. She is a Republican. The commission ended all controls over railroads in 2005 but is still known as the "Railroad Commission" for historical reasons.
The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 6,2018. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican and Democratic Parties nominated their candidates by primaries held March 6,2018. Convention Parties nominated their candidates at a series of conventions. County Conventions held March 17,2018,District Conventions held March 24,2018,and a State Convention held April 14,2018. At the present time there is only one Convention Party in Texas,that is the Libertarian Party. Other parties may seek to achieve ballot access.
