Collin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area,and a small part of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census,the county's population was 1,064,465,making it Texas's sixth-most populous county and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States. Its county seat is McKinney.
Plano is a city in the U.S. state of Texas,where it is the largest city in Collin County. Plano is also one of the principal cities of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. With a population of 285,494 at the 2020 census,it is the ninth most-populous city in Texas,and,respectively,the 73rd most populous city in the United States.
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census,the city had a total population of 119,469. Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas.
Collin College is a public community college district in Texas. Established in 1985,the district has grown as the county has grown from around 5,000 students in 1986 to more than 58,800 credit and noncredit students.
Texas's 3rd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the suburban areas north and northeast of Dallas. It encompasses much of Collin County,including McKinney and Allen,as well as parts of Plano,Frisco,and Prosper. Additionally,the district includes all but the southern portion of Hunt County. The district is also home to a public four-year university,Texas A&M University-Commerce,as well as Collin College.
Florence Donald Shapiro is an American politician from Texas. Her political career lasted over 30 years and coincided with Plano's growth from a bedroom community of 17,000 to a city of almost 300,000 residents. After moving to Plano in 1972,she served on the Plano City Council from 1979 to 1990 and served as the city's first female and Jewish elected mayor from 1990 to 1992.
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.
Nicholas Van Campen Taylor,known as Van Taylor,is an American businessman and Republican politician from Plano,Texas. He was the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district from 2019 to 2023,and was first elected in 2018.
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
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.
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.
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.
Matthew McDade Phelan is an American real estate developer and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he serves in Texas House of Representatives representing District 21,which includes most of Jefferson and all of Orange and Jasper counties in the southeast corner of the state. He has been Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since January 2021.
Angela Suzanne Paxton is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Republican Party,she has represented District 8 in the Texas Senate since 2019.
Candace Thweatt Noble is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 89,situated in Collin County.
Brian Edward Harrison is an American government official who served as chief of staff of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He ran for the United States House of Representatives in the 2021 special election for Texas's 6th congressional district,gaining 10.8% of the vote and placing fourth in a field of 23 candidates. He won the special election race for the Texas House of Representatives District 10 on September 28,2021.
The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County,including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen,a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015.
Nate Schatzline is an American politician and former Christian pastor who is currently serving in the Texas House of Representatives from District 93.
The 2024 Texas House of Representatives election was held on November 5,2024. The winners of this election will serve in the 89th Texas Legislature. It was held alongside numerous other federal,state,and local elections,including the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the 2024 Texas Senate election.
Abraham George is an Indian-born American businessman and politician from Parker,Texas and the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas since May 2024.
