The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature,with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together,they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas.
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska State Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau,Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet,commissions and boards.
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members,each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 census figures. Members serve two-year terms without term limits. With 40 representatives,the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower chamber in the United States. The House convenes at the State Capitol in Juneau.
Loren Dwight Leman is an American politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska,from 2002 to 2006. Before that,he served in both houses of the state legislature,and was elected as the Senate Majority Leader by the end of his term. He served in office in electoral politics from 1989 to 2006. When Leman was elected as lieutenant governor in 2002,he was the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska. He also has Russian-Polish ancestry.
Martha G. Scott is an American politician serving as a member of the Wayne County Commission. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Michigan State Senate from 2001 through 2010,a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1994 through 2001. Her senate district included the northeast section of Detroit and the cities of Hamtramck,Highland Park,Harper Woods,and the five Grosse Pointes. She was term limited at the 2010 elections,and ran for the office of Wayne County Commissioner. She won election has since been reelected several times to the Wayne County Commission.
Bettye Jean Davis was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.
Bryce Edgmon is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 37th District. He served as speaker from 2017–2021. The district includes all or portions of the Kodiak Island Borough,Aleutians East Borough,Lake and Peninsula Borough,Bristol Bay Borough,and the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.
Bob Lynn was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 31st district from 2003 to 2013 and the 26th district from 2013 to 2017. He served as Chair of the State Affairs Committee,was Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee,and was a member of the Transportation Committee and Joint Armed Forces Committees. He also served on the Labor &Workforce Development,Military &Veterans' Affairs,and Public Safety Finance Subcommittees,for the 28th Legislature. Bob Lynn is a retired fighter pilot with the United States Air Force and a Vietnam Veteran.
Catherine Norah Muñoz is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the Community and Regional Affairs Committee,Vice-Chair of the Education Committee,and served two terms on the House Finance Committee. She served as Co-Chair of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Education Committee. Muñoz has been a small business owner since 1988. She was appointed by Governor Michael J. Dunleavy in 2018 to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Muñoz was a third-generation member of the Alaska Legislature. Her father served in the Alaska House and Senate,her grandfather as the mayor of Douglas,Alaska and in the Territorial and State Senates,and her grandmother served in the Territorial House.
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 25th District from 2009 to 2019. In the 29th Legislature,from 2015 to 2016,she was the House Majority Leader. In the 30th Legislature,she served the House Minority Leader. She has also served as co-chair of the Energy Special Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Rules Committee,Fisheries Special Committee,and Armed Services Committee. She also serves on the Administration,Health &Social Services,and Transportation &Public Facilities Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Charisse Millett was a former Alaska State Legislative aide from 2005 to 2007 before being elected into office. In 2018,she was defeated in the Republican primary by Josh Revak.
Nancy Dahlstrom is an American politician who has served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alaska since December 2022. She previously served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 18th and 13th districts. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect,Lisa Murkowski,was appointed to the United States Senate.
Lance David Pruitt was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 27th district which covers East Anchorage. He was elected in 2010 and left office in 2021 following his election loss in 2020.
Catherine Andrea Giessel is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,she has served as Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate since 2023. From 2013 to 2021,Giessel represented District N in the Alaska Senate,including Northeast Anchorage,Anchorage Hillside and the Turnagain Arm communities of Bird,Girdwood,Indian,and Anchorage,all within the Municipality of Anchorage. First elected in 2010 while identifying with Tea Party values,she has also served as the vice-chair of the state Republican Party and had a career in nursing. Following redistricting,she was elected to a different senate seat in 2012. Giessel serves as chair of the Resources Committee and is a member of the Senate Majority Caucus. After Senate President Pete Kelly was unseated in 2018,Giessel was elected president of the Alaska Senate,a post she held until 2021. Giessel returned to the Alaska Senate in 2023,representing the newly configured District E after defeating incumbent Republican Roger Holland. She serves as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature,overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019,representing District 26. In 2018,Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the end of her tenure,Reinbold was the only member of the Alaska State Legislature unaffiliated with a caucus organization,as she was ejected from the Republican-led majority caucus in March 2015.
Douglas W. Isaacson is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 1. He represented the 1st district from January 18,2013 –January 15,2015.
Beth Bernstein is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,representing House District 78,Richland County,Columbia,SC. She was first elected in November 2012.
Val Okimoto is an American politician and educator serving since November 29,2022 as the member of the Honolulu City Council representing District VIII. She is a former member and Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives,serving in that body from 2018 to 2022.
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers is an attorney and an American politician. She is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st District,serving since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic party.
Lorraine Quarberg is an American politician,farmer,rancher,and economic development consultant from Thermopolis,Wyoming,who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013,representing the 28th legislative district of Wyoming as a Republican. She served as House Majority Whip from 2009 to 2013.
