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Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
Everything has to go just right Tuesday for Democrats to keep hold of the Senate. ... with Democrats. That leaves Texas and Allred as possibly the party's last best hope of keeping Senate control ...
The winning Texas Democrat will face an uphill climb During the only debate of the primary campaign, hosted by the AFL-CIO in Austin, Allred said he wants to be a consensus builder in a Senate ...
Democrats vying to take on GOP Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas have been running hard on abortion rights ahead of Tuesday's primary. But that isn’t just a message they're narrow-casting to a liberal ...
Independent Democrat Free Soil Free Soil Republican: 1806–1873 Wilton E. Hall: 1944–1945: 2: South Carolina: Democratic: 1901–1980 Morgan C. Hamilton: 1870–1873 1873–1875 1875–1877: 2: Texas: Republican Liberal Republican Republican: 1809–1893 William Thomas Hamilton: 1869–1875: 1: Maryland: Democratic: 1820–1888 Hannibal ...
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2025, he is the last Democrat to serve as a United States Senator from Texas.
A poll released on Monday shows Democrat Colin Allred in a virtual dead heat with incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz for the Texas' US Senate seat.
President Lyndon B. Johnson was a Texas Democrat. 39 out of the 48 politicians who have served as Governor of Texas have been Texas Democrats. The party used to be the dominant political party in Texas; however, like in other Southern states, its rival, the Republican Party of Texas has become the dominant party since the 1990s.