Ralph Webster Yarborough was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his party. Along with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn,but unlike most Southern congressmen,Yarborough refused to support the 1956 Southern Manifesto,which called for resistance to the racial integration of schools and other public places. Yarborough voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,1960,1964,and 1968,as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,the Voting Rights Act of 1965,and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court. Yarborough was the only senator from a state that was part of the Confederacy to vote for all five bills.
Mark Wells White Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 43rd governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987. He also held office as Secretary of State of Texas (1973–1977),and as Texas Attorney General (1979–1983).
Robert Franklin Deuell,known as Bob Deuell is a physician from Greenville,Texas,and a former Republican member of the Texas Senate. He entered office in 2003 and represented the ten counties of Senate District 2 in the northeastern portion of the state. His term ended in 2015.
Kevin Paul Eltife is an American businessman and former politician from Tyler,Texas. A Republican,served in the Texas Senate from 2004 through 2017. He was sworn in on August 15,2004,after winning a special election to represent District 1. He declined to seek re-election in 2016 and was succeeded in office by fellow Republican Bryan Hughes.
Kenneth Kimberlin Brimer Jr.,known as Kim Brimer,is a Republican former member of the Texas State Senate from Fort Worth,Texas. He represented District 10. He was the only GOP member of the 31-member chamber to have been defeated in the general election held on November 4,2008,when he lost to Democrat Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth,her party's 2014 nominee for governor against Republican Greg Abbott.
John Harris Whitmire is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston,the most populous city in Texas,since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983,and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023. In the state senate,he represented District 15,which included much of northern Houston.
The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006,to elect the governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race,with incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman,as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner.
Kirk Preston Watson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Austin,Texas since 2023,previously holding the office as the 54th mayor from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,he ran unsuccessfully for Texas Attorney General in the 2002 election,when he was defeated by Republican Greg Abbott,later governor of Texas. In 2006,Watson was elected to the Texas Senate from District 14.
The 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday,7 November 2006,in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the Governor,Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Comptroller of Public Accounts,Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office,Commissioner of Agriculture,and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court,and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Jerry Emmett Patterson is an American politician who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2003 to 2015. A former state senator,he was the second Republican since Reconstruction to serve as land commissioner,a post which he held for three terms. He served from the Houston area in District 11 in the Texas Senate from 1993 to 1999.
Kelton Gray Seliger,known as Kel Seliger,is a former Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 31,which stretches from the Panhandle south to the Permian Basin.
Leticia Rosa Magdalena Aguilar Van de Putte (née San Miguel;born December 6,1954) is an American politician from San Antonio,Texas. She represented the 26th District in the Texas Senate from 1999–2015. From 1991 to 1999,Van de Putte was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. In 2014,she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor but lost the general election,58-39 percent,to her Republican senatorial colleague,Dan Patrick of Houston. Following that defeat,she then resigned from the Texas Senate to run for mayor of San Antonio,which she narrowly lost to Ivy Taylor,52-48 percent.
Robert Lloyd Duncan is an American attorney and politician who served as the fourth chancellor of the Texas Tech University System,serving from 2014 to 2018. A Republican,he previously served as a member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.
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.
The 2013 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 5,2013. This off-year election cycle featured several special elections to the United States Congress;two gubernatorial races;state legislative elections in a few states;and numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
William Ralph Keffer is an attorney in Dallas,Texas,who was from 2003 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107. His older brother,Jim Keffer,is a still-serving Republican House member from District 60 in Eastland,near Abilene,Texas.
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.
Charles Brandon Creighton is an American attorney and politician from Conroe,Texas,who is a Republican member of the Texas Senate from District 4,and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 16.
Democrat William Proxmire won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI). Also,Price Daniel (D-TX) left the Senate to become governor of Texas,and Democrat Ralph Yarborough won a special election for that Senate seat. The Democrats thus made a net gain of one seat. However,Congress was out of session at the time of the Democratic gain in Wisconsin,and the Republicans gained a Democratic-held seat only weeks after the next session started,when Republican John D. Hoblitzell Jr. was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Matthew M. Neely (D-WV).
The 2022 Texas elections were held on November 8,2022. Primary elections were held on March 1,with runoffs held on May 24 for primary candidates who did not receive a majority of the vote.
