Ralph Moody Hall was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Texas's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in 1980,and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science,Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2004,he switched to the Republican Party after having been a member of the Democratic Party for more than 50 years.
Kevin Patrick Brady is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes northern Houston,including The Woodlands. He retired after the 2022 election cycle.
Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician representing Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is anchored in Denton County,a suburban county north of Dallas and Fort Worth. He has held the position since 2003 and is a member of the Republican Party.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. The CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization,governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Borris L. Miles,is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented District 13 in the Texas Senate since winning election in November 2016. He is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives,where he represented District 146,which encompasses parts of Harris County,Texas,including Sunnyside,Houston,and Third Ward,Houston.
Deborah Young Riddle is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 150,which encompasses much of northwest Harris County in and about Houston,Texas. Riddle was defeated in the Republican primary by Valoree Swanson of Spring,Texas,who then claimed the seat in the general election held on November 8,2016.
Jessica Christina Farrar is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was first elected to the legislature in 1994 at the age of twenty-seven and was the longest serving Hispanic member of the House from Harris County,Texas. She served as the representative for House District 148. She resigned her House seat effective September 30,2019.
James Austin Scott is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district since 2011. The district stretches down the middle of the state,from just outside Macon to the Florida border. Scott served as a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. House.
Charles N. "Doc" Anderson is a veterinarian from Waco,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 56. The district encompasses Waco and most of McLennan County. He was first elected in 2004.
Giovanni Capriglione is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives,having represented since 2013,District 98 in Tarrant County,Texas.
The 2015 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 3. The off-year election included a special election for Speaker of the House. There were also gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states;as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
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.
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.
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%).
Sylvester Turner is an American attorney and politician who was the 62nd mayor of Houston,Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016. He attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School. Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991,losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier. He lost again in 2003,coming in third and thus missing the runoff.
Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 creates a state tax incentive program for certain large businesses to limit the appraised value of their property for the purposes of local Texas public school district property taxes.
Dennis Higgins Bonnen is an American businessman and politician. Bonnen served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. A Republican,Bonnen represented District 25 of the Texas House from 1997 to 2021. In 2013,then-Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore,presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. In January 2019,Bonnen was elected Speaker. He did not seek re-election in 2020.
Morgan Meyer is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 108th district. Elected in November 2014,he assumed office in January 2015. The district is entirely located within Dallas County,and includes Downtown Dallas,Uptown and the Park Cities.
Matt Simpson is an American politician currently serving in his first term in the Alabama House of Representatives for House District 96,which he was elected to in November 2018.
