The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
George Gervin,nicknamed "the Iceman",is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires,San Antonio Spurs,and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons,and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. In 1996,Gervin was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History,and in 2021,Gervin was named as one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.
The George Gervin GameAbove Center,formerly known as the Convocation Center,is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located on Eastern Michigan University’s west campus. Opened in 1998 as part of a campus upgrade initiative,the George Gervin GameAbove Center is a 204,316-square-foot (18,981.6 m2) structure that features three levels including arena,concourse,and office. The arena also has multiple seating configurations to maximize space usage.
Lydia Mendoza was a Mexican-American guitarist and singer of Tejano and traditional Mexican-American music. Historian Michael Joseph Corcoran has stated that she was "The Mother of Tejano Music",an art form that is the uniquely Texas cultural amalgamation of traditional Mexican,Spanish,German,and Czech musical roots. She recorded on numerous labels over the course of her six-decade career of live performing. The aggregate total of her records numbers an estimated 200 different Spanish-language songs on at least 50 LP record albums. In 1977,she performed at the Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter,as part of the line-up for the Inaugural Folk Dance and Concert. Her most well-known tune was "Mal Hombre",a song she had heard as a child.
Judith Pappas Zaffirini is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from the 21st District,which includes her home city of Laredo in south Texas. Zaffririni is the first female dean of the Texas Senate. Zaffirini has been named among the "Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States" by Hispanic Business magazine. Zaffirini is the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas Senate.
Carlos "Charlie" Uresti is an American attorney and Democratic politician from San Antonio,Texas. From November 2006 until his resignation in June 2018,he served as a member of the Texas State Senate representing Senate District 19,one of the largest geographical senatorial districts in the Texas Senate,covering a third of the Texas-Mexico border. Prior to his election to the Texas State Senate,he represented the 118th district in the Texas House of Representatives from January 1997 until November 2006.
Leticia Rosa Magdalena Aguilar Van de Putte (née San Miguel;born December 6,1954) is an American politician from San Antonio,Texas. She represented the 26th District in the Texas Senate from 1999–2015. From 1991 to 1999,Van de Putte was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. In 2014,she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor but lost the general election,58-39 percent,to her Republican senatorial colleague,Dan Patrick of Houston. Following that defeat,she then resigned from the Texas Senate to run for mayor of San Antonio,which she narrowly lost to Ivy Taylor,52-48 percent.
Jose Antonio Menendez is a member of the Texas Senate for District 26. A member of the Democratic Party,he is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 124. He won a special election on February 17,2015,for the state Senate,to replace Leticia Van de Putte. She resigned to run,unsuccessfully as it developed,against the short-term incumbent,Ivy Taylor,for mayor of San Antonio,Texas. Menendez handily defeated fellow Democratic State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer for the right to succeed Van de Putte. Even though Menendez and Fischer remain political opponents,their relationship appears to have been civil.
Joseph Richard Straus III is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican,he represented District 121,which comprises northeastern Bexar County,including parts of San Antonio and several surrounding communities,from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019. He chose not to seek re-election to the state House in 2018.
Mary Edna González is an American politician who serves in the Texas House of Representatives from House District 75. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected in November 2012 to represent an area that includes eastern El Paso County,parts of the city of El Paso and the towns of Socorro,Clint,Fabens,Horizon City,San Elizario and Tornillo. She is also the first openly pansexual elected official in the United States.
Donna Sue Campbell is an American politician and physician who is the 25th District member of the Texas Senate. On July 31,2012,she became the first person in Texas history to defeat an incumbent Republican senator,Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio,in a primary election.
Laura Thompson is a former Independent member of the Texas House of Representatives. She represented District 120 after winning a special election on August 2,2016,after former state representative Ruth McClendon retired. In the November 2016 general election,she ran for election to a full term but was defeated by Barbara Gervin-Hawkins. Thompson's brief tenure in the Texas House ended on January 9,2017. Thompson was the first Independent to serve in the Texas Legislature in over fifty years.
Ina Marie Minjarez is a lawyer and a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 124 in San Antonio,Texas. She was sworn into office on April 30,2015,after winning a special election on April 21. She served as Assistant District Attorney for Bexar County from 2000 through 2006.
Diana Jennifer Arévalo is an American politician,who is a Democratic former member of the Texas House of Representatives,representing the 116th District. She ran unopposed in the November 2016 general election after defeating two opponents in the Democratic primary. Arévalo served on the Rules and Resolutions,Defense and Veteran's Affairs,and Public Health committees.
The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas,commonly referred to as the Yellow Rose of Texas,is an honorary commission conferred by the Governor of Texas to Texas women for exceptional community service.
Michelle Jane Beckley is a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 65. She was first elected in November 2018,defeating incumbent Republican Ron Simmons. Texas' 65th district represents parts of southern Denton County. She did not run for reelection in 2022. She instead ran for Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 2022. She was defeated by Mike Collier in the Democratic primary.
The 2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives from all 150 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Texas. It was held alongside numerous other federal,state,and local elections,including the 2022 Texas State Senate election. The winners of this election served in the 88th Texas Legislature,with seats apportioned according to the 2020 United States census.
The 120th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains parts of eastern San Antonio. The district also includes parts of Kirby,Windcrest,and Converse. The current representative is Barbara Gervin-Hawkins,who was first elected in 2016.
Ruth Elizabeth Jones McClendon was an American politician.
