On the first day of session next week, Tuesday, January 8, the House of Representatives will elect a new Speaker of the House, and the Senate will elect a new Senate President Pro Tem, per Texas Constitution, Article 3, Section 9. Access past Senate President Pro Tem information and Speaker election documents on our website to learn more about historic leaders within the Texas Senate and House.
The two chambers typically adopt their rules from the previous session for the first day, and then adopt updated rules in the following days. Visit our House & Senate Rules and Precedents page to see historic rules of the Texas Legislature.
A list of the members-elect for the 86th Legislature is available here.
Learn about the creative side of some Texas legislators in our recently updated "Legislator/Artist" exhibit.
See a painting by Sen. Craig Estes (77th–85th Legislatures) and drawings—on Texas legislature subjects—by Reps. Neil Caldwell (56th–64th Legislatures) and Louis H. Scholl (34th–35th Legislatures).
Know of any other legislators, past or present, who have artistic talents? Let us know so we can add their work to our display!
Cover image ("Jack passed his court bill") by Rep. Neil Caldwell. Reproduced from Inside the Texas Legislature with State Representative Neil Caldwell, 1969.
Below you'll find a preview of the 86th Texas Legislature. New and returning members will be sworn in on January 8, 2019, the opening day of the regular session.
Membership statistics for previous sessions are available on the library's Member statistics page.
Summary of the 86th Legislature
Party | House | Senate | Overall |
---|---|---|---|
Democrat | 66 | 12 | 78 |
Republican | 83 | 19 | 102 |
Total | 149 | 31 | 180 |
Gender | House | Senate | Overall |
---|---|---|---|
Women | 34 | 9 | 43 |
Men | 115 | 22 | 137 |
Total | 149 | 31 | 180 |
Members not returning to the 86th Texas Legislature
Not Returning | Replacement | ||
---|---|---|---|
Sen. Konni Burton (R) | Beverly Powell (D) | ||
Sen. Craig Estes (R) | Pat Fallon (R) | ||
Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D) | Carol Alvarado (D) | ||
Sen. Don Huffines (R) | Nathan Johnson (D) | ||
Sen. Van Taylor (R) | Angela Paxton (R) | ||
Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) | Pete Flores (R) | ||
Rep. Rodney Anderson (R) | Thresa "Terry" Meza (D) | ||
Rep. Roberto Alonzo (D) | Jessica González (D) | ||
Rep. Carol Alvarado (D) | Christina Morales (D) | ||
Rep. Diana Arévalo (D) | Trey Martinez Fischer (D) | ||
Rep. Cindy Burkett (R) | Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) | ||
Rep. Byron Cook (R) | Cody Harris (R) | ||
Rep. Scott Cosper (R) | Brad Buckley (R) | ||
Rep. Tony Dale (R) | John H Bucy III (D) | ||
Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D) | Sheryl Cole (D) | ||
Rep. Gary Elkins (R) | Jon E. Rosenthal (D) | ||
Rep. Wayne Faircloth (R) | Mayes Middleton (R) | ||
Rep. Pat Fallon (R) | Jared Patterson (R) | ||
Rep. Helen Giddings (D) | Carl Sherman (D) | ||
Rep. Larry Gonzales (R) | James Talarico (D) | ||
Rep. Lance Gooden (R) | Keith Bell (R) | ||
Rep. Jason Isaac (R) | Erin Zwiener (D) | ||
Rep. Mark Keough (R) | Steve Toth (R) | ||
Rep. Linda Koop (R) | Ana-Maria Ramos (D) | ||
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R) | Candy Noble (R) | ||
Rep. René Oliveira (D) | Alex Dominguez (D) | ||
Rep. Larry Phillips (R) | Reggie Smith (R) | ||
Rep. Joe Pickett (D) | Art Fierro (D) | ||
Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R) | Julie Johnson (D) | ||
Rep. Justin Rodriguez (D) | Ray Lopez (D) | ||
Rep. Kevin Roberts (R) | E. Sam Harless (R) | ||
Rep. Mike Schofield (R) | Gina Calanni (D) | ||
Rep. Leighton Schubert (R) | Ben Leman (R) | ||
Rep. Ron Simmons (R) | Michelle Beckley (D) | ||
Rep. Joe Straus (R) | Steve Allison (R) | ||
Rep. Tomas Uresti (D) | Leo Pacheco (D) | ||
Rep. Jason Villalba (R) | John Turner (D) | ||
Rep. Paul Workman (R) | Vikki Goodwin (D) |
Photos of incoming legislators sourced from their respective campaign websites. Post updated 3/13/19 to reflect the results of the HD 125 special election to fill Rep. Justin Rodriguez's seat; updated 3/6/19 to reflect the results of the HD 145 special election to fill Sen. Alvarado's seat; updated 1/30/19 to reflect the results of the HD 79 special election to fill Rep. Pickett's seat; updated 1/8/19 to reflect the scheduled February 12 special election to fill the HD 125 seat vacated by Rep. Justin Rodriguez; updated 12/18/18 and 12/27/18 to reflect the indicated resignation of Rep. Joe Pickett (HD 79) and the scheduled January 29 special elections to fill the HD 145 (formerly held by Carol Alvarado) and HD 79 seats; updated 12/12/18 to reflect the results of the Senate District 6 special election to fill U.S. Representative-elect Sylvia Garcia's vacated seat.
