William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 13th congressional district from 1995 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Thornberry represented the most Republican district in the United States by partisan voting index. The district covers the Texas Panhandle and stretched between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders.
Joseph Linus Barton is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019. The district included Arlington,part of Fort Worth,and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. He was also a member of the Tea Party Caucus. In 2014,Barton became the longest-serving member of the Texas congressional delegation.
John Abney Culberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019. A Republican,he served in Texas's 7th congressional district in large portions of western Houston and surrounding Harris County. In his 2018 re-election campaign,he was defeated by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. He subsequently began work as a lobbyist.
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran successfully for election to a third consecutive term. He won the Republican primary against U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and political newcomer,Debra Medina. The former mayor of Houston,Bill White,won the Democratic nomination. Kathie Glass,a lawyer from Houston and previous candidate for Texas Attorney General,won the Libertarian nomination. Deb Shafto was the nominee of the Texas Green Party. Andy Barron,an orthodontist from Lubbock,was a declared write-in candidate.
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.
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.
James Lloyd Keffer is a businessman from Eastland,Texas,who is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 60,which includes Eastland County located east of Abilene,as well as Brown,Callahan,Coleman,Shackelford,Stephens Palo Pinto,and Hood counties.
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.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas,one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
Giovanni Capriglione is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives,having represented since 2013,District 98 in Tarrant County,Texas.
Matthew R. Schaefer is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 6th district. A Republican,Schaefer is assigned to the Licensing and Administrative Procedures committee and the Public Education committee.
Travis Paul Clardy is an attorney from Nacogdoches,Texas,who is the Republican state representative for House District 11,which includes Cherokee,Nacogdoches,and Rusk counties in East Texas.
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.
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.
The 2014 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4,2014. 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. Primary elections were held on March 4,2014. Primary runoffs,required if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,were held on May 27,2014. Elections were also held for the Texas legislature and proposition 1,seeking funds for Texas highways.
Steve Hixson Toth is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 15,The Woodlands area.
Jonathan Spence Stickland is an American politician from Texas. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 92 for four terms,from 2013 to 2021. The district includes a portion of Tarrant County in suburban Fort Worth. He did not seek re-election in 2020.
Patrick Edward Fallon is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has been the U.S. representative for Texas's 4th congressional district since 2021. Fallon was also a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 106th district from 2013 to 2019 and represented the 30th district of the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2021.
Tony Dale Tinderholt is an American politician who is Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington,Texas currently representing District 94. On January 13,2015,Tinderholt succeeded Diane Patrick,a four-term representative whom he unseated in the Republican primary election on March 4,2014.
John William Turner is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Dallas,Texas,who represented district 114 in the Texas House of Representatives.
