Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. is an American attorney who serves as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District,west of Houston. He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2,2015. He was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4,2014.
Will Weatherford is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 61st District from 2006 to 2012 and the 38th District,which included eastern Pasco County,from 2012 to 2014. During his final term in the legislature,he served as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives,which made him the youngest presiding officer of any state legislative chamber in the United States at the time.
George Edward Lavender is an American state politician and a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives,having been first elected on November 2,2010 and voted out of office in 2014 after only two terms. He has run for office seven times,including once as a Democrat,and has won twice. He was named as one of the least effective legislators in the entire State of Texas in 2013.
Walter Wayne Christian is an American politician and financial planner from Center,Texas,who serves as a Republican member of the Texas Railroad Commission,having first won the position in the general election of November 8,2016.
Douglas Bryan Hughes is an American attorney and politician who is a Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 1. He was first elected to the Texas Senate in November 2016. Previously,Hughes was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 through January 2017 as state representative for District 5,which includes Camp,Harrison,Upshur,and Wood counties in northeastern Texas. Senator Hughes authored some of the more significant legislation to come out of the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature. His bills on abortion,voting reform,and social media censorship prompted significant debate but were passed by both houses of the legislature and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott.
Richard Allen Waterfield,known as Dick Waterfield,was a rancher in the Texas Panhandle who from 1987 to 1991 was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 88,including his native Canadian,Texas. Waterfield was particularly known for his advocacy of home meal-delivery systems for the elderly and disabled.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican senator and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn ran for re-election to a third term. Primary elections were held on March 4,2014. Since no Democratic candidate received over 50% in the first round of the primary,a runoff election was required on May 27,2014. David Alameel,who came in first in the primary,won the runoff and became his party's nominee. In the general election,Cornyn defeated Alameel in a landslide.
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.
John Nathan Raney is a businessman in College Station,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 14,which encompasses Brazos County,including Bryan–College Station.
James Anthony Goolsby,known as Tony Goolsby,was a businessman in Dallas,Texas,who,from 1993 to 2009,was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 102 in northeastern Dallas County. In two earlier terms,from 1989 to 1993,he represented District 114,also in Dallas County.
Richard Lynn Hardcastle,known as Rick Hardcastle,is an American businessman and rancher who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 68 in the eastern South Plains.
James Boisfeuillet Frank is a businessman from Wichita Falls,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 69,which encompasses Archer,Baylor,Clay,Foard,Knox,and Wichita counties in North Texas.
Jason Villalba is an American politician and attorney who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 114 in Dallas County. He works for the law firm Frost Brown Todd.
William Ralph Keffer is an attorney in Dallas,Texas,who was from 2003 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107. His older brother,Jim Keffer,is a still-serving Republican House member from District 60 in Eastland,near Abilene,Texas.
Kelly Gene Hancock is an American businessman and Republican State Senator for District 9,which encompasses portions of Tarrant and Dallas counties,including all or part of the following communities in Tarrant County:Arlington,Bedford,Blue Mound,Colleyville,Euless,Fort Worth,Grand Prairie,Grapevine,Haltom City,Hurst,Keller,North Richland Hills,Richland Hills,Saginaw,Southlake,Trophy Club,Watauga and Westlake. In Dallas County,Senate District 9 includes portions of Dallas,Grand Prairie,and Irving. Hancock was elected to the Texas Senate in November 2012,having previously served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
Philip Adam Cortez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012,he was a member of the nominally nonpartisan San Antonio City Council,on which he was a firm ally of then Mayor Julian Castro.
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.
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.
District 1 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).
The 2014 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 84th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.
