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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.
Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of February 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). As of February 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
The overarching questions for Texas Democrats heading into the final weeks before the March 5 primary is whether the nine-candidate race for the U.S. senatorial nomination can be settled without a ...
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.
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 . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
Resigned to when elected Governor of Texas. Greg Laughlin: Democratic January 3, 1989 – June 26, 1995 14th: West Columbia: Elected in 1988. Changed parties. Republican June 26, 1995 – January 3, 1997 Changed parties. Lost renomination. Marvin Leath: Democratic January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991 11th: Waco: Elected in 1978. Retired. Robert ...
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.