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.
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.
Texas's 32nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves a suburban area of northeastern Dallas County and a sliver of Collin and Denton counties. The district was created after the 2000 United States census,when Texas went from 30 seats to 32 seats. It was then modified in 2011 after the 2010 census. The current representative is Democrat Colin Allred.
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.
Nathaniel Willis "Tan" Parker IV is a businessman and Republican politician who has served in the Texas Senate,representing the 12th district since 2023. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2023. He was elected in 2006 to represent District 63. Parker sought the position of Texas House Speaker with the retirement of Joe Straus but then withdrew his candidacy in 2018 to support the consensus choice,representative Dennis Bonnen of Angleton in Brazoria County.
Stefani Carter is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 102nd District,which included parts of Dallas,and the northern Dallas County suburbs of Garland,and Richardson,Texas. First elected in 2010,Carter made history by becoming the first Republican African-American woman to serve in the Texas House when she unseated the Democratic incumbent Carol Kent.
Jeffrey Curtis Leach is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for district 67,representing a portion of Collin County.
John Kevin "Jake" Ellzey Sr. is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 10th district from January to July 2021. He served in the United States Navy as a fighter pilot,completing tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The 2018 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 of the state senate's 31 districts. The winners of this election served in the 86th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here,and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
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.
Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017. She was an official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the first Trump administration.
Jodie Anne Laubenberg is an American politician from Texas. Laubenberg is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 89 in Collin County in suburban Dallas,Texas.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 38 U.S. representatives from Texas,one from each of the state's 38 congressional districts. The state gained two seats after the results of the 2020 census. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,other elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on March 1,with primary runoffs scheduled for May 24 for districts where no candidate received over 50% of the vote.
Jasmine Felicia Crockett is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023. Her district covers most of South Dallas County,Central Dallas,Dallas Love Field Airport,and parts of Tarrant County. A member of the Democratic Party,Crockett previously represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives.
The 2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives from all 150 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Texas. It was held alongside numerous other federal,state,and local elections,including the 2022 Texas State Senate election. The winners of this election served in the 88th Texas Legislature,with seats apportioned according to the 2020 United States census.
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.
The 2012 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 83rd Texas Legislature,with seats apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. State representatives serve for two-year terms.
Keith Alan Self is an American politician who has been the United States representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. From 2007 until 2018,he was the county judge for Collin County.
The 70th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains parts of southern Collin County. The current representative is Mihaela Plesa,who was elected in 2022.
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.
