Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. It encompasses parts of northern and eastern Harris County and southern Montgomery County,Texas.
Texas's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives comprises a small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County,along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County. As of the 2000 census,the 7th district comprises 651,620 people. Since 2019,it has been represented by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher.
Texas's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The district includes most of Fort Bend County,including most of the cities of Sugar Land,Rosenberg,Needville and the county seat of Richmond as well as the county's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area west of Houston. In addition,the district also contains portions of northern Brazoria County,including most of Pearland and Alvin and all of Wharton and Matagorda counties,as well as a small portion of western Harris County centered on most of that county's share of the Greater Katy area.
Cypress is an unincorporated community in Harris County,Texas,United States,located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S. Highway 290 is twenty-four miles (35 km) northwest of Downtown Houston. The Cypress urban cluster ranks 50th in the top 100 highest-income urban areas in the United States.
The politics of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas are complex and constantly shifting in part because the city is one of the fastest growing major cities in the United States and is the largest without zoning laws. Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837. The city is the county seat of Harris County. A portion of southwest Houston extends into Fort Bend County and a small portion in the northeast extends into Montgomery County.
Charles A. Rosenthal is an American lawyer and former District Attorney of Harris County,Texas.
The Harris Health System,previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD),is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County,Texas,United States,including the city of Houston. The entity's administrative offices are in Bellaire,Texas.
The Texas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Texas and one of the two major political parties in the state. The party's headquarters are in Austin,Texas.
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.
2008 elections for the Texas Legislature were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008,in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted concurrently with the election for the 2008 United States presidential race,the United States Senate seat of Republican John Cornyn,and the state's 32 congressional representatives.
Fairbanks is a community along U.S. Highway 290 and the Southern Pacific Railroad in Western Houston,Texas,United States. At one point it was a distinct unincorporated area within Harris County.
John Rice Carter is the U.S. representative serving Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003. He is a Republican. The district includes the northern suburbs of Austin,as well as Fort Hood.
Gilberto Hinojosa is an American politician. He is the chair of the Texas Democratic Party. Hinojosa was the county judge of Cameron County,Texas from 1995 to 2006.
Randall Keith Weber is an American businessman and politician who has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. He was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives,representing the 29th district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Lina Maria Hidalgo is an American politician in the state of Texas. She is the county judge of Harris County,the third-most populous county in the United States. Hidalgo is the first woman and the first Latina to be elected to this office. Notwithstanding the label,the position of county judge is for the most part a nonjudicial position in Texas. Hidalgo functions as the county's chief executive and its emergency manager. She oversees a budget of over $4 billion.
Jon Eric Rosenthal is an American engineer and politician. He is a Democrat member of the Texas House of Representatives,representing the 135th District including Northwest Houston,Cypress,and Jersey Village.
Christopher George Hollins is an American attorney and politician who served as interim Harris County Clerk from June 2020 to November 2020. He is known for overseeing the 2020 United States presidential election in Harris County;many of his policies received resistance from state Republican officials.
The 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Texas. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections,including for governor of Texas. Primary elections were held on March 1,with runoffs being held on May 24 for instances in which no candidate received a majority of the initial vote. Texas is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
The 2023 Houston mayoral election will be held on November 7,2023,to elect the mayor of Houston,Texas. Incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office.