Locating photos of Texas legislators from the pre-Civil War period is no easy task. The composites that currently decorate the Capitol's ground floor halls were not yet a tradition, and photography was a relatively new technology.
That rarity means the Legislative Reference Library was especially pleased to learn about The Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature. The album is an early attempt to document all of the state's officials, created by a traveling photographer, William DeRyee and his business partner, R.E. Moore. DeRyee took individual albumen portraits of the Eighth Legislature (1860), along with Governors Hardin R. Runnels and Sam Houston, Lieutenant Governor Edward Clark, and Speaker Marion DeKalb Taylor. A short biography and the counties the member represented accompany many of the portraits. Most of the biographies are the usual recitations of the member's family and work, but Rep. George McKnight's stands out—his bio page includes an original poem, "The Wanderer," musing on the loss of his parents and siblings.
Original copies of the album are held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), the Bancroft Library at University of California-Berkeley, and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Looking at the different copies, you can see evidence of their prior owners' use. In the TSLAC edition, someone scribbled over the faces of some of the officials. They also wrote little notes in the margins, like—on Sam Houston's photo page—"Old Uncle Sam father of Texas — Sam 72 years old."
Many of the photos in the Bancroft copy have faded, and someone attempted to recreate some of the disappearing eyes, mouths, and other features—not to good effect. (Trying to pencil in eyes and noses on a photo never works well.) In some instances where the photo was missing all together, a previous owner attempted penciled-in portraits. Let us say that these portraits are more cartoonish than realistic. See page 237's cartoon of Rep. L.B. Camp—who has a perfectly respectable portrait in TSLAC's copy—as one example, and scroll to the end of our digital album to check out more caricatures/doodles. (Some of the drawings at the end of the album appear to be women; however, there were no biographies to go with them.) The photos and the bios in Bancroft's album are also jumbled up: Sam Houston's photo is almost 350 pages after his biography.
In an effort to pull the best of the originals together, the LRL has compiled a digital album and integrated photos and information from it into our Texas Legislators: Past & Present database, where you can view information about legislators in Texas from 1846 through the present.
"Failure to have the views of the minority represented is failure to have a democracy. The minority side of the house is seldom comfortable. You can become unpopular by just jogging people's conscience. If you keep telling them they know what is right, but aren't doing it, then you get to be a thorn under their saddle." – Babe Schwartz
Sen. Babe Schwartz fought for what mattered to him throughout his career, and what a career it has been! You can learn more about Sen. Schwartz’s life and contributions in our exhibit, “A Texas Treasure: A.R. 'Babe' Schwartz.”
Born in 1926 to Russian immigrant parents, Aaron Robert “Babe” Schwartz grew up as a self-described “beach bum” on Galveston Island. After graduating from Ball High School, he proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 1944–1946, and then in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1948–1953. Schwartz graduated from Texas A&M in 1948 and earned his law degree at the University of Texas in 1951. Later that year, he married wife Marilyn; they went on to have four sons and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
While in law school, Schwartz worked for the chief clerk's office in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas Legislative Council. He returned to his hometown to serve as a prosecutor in the Galveston County attorney’s office for a few years, but he was eager to run for office. Schwartz served as a representative from 1955–1959, and then as a senator from 1960–1981.
