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.
The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the state of Texas. It is currently chaired by Matt Rinaldi,succeeding Allen West who resigned prior to the expiration of his term to run for governor of Texas. The party is headquartered in Austin. The RPT is legally considered to be a political action committee. It is currently the state's favored party,controlling the majority of Texas's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
Phillip Stephen King is an American attorney from Weatherford,Texas,who has been a Republican member of the Texas State Senate since 2023. He previously served in Texas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2023. House District 61 encompasses Parker and Wise counties located west of Fort Worth. In 2022,he was a candidate for the District 10 seat in the Texas Senate,which he won unopposed in the general election,due to the democratic opponent dropping out of the race in April 2022.
The 82nd Texas Legislature began on January 11,2011 and ended on May 29,2011. All members of the House and 16 of the 31 members of the Senate were elected in the general election held on November 2,2010.
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6,1984,to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.
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.
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.
Charles Jeffrey Schwertner is an American orthopedic surgeon and politician from Georgetown,Texas. He has served in the Texas State Senate since November 6,2012,after having represented House District 20 in the Texas House of Representatives for a single term beginning in January 2011. He is a Republican.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bennett Ratliff is an American civil engineer,businessman,and politician who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from district 115 in Dallas County and currently serves as a Planning and Zoning Commissioner in Plano,Texas.
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.
Linda Lee Fielding Koop is a former eight-year member of the Dallas City Council and a Republican former two-term state representative from Dallas County,Texas.
Kenneth Kyle Biedermann,known as Kyle Biedermann,is an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 73 from 2017 to 2023. Biedermann owns and operates a hardware store within the district.
Briscoe Cain is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.
Dale B. Tillery is an American judge,politician,and lawyer and currently serves as the judge of the 134th Judicial District Court in Dallas County. He was first elected to the bench in 2010.
Michelle Jane Beckley is a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 65. She was first elected in November 2018,defeating incumbent Republican Ron Simmons. Texas' 65th district represents parts of southern Denton County. She did not run for reelection in 2022. After a brief run for the Democratic nomination in Texas's 24th congressional district. she dropped out and instead ran for Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 2022. She was defeated by Mike Collier in the Democratic primary runoff.
The 87th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas,composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas State Legislature met in Austin,Texas,from January 12,2021,to May 31,2021. Governor Greg Abbott has announced three special legislative sessions during summer 2021.
