Eightieth Texas Legislature

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The Eightieth Texas Legislature met in regular session beginning 9 January 2007. All members of the House of Representatives and 16 members of the Senate were up for election on 7 November 2006 in the Texas Legislature election.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Party summary 2.1 Senate 2.2 House of Representatives 3 Officers 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 External links

[edit] Sessions

The Eightieth Texas Legislature convened in Regular Session on 9 January 2007. The Legislature will adjourn on 28 May 2007

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Republican Party	20
	Democratic Party	11
Total		31

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Republican Party	81
	Democratic Party	69
Total		150

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Lieutenant Governor

David Dewhurst, Republican

President Pro Tempore

Regular Session: Mario Gallegos, Democrat

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker of the House

Tom Craddick, Republican

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Kevin Eltife	Republican	2004
2	Bob Deuell	Republican	2003
3	Robert Nichols	Republican	2007
4	Tommy Williams	Republican	2003
5	Steve Ogden	Republican	1997
6	Mario Gallegos, Jr.	Democrat	1995
7	Dan Patrick	Republican	2007
8	Florence Shapiro	Republican	1993
9	Chris Harris	Republican	1991
10	Kim Brimer	Republican	2003
11	Mike Jackson	Republican	1999
12	Jane Nelson	Republican	1993
13	Rodney Ellis	Democrat	1990
14	Kirk Watson	Democrat	2007
15	John Whitmire	Democrat	1983
16	John J. Carona	Republican	1996
17	Kyle Janek	Republican	2002
18	Glenn Hegar	Republican	2007
19	Carlos Uresti	Democrat	2006
20	Chuy Hinojosa	Democrat	2003
21	Judith Zaffirini	Democrat	1987
22	Kip Averitt	Republican	2002
23	Royce West	Democrat	1993
24	Troy Fraser	Republican	1997
25	Jeff Wentworth	Republican	1993
26	Leticia R. Van de Putte	Democrat	1999
27	Eddie Lucio, Jr.	Democrat	1991
28	Robert L. Duncan	Republican	1996
29	Eliot Shapleigh	Democrat	1997
30	Craig Estes	Republican	2001
31	Kel Seliger	Republican	2004