"I always felt it necessary to be a little better educated, a little better prepared, a little better briefed than my opposition." – Babe Schwartz
A thread that runs throughout Sen. Schwartz’s life is his affinity for the Texas coast. One of his first jobs—at age 11—was on the beach, renting beach chairs, umbrellas, and other shoreline gear. While serving in the legislature, he was instrumental in the creation of the 1959 Open Beaches Act and the passage of the Coastal Public Lands Management Act of 1973. He chaired multiple committees, many relating to beaches and the coast. After his terms in the legislature, Schwartz went on to serve as a lobbyist, often for environmental causes, and he taught law school courses including Ocean and Coastal Law. In honor of these contributions, "Babe's Beach," a stretch of shoreline west of 61st Street in Galveston, was dedicated in May 2016.
As his quotations above suggest, Sen. Schwartz also made quite a name for himself as a fighter who was willing and prepared to go nose-to-nose in the chambers. He participated in at least seven filibusters. Lt. Governor Bill Hobby even gave Schwartz a pair of boxing gloves after one of his debates.
"There are few people in recent Texas politics who have had as much impact as Babe has. He has provided a rallying post on bill after bill. He has been the real conscience of the Senate on any number of bad appointments over the years. He's experienced and perceptive and he can frequently catch a bad bill no one else sees. He has no reluctance to stand up and take on any issue that he perceives to be adverse to the public interest. His departure leaves a great void that will be difficult to fill." – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who served in the 63rd, 64th, and 65th Texas Legislatures with Schwartz
Visit the LRL to see some of Sen. Schwartz’s memorabilia and to learn more about his life and career.
Sen. Schwartz passed away on August 10, 2018, at age 92. We will miss you, Babe!
In January, we compiled a list of members not returning to the 86th Texas Legislature. An updated list that includes the results of the recent primary runoffs is provided below. 21 members of the Texas House and 2 members of the Texas Senate will not return in 2019. To see a full list of members of the 85th Texas Legislature (2017), please go here. Note that regardless of election outcomes, all of these legislators will keep their respective seats until January 2019, unless they resign earlier.
Table: Members not returning to the 86th Texas Legislature
Rep. Roberto Alonzo | Defeated in Democratic primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Diana Arévalo | Defeated in Democratic primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Cindy Burkett | Defeated in Republican primary election for Texas Senate, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Byron Cook | Retiring | |
Rep. Scott Cosper | Defeated in Republican primary runoff election, 5/22/2018 | |
Rep. Dawnna Dukes | Defeated in Democratic primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Sen. Craig Estes | Defeated in Republican primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Wayne Faircloth | Defeated in Republican primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Pat Fallon | Won Republican primary for Texas Senate, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Helen Giddings | Retiring | |
Rep. Larry Gonzales | Resigned effective 6/7/2018 | |
Rep. Lance Gooden | Won Republican primary runoff for U.S. House of Representatives, 5/22/2018 | |
Rep. Jason Isaac | Defeated in Republican primary election for U.S. House of Representatives, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Mark Keough | Won Republican primary election for Montgomery County judge, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg | Retiring | |
Rep. René Oliveira | Defeated in Democratic primary runoff election, 5/22/2018 | |
Rep. Larry Phillips | Resigned effective 4/30/2018 | |
Rep. Kevin Roberts | Defeated in Republican primary runoff election for U.S. House of Representatives, 5/22/2018 | |
Rep. Leighton Schubert | Resigned effective 2/4/2018 | |
Rep. Joe Straus | Retiring | |
Sen. Van Taylor | Won Republican primary election for U.S. House of Representatives, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Tomas Uresti | Defeated in Democratic primary election, 3/6/2018 | |
Rep. Jason Villalba | Defeated in Republican primary election, 3/6/2018 |
Peruse the results of the May 22, 2018, primary runoff election for the Texas Legislature in our charts below (runoff results bolded), and see who will be on the ballot for the midterm election on November 6, 2018.
