Steven Wayne Smith is a Republican former Texas Supreme Court justice,who was defeated for renomination in 2004 through the active opposition of then-Governor Rick Perry. He was unseated by Paul W. Green. Smith again lost –very narrowly –a bid for nomination to the court in the March 7,2006,GOP primary,when Perry again opposed his candidacy.
David Henry Dewhurst is an American politician,businessman,and attorney who served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Texas,serving from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he was the Texas Land Commissioner from 1999 to 2003. He was a candidate in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison,but he lost his party's runoff election to former Solicitor General Ted Cruz,who went on to win the general election.
Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. is an American attorney who serves as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District,west of Houston. He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2,2015. He was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4,2014.
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.
Joan J. Huffman is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Texas Senate who represents District 17,which includes portions of Brazoria,Fort Bend,and Harris county.
Wendy Russell Davis is an American lawyer and politician from Fort Worth,Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,Davis represented the 10th district in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. She previously served on the Fort Worth City Council.
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.
Marc Allison Veasey is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 33rd congressional district. From 2005 to 2013,he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives,where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
Abel Herrero is an American politician and lawyer who is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 34 in Nueces County.
Giovanni Capriglione is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives,having represented District 98 since 2013.
Kathleen C. Passidomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as President of the Florida Senate. A Republican,she has represented the 28th district,which includes Collier,Hendry,and part of Lee County in Southwest Florida,since 2016. She previously served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Naples area from 2010 to 2016. She served as Senate majority leader from 2018 to 2020 and Senate Rules chair from 2020 to 2022.
Christi Leigh Craddick is an American politician. She is one of three members of the Railroad Commission of Texas,the elected regulatory body over oil,natural gas,utilities,and surface mining first established in 1891. She is a Republican. The commission ended all controls over railroads in 2005 but is still known as the "Railroad Commission" for historical reasons.
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.
Maryann Garza Perez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 144 in Harris County,Texas. Perez previously served one term from 2013 to 2015. An insurance agent,she is a former member of the trustees of Houston Community College.
Sarah Davis is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives;she was first elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Her district,the 134th,is located in Houston and includes The Galleria,Rice University,and the Texas Medical Center. Prior to her loss to Ann Johnson in 2020,Davis was the only pro-choice Republican in the Texas House.
Gary Wayne Elkins,is a businessman from Houston,Texas,who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 1995,with the advent of the George W. Bush gubernatorial administration,until 2019,Elkins represented District 135 in Harris County.
Konni Lyn Burton is an American businesswoman who is a Republican former member of the Texas State Senate for District 10. Backed by the Tea Party movement,Burton on January 13,2015,succeeded Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth,who vacated the state Senate after her unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in the 2014 Texas gubernatorial election.
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.
Alma Toliver Allen is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 131 in Harris County,Texas. She became a representative in 2004 after serving on the Texas State Board of Education for ten years.
Mattie Parker is an American attorney,business owner,and politician serving as the 45th Mayor of Fort Worth,Texas. She was elected in 2021 after serving as Chief of Staff for the Mayor and the Fort Worth City Council for five years.
