Texas Senate
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 constituency, based on the 2020 U.S. Census.If the Senate votes to dissolve itself into the Committee of the Whole, in which all members are part of the Committee, the President Pro-Tempore presides over the proceedings, with the Lieutenant Governor acting as a regular voting member.Unlike other state legislatures, the Texas Senate does not include majority or minority leaders.The first case was in 1870, with the Rump Senate, followed by the 1979 Killer Bees[1] and finally the "Texas Eleven" in August 2003 during the controversial mid-decade redistricting plan at the time.[3] In addition to these committees, there are also six joint committees composed of members of both the State Senate and House: † Elected in a special election The Senate was continuously held by Democrats from the end of the Reconstruction era until the Seventy-fifth Texas Legislature was seated in 1997, at which point Republicans took control.
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89th Texas LegislatureUpper houseTexas LegislaturePresidentDan PatrickPresident pro temporeBrandon CreightonTan ParkerCarol AlvaradoRepublicanDemocraticTexas ConstitutionVoting systemFirst-past-the-postNovember 5, 2024Texas State CapitolAustinTexas House of Representativeslower housestate legislatureU.S. state2020 U.S. Censusterm limitsRepublicansLieutenant Governor of TexasPresident of the Senatestate legislaturesmajorityminority leadersLieutenant GovernorHoustonCharles SchwertnerGeorgetowncontroversial mid-decade redistricting planSunset Advisory CommissionBryan HughesMineolaBob HallEdgewoodRobert NicholsJacksonvilleConroePaul BettencourtAngela PaxtonMcKinneyKelly HancockFort WorthPhil KingWeatherfordMayes MiddletonFriendswoodFlower MoundBorris MilesSarah EckhardtMolly CookNathan JohnsonDallasJoan HuffmanLois KolkhorstBrenhamRoland GutierrezSan AntonioJuan HinojosaMcAllenJudith ZaffiriniLaredoBrian BirdwellGranburyRoyce WestPete FloresPleasantonDonna CampbellNew BraunfelsJose MenendezAdam HinojosaCorpus ChristiCharles PerryLubbockCesar BlancoEl PasoDrew SpringerMuensterKevin SparksMidlandEdward ClarkGovernor of TexasWayne ConnallyWilson CountyLloyd DoggettTexas Supreme CourtU.S. House of RepresentativesRobert L. DuncanTexas Tech University SystemChet EdwardsPat FallonJames W. FlanaganU.S. SenateSylvia GarciaGlenn HegarTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsJohn IrelandEddie Bernice JohnsonRienzi Melville JohnstonBarbara JordanEarle Bradford MayfieldWilliam Neff "Bill" PatmanJackson CountyJerry E. PattersonTexas General Land OfficeLawrence Sullivan RossJoseph D. SayersAllan ShiversPreston SmithFrank TejedaJames W. ThrockmortonCarlos TruanJim TurnerMatthias WardKirk WatsonFerdinand C. WeinertTexas HouseTexas Secretary of StateLouis WigfallCharles WilsonRoy Blake, Sr.Political party strength in Texas