Senate
Democrat
|
Republican
|
|
2
|
Kendall Scudder
|
Bob Hall
|
3
|
Shirley Layton
|
Robert Nichols
|
5
|
Meg Walsh
|
Charles Schwertner
|
7
|
David Romero
|
Paul Bettencourt
|
8
|
Mark Phariss
|
Angela Paxton
|
9
|
Gwenn Burud
|
Kelly Hancock
|
10
|
Beverly Powell
|
Konni Burton
|
14
|
Kirk Watson
|
George W. Hindman
|
15
|
John Whitmire
|
Randy Orr
|
16
|
Nathan Johnson
|
Don Huffines
|
17
|
Rita Lucido
|
Joan Huffman
|
23
|
Royce West
|
---
|
25
|
Steven Kling
|
Donna Campbell
|
30
|
Kevin Lopez
|
Pat Fallon
|
31
|
---
|
Kel Seliger
|
House of Representatives
Democrat
|
Republican
|
|
1
|
---
|
Gary VanDeaver
|
2
|
Bill Brannon
|
Dan Flynn
|
3
|
Lisa Seger
|
Cecil Bell Jr
|
4
|
Eston Williams
|
Keith Bell
|
5
|
Bill Liebbe
|
Cole Hefner
|
6
|
---
|
Matt Schaefer
|
7
|
---
|
Jay Dean
|
8
|
Wesley D. Ratcliff
|
Cody Harris
|
9
|
---
|
Chris Paddie
|
10
|
Kimberly Emery
|
John Wray
|
11
|
Alec Johnson
|
Travis Clardy
|
12
|
Marianne Arnold
|
Kyle Kacal
|
13
|
Cecil Ray Webster, Sr.
|
Ben Leman
|
14
|
Josh Wilkinson
|
John Raney
|
15
|
Lorena Perez McGill
|
Steve Toth
|
16
|
Mike Midler
|
Will Metcalf
|
17
|
Michelle Ryan
|
John P. Cyrier
|
18
|
Fred Lemond
|
Ernest Bailes
|
19
|
Sherry Williams
|
James White
|
20
|
Stephen M. Wyman
|
Terry M. Wilson
|
21
|
---
|
Dade Phelan
|
22
|
Joe Deshotel
|
---
|
23
|
Amanda Jamrok
|
Mayes Middleton
|
24
|
John Y. Phelps
|
Greg Bonnen
|
25
|
---
|
Dennis Bonnen
|
26
|
L. Sarah DeMerchant
|
D.F. "Rick" Miller
|
27
|
Ron Reynolds
|
---
|
28
|
Meghan Scoggins
|
John Zerwas
|
29
|
James Presley
|
Ed Thompson
|
30
|
Robin Hayter
|
Geanie W. Morrison
|
31
|
Ryan Guillen
|
---
|
32
|
---
|
Todd Hunter
|
33
|
Laura Gunn
|
Justin Holland
|
34
|
Abel Herrero
|
Chris Hale
|
35
|
Oscar Longoria
|
---
|
36
|
Sergio Muñoz, Jr.
|
---
|
37
|
Alex Dominguez
|
---
|
38
|
Eddie Lucio III
|
---
|
39
|
Armando "Mando" Martínez
|
---
|
40
|
Terry Canales
|
---
|
41
|
Bobby Guerra
|
Hilda Garza DeShazo
|
42
|
Richard Peña Raymond
|
Luis De La Garza
|
43
|
Dee Ann Torres Miller
|
J.M. Lozano
|
44
|
John D. Rodgers
|
John Kuempel
|
45
|
Erin Zwiener
|
Ken Strange
|
46
|
Sheryl Cole
|
Gabriel Nila
|
47
|
Vikki Goodwin
|
Paul D. Workman
|
48
|
Donna Howard
|
---
|
49
|
Gina Hinojosa
|
Kyle Austin
|
50
|
Celia Israel
|
---
|
51
|
Eddie Rodriguez
|
---
|
52
|
James Talarico
|
Cynthia Flores
|
53
|
Stephanie Lochte Ertel
|
Andrew S. Murr
|
54
|
Kathy Richerson
|
Brad Buckley
|
55
|
---
|
Hugh D. Shine
|
56
|
Katherine Turner-Pearson
|
Charles "Doc" Anderson
|
57
|
Jason Rogers
|
Trent Ashby
|
58
|
---
|
DeWayne Burns
|
59
|
---
|
J.D. Sheffield
|
60
|
---
|
Mike Lang