[edit] House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Took office
1	Stephen J. Frost	Democrat	2005
2	Dan Flynn	Republican	2003
3	Mark Homer	Democrat	1999
4	Betty Brown	Republican	1999
5	Bryan Hughes	Republican	2003
6	Leo Berman	Republican	1999
7	Tommy Merritt	Republican	1997
8	Byron Cook	Republican	2003
9	Wayne Christian	Republican	2007
10	Jim Pitts	Republican	1993
11	Chuck Hopson	Democrat	2001
12	Jim McReynolds	Democrat	1997
13	Lois W. Kolkhorst	Republican	2001
14	Fred Brown	Republican	1999
15	Rob Eissler	Republican	2003
16	C. Brandon Creighton	Republican	2007
17	Robby Cook	Democrat	1997
18	John Otto	Republican	2005
19	Tuffy Hamilton	Republican	2003
20	Dan Gattis	Republican	2003
21	Allan B. Ritter	Democrat	1999
22	Joe Deshotel	Democrat	1999
23	Craig Eiland	Democrat	1995
24	Larry Taylor	Republican	2003
25	Dennis Bonnen	Republican	1997
26	Charles F. “Charlie” Howard	Republican	1995
27	Dora Olivo	Democrat	1997
28	John Zerwas	Republican	2007
29	Mike O'Day[1]	Republican	2007
30	Geanie W. Morrison	Republican	1999
31	Ryan Guillen	Democrat	2003
32	Juan M. Garcia	Democrat	2007
33	Solomon Ortiz, Jr.	Democrat	2007
34	Abel Herrero	Democrat	2005
35	Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles	Democrat	2005
36	Kino Flores	Democrat	1997
37	Rene O. Oliveira	Democrat	1991 (first time: 1981–1987)
38	Eddie Lucio III	Democrat	2007
39	Mando Martinez	Democrat	2005
40	Aaron Peña	Democrat	2003
41	Veronica Gonzales	Democrat	2005
42	Richard Raymond	Democrat	2001 (first time: 1993–1999)
43	Juan Manuel Escobar	Democrat	2003
44	Edmund Kuempel	Republican	1983
45	Patrick Rose	Democrat	2003
46	Dawnna Dukes	Democrat	1995
47	Valinda Bolton	Democrat	2007
48	Donna Howard	Democrat	2006
49	Elliott Naishtat	Democrat	1991
50	Mark Strama	Democrat	2005
51	Eddie Rodriguez	Democrat	2003
52	Mike Krusee	Republican	1993
53	Harvey Hilderbran	Republican	1989
54	Jimmie Don Aycock	Republican	2007
55	Dianne White Delisi	Republican	1991
56	Doc Anderson	Republican	2005
57	Jim Dunnam	Democrat	1997
58	Rob Orr	Republican	2005
59	Sid Miller	Republican	2001
60	Jim Keffer	Republican	1997
61	Phil King	Republican	1999
62	Larry Phillips	Republican	2003
63	Tan Parker	Republican	2007
64	Myra Crownover	Republican	2000
65	Burt Solomons	Republican	1995
66	Brian McCall	Republican	1991
67	Jerry Madden	Republican	1993
68	Rick Hardcastle	Republican	1999
69	David Farabee	Democrat	1999
70	Ken Paxton	Republican	2003
71	Susan King	Republican	2007
72	Drew Darby	Republican	2007
73	Nathan Macias	Republican	2007
74	Pete P. Gallego	Democrat	1991
75	Chente Quintanilla	Democrat	2003
76	Norma Chavez	Democrat	1997
77	Paul C. Moreno	Democrat	1975 (first time: 1967–1973)
78	Pat Haggerty	Republican	1989
79	Joe C. Pickett	Democrat	1995
80	Tracy O. King	Democrat	2005
81	Buddy West	Republican	1993
82	Tom Craddick	Republican	1969
83	Delwin L. Jones	Republican	1989 (first time: 1965–1981)
84	Carl H. Isett	Republican	1997
85	Joe Heflin	Democrat	2007
86	John Smithee	Republican	1985
87	David Swinford	Republican	1991
88	Warren Chisum	Republican	1989
89	Jodie Laubenberg	Republican	2003
90	Lon Burnam	Democrat	1997
91	Kelly Hancock	Republican	2007
92	Todd Smith	Republican	1997
93	Paula Hightower Pierson	Democrat	2007
94	Diane Patrick	Republican	2007
95	Mark Veasey	Democrat	2005
96	Bill Zedler	Republican	2003
97	Anna Mowery	Republican	1988
98	Vicki Truitt	Republican	1999
99	Charlie Geren	Republican	2001
100	Terri Hodge	Democrat	1997
101	Thomas Latham	Republican	2007
102	Tony Goolsby	Republican	1989
103	Rafael Anchia	Democrat	2005
104	Roberto R. Alonzo	Democrat	2003 (first time: 1993–1997)
105	Linda Harper-Brown	Republican	2003
106	Kirk England	Republican	2006
107	Allen Vaught	Democrat	2007
108	Dan Branch	Republican	2003
109	Helen Giddings	Democrat	1993
110	Barbara Mallory Calloway	Democrat	2007
111	Yvonne Davis	Democrat	1993
112	Fred Hill	Republican	1989
113	Joe Driver	Republican	1993
114	Will Hartnett	Republican	1991
115	Jim Jackson	Republican	2005
116	Trey Martinez Fischer	Democrat	2001
117	David McQuade Leibowitz	Democrat	2005
118	Joe Farias	Democrat	2007
119	Robert R. Puente	Democrat	1991
120	Ruth Jones McClendon	Democrat	1996
121	Joe Straus	Republican	2005
122	Frank J. Corte, Jr.	Republican	1993
123	Mike Villarreal	Democrat	2000
124	Jose Menendez	Democrat	2001
125	Joaquin Castro	Democrat	2003
126	Patricia Harless	Republican	2007
127	Joe Crabb	Republican	1993
128	Wayne Smith	Republican	2003
129	John E. Davis	Republican	1999
130	Corbin Van Arsdale	Republican	2003
131	Alma A. Allen	Democrat	2005
132	Bill Callegari	Republican	2001
133	Jim Murphy	Republican	2007
134	Ellen Cohen	Democrat	2007
135	Gary Elkins	Republican	1995
136	Beverly Woolley	Republican	1995
137	Scott Hochberg	Democrat	1993
138	Dwayne Bohac	Republican	2003
139	Sylvester Turner	Democrat	1989
140	Kevin Bailey	Democrat	1991
141	Senfronia Thompson	Democrat	1973
142	Harold V. Dutton, Jr.	Democrat	1985
143	Ana Hernandez	Democrat	2007
144	Robert E. Talton	Republican	1993
145	Rick Noriega	Democrat	1999
146	Borris Miles	Democrat	2007
147	Garnet Coleman	Democrat	1991
148	Jessica Farrar	Democrat	1995
149	Hubert Vo	Democrat	2005
150	Debbie Riddle	Republican	2002

^ : The incumbent, Republican Glenda Dawson, died before the election, but after she could be replaced on the ballot. She won the November election, and will be replaced by Rep.-elect Mike O'Day (R-Pearland), who was elected on January 16, 2007 in a special election run-off. [2] He was sworn into office on January 25, 2007. [3]

[edit] External links

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library
• Billhop - Texas Legislative Wiki

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