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James Michael Jackson, known as Mike Jackson (born 20 August 1953) [1] is a Republican former member of the Texas Senate representing the 11th District. He was also the President pro tempore of the Texas Senate, before running the United States House of Representatives in 2012. In this capacity, he was an acting governor of Texas while Governor ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 30,503,301 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...
Roy Blake Sr. William Blassingame. Samuel Bogart. James G. Bourland. Marmion Henry Bowers. John Thomas Brady. Anthony Martin Branch. Ed Brown (Texas politician) Waller Thomas Burns.
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 ...
Demographics. 51.5% White. 12.7% Black. 28.9% Hispanic. 7% Asian. Population. 879,520. District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas . The current senator from District 11 is Mayes Middleton .
Edna Theatre -- Edna, TX. Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census its population was 14,988. [1] Its county seat is Edna. [2] The county was created in 1835 as a municipality in Mexico and in 1836 was organized as a county (of the Republic of Texas ). [3] [4] It is named for Andrew Jackson, President of the ...
District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties, western portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties, and an eastern precinct of Nueces County in the U.S. state of Texas.
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. Morris Sheppard was Texas's longest-serving senator (1913–1941).