John Abney Culberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019. A Republican,he served in Texas's 7th congressional district in large portions of western Houston and surrounding Harris County. In his 2018 re-election campaign,he was defeated by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. He subsequently began work as a lobbyist.
Kevin Patrick Brady is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes northern Houston,including The Woodlands. He retired after the 2022 election cycle.
Robert Christopher Bell is an American politician,attorney,and former journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law. Bell served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001,followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005.
Kenneth Michael Conaway is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 11th congressional district from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district Conaway represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland,Odessa,San Angelo,Brownwood,and Granbury. Conaway led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections after the Intelligence Committee chair,Devin Nunes,recused himself. Aside from serving as the chair of the House Ethics Committee,he served as the chair of the House Agriculture Committee,and later its ranking member. Conaway indicated in July 2019 that he would not be seeking reelection. Conaway was succeeded by fellow Republican August Pfluger.
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.
Texas's 25th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives stretches from Arlington and Fort Worth to some of its outer southwestern suburbs,as well as rural counties east of Abilene. The district's current Representative is Roger Williams.
Peter Graham Olson is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 2009 to 2021. His district included much of southern Houston,as well as most of the city's southwestern suburbs such as Katy,Pearland,and Sugar Land. He is a member of the Republican Party. On July 25,2019,Olson announced that he would retire at the end of his term. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Troy Nehls.
Joseph Richard Straus III is an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican,he represented District 121,which comprises northeastern Bexar County,including parts of San Antonio and several surrounding communities,from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019. He chose not to seek re-election to the state House in 2018.
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Donald Blaine Huffines is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Huffines co-owns and operates Huffines Communities,a real estate development company in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A conservative,Tea Party Republican,Huffines represented District 16 in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019. He lost his re-election campaign in 2018.
Jared Ryker Woodfill V is a Texas lawyer and political figure who was chairman of the Harris County Republican Party from 2002 to 2014. He was elected chairman of the county party for six two-year terms. After being ousted from the chairmanship of the county party in 2014,Woodfill launched two unsuccessful campaigns for the chairmanship of the Texas Republican Party. Woodfill is known for his socially conservative views and activism,including his opposition to the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance,which was repealed in a 2015 referendum.
Briscoe Cain is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.
Gary Wilton Gates Jr. is a Texas businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 28,which is located in Fort Bend County in the southwest Houston metro area.
Dennis Higgins Bonnen is an American businessman and politician. Bonnen served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. A Republican,Bonnen represented District 25 of the Texas House from 1997 to 2021. In 2013,then-Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore,presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. In January 2019,Bonnen was elected Speaker. He did not seek re-election in 2020.
Cody Thane Vasut is an American politician. He has represented the 25th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Vasut also works as an attorney.
Dustin Ray Burrows is an attorney and businessman in Lubbock,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83. He has represented the 83rd district since January 2015. Burrows is the former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the former Chair of House Republican Caucus. He has sponsored legislation including the SB2 bill,enabling Texas taxpayers to control local tax rates and tax increases. He also serves as the Chairman of the House Calendars Committee,a position he has held since 2021.
