Kenneth Michael Conaway is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 11th congressional district from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district Conaway represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland,Odessa,San Angelo,Brownwood,and Granbury. Conaway led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections after the Intelligence Committee chair,Devin Nunes,recused himself. Aside from serving as the chair of the House Ethics Committee,he served as the chair of the House Agriculture Committee,and later its ranking member. Conaway indicated in July 2019 that he would not be seeking reelection. Conaway was succeeded by fellow Republican August Pfluger.
Jessica Christina Farrar is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was first elected to the legislature in 1994 at the age of twenty-seven and was the longest serving Hispanic member of the House from Harris County,Texas. She served as the representative for House District 148. She resigned her House seat effective September 30,2019.
John Rice Carter is the U.S. representative serving Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003. He is a Republican. The district includes the northern suburbs of Austin,as well as Fort Cavazos.
Virgil Peck Jr. is state legislator in Kansas. A Republican,he served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013,representing the 12th district. He currently represents Kansas State Senate district 15. He is the former chairman of the Kansas House Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committees,and the former Republican Majority Caucus Chairman.
William Drew Darby,known as Drew Darby,is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from his native San Angelo,Texas. He represents District 72,which comprises the West Texas counties of Coke,Concho,Glasscock,Howard,Irion,Reagan,Runnels,Sterling,and Tom Green.
Celia Marie Israel is an American politician. She previously represented the 50th district in the Texas House of Representatives and was succeeded by State Representative James Talarico when she chose to run for Austin Mayor. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jonathan Spence Stickland is an American politician from Texas. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 92 for four terms,from 2013 to 2021. The district includes a portion of Tarrant County in suburban Fort Worth. He did not seek re-election in 2020.
Daniel G. Huberty is an American businessman,who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 127 in Harris County from 2011 to 2023.
James Richard Murphy,known as Jim Murphy,is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 2007 to 2009 and again since 2011,he has represented District 133 in Harris County.
Empower Texans was a conservative advocacy group in Texas that was active from 2006 to 2020. It was affiliated with Texans for Fiscal Responsibility,which was later spun off into its own organization. Empower Texans was based in Austin with operations in Dallas,Houston,and Midland. Empower Texans focused on fiscal conservatism by supporting lower taxes and spending restraint. It operated in Republican state-level politics in Texas,targeting candidates whom the group views as insufficiently conservative in Republican primaries.
Briscoe Cain is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.
John Harden Bucy III is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 136th District,which includes Northwest Austin,Cedar Park,Pflugerville,Round Rock,and the Brushy Creek area in Williamson County.
David Mayes Middleton II is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas Senate for the 11th district. Previously,he served as a Texas House of Representatives for District 23. A member of the Republican Party,Middleton has been in the Texas legislature since January 8,2019.
Jared Lynn Patterson is an American politician from Texas. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from the 106th district in November 2018,he assumed office on January 8,2019. An analysis of votes in the 2023 regular session found that Patterson was the most right-wing of 85 Republican members of the Texas House.
Dennis Higgins Bonnen is an American businessman and politician. Bonnen served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. A Republican,Bonnen represented District 25 of the Texas House from 1997 to 2021. In 2013,then-Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore,presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. In January 2019,Bonnen was elected Speaker. He did not seek re-election in 2020.
James F. Landtroop Jr. is an American politician and insurance businessman. He has previously served in the Texas House of Representatives,serving District 85 for one term in the early 2010s.
Cody Thane Vasut is an American politician. He has represented the 25th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Vasut also works as an attorney.
Jeffrey Harold Cason is an American businessman and politician who served a single term in the Texas House of Representatives,from January 2021 to January 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected from District 92.
Morgan Meyer is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 108th district. Elected in November 2014,he assumed office in January 2015. The district is entirely located within Dallas County,and includes Downtown Dallas,Uptown and the Park Cities.
Matthew Haston Krause is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 93rd district from 2013 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