|
61
|
---
|
Phil King
|
62
|
Valerie N. Hefner
|
Reggie Smith
|
63
|
Laura Haines
|
Tan Parker
|
64
|
Andrew Morris
|
Lynn Stucky
|
65
|
Michelle Beckley
|
Ron Simmons
|
66
|
Sharon Hirsch
|
Matt Shaheen
|
67
|
Sarah Depew
|
Jeff Leach
|
68
|
---
|
Drew Springer
|
69
|
---
|
James Frank
|
70
|
Julie Luton
|
Scott Sanford
|
71
|
Sam Hatton
|
Stan Lambert
|
72
|
---
|
Drew Darby
|
73
|
Stephanie Phillips
|
Kyle Biedermann
|
74
|
Poncho Nevárez
|
---
|
75
|
Mary E. Gonzalez
|
---
|
76
|
Cesar J. Blanco
|
---
|
77
|
Evelina "Lina" Ortega
|
---
|
78
|
Joe Moody
|
Jeffrey Lane
|
79
|
Joe C. Pickett
|
---
|
80
|
Tracy King
|
---
|
81
|
Armando Gamboa
|
Brooks Landgraf
|
82
|
Spencer Bounds
|
Tom Craddick
|
83
|
Drew Landry
|
Dustin Burrows
|
84
|
Samantha Carrillo Fields
|
John Frullo
|
85
|
Jennifer Cantu
|
Phil Stephenson
|
86
|
Mike Purcell
|
John Smithee
|
87
|
---
|
Four Price
|
88
|
Ezekiel Barron
|
Ken King
|
89
|
Ray Ash
|
Candy Noble
|
90
|
Ramon Romero Jr.
|
---
|
91
|
Jeromey Sims
|
Stephanie Klick
|
92
|
Steve Riddell
|
Jonathan Stickland
|
93
|
Nancy Bean
|
Matt Krause
|
94
|
Finnigan Jones
|
Tony Tinderholt
|
95
|
Nicole Collier
|
Stephen A. West
|
96
|
Ryan E. Ray
|
Bill Zedler
|
97
|
Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin
|
Craig Goldman
|
98
|
Mica J. Ringo
|
Giovanni Capriglione
|
99
|
Michael Stackhouse
|
Charlie Geren
|
100
|
Eric Johnson
|
---
|
101
|
Chris Turner
|
---
|
102
|
Ana-Maria Ramos
|
Linda Koop
|
103
|
Rafael M. Anchia
|
Jerry Fortenberry
|
104
|
Jessica Gonzalez
|
---
|
105
|
Thresa "Terry" Meza
|
Rodney Anderson
|
106
|
Ramona Thompson
|
Jared Patterson
|
107
|
Victoria Neave
|
Deanna Maria Metzger
|
108
|
Joanna Cattanach
|
Morgan Meyer
|
109
|
Carl Sherman
|
---
|
110
|
Toni Rose
|
---
|
111
|
Yvonne Davis
|
---
|
112
|
Brandy K. Chambers
|
Angie Chen Button
|
113
|
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
|
Jonathan Boos
|
114
|
John Turner
|
Lisa Luby Ryan
|
115
|
Julie Johnson
|
Matt Rinaldi
|
116
|
Trey Martinez Fischer
|
Fernando Padron
|
117
|
Philip Cortez
|
Michael Berlanga
|
118
|
Leo Pacheco
|
John Lujan
|
119
|
Roland Gutierrez
|
---
|
120
|
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
|
Ronald Payne
|
121
|
Celina D. Montoya
|
Steve Allison
|
122
|
Claire Barnett
|
Lyle Larson
|
123
|
Diego Bernal
|
---
|
124
|
Ina Minjarez
|
Johnny S. Arredondo
|
125
|
Justin Rodriguez
|
---
|
126
|
Natali Hurtado
|
E. Sam Harless
|
127
|
---
|
Dan Huberty
|
128
|
---
|
Briscoe Cain
|
129
|
Alexander Jonathan Karjeker
|
Dennis Paul
|
130
|
Fred Infortunio
|
Tom Oliverson
|
131
|
Alma A. Allen
|
Syed S. Ali
