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Jasmine Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is a lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
By 2016 she had been named editor-in-chief of the news organization, considered the gold standard for sustainability in nonprofit news. Under her leadership, The Texas Tribune won a Peabody Award, several national Edward R. Murrow Awards and top honors from the Online News Association.
The Texas Tribune is a web-based news organization that covers politics and public policy in Texas. It was founded in 2009 by venture capitalist John Thornton and journalists Evan Smith and Ross Ramsey, and is funded by donations from various sources.
Mayra Flores is an American politician who represented Texas's 34th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. She is the first Mexican-born woman elected to serve in Congress and ran on a platform of border security, economy, and anti-abortion views.
Women in Texas government This page was last edited on 19 July 2016, at 10:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
After Ferguson, Texas did not elect another female governor until Ann Richards (Democrat) over fifty years later in 1990. Richard first entered Texas local politics in 1976 as a Travis County Commissioner. She entered Texas state politics in 1982 when she won her first of two terms for Texas State Treasure. Richards served only one term as ...
Texas Secretary of State [20] Joanne Herring (b. 1929) 2014 Houston-area socialite, philanthropist, and businesswoman [21] Kim Olson (b. 1957) 2014 President and CEO of Grace Under Fire [22] Anita Perry (b. 1952) 2014 First Lady of Texas [22] Ann Stuart: 2014 President and Chancellor of Texas Women's University [23] Senfronia Thompson (b. 1939 ...
The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of Texas, composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. It meets at the Capitol in Austin, has a powerful role in state affairs, and is elected on a nonpartisan basis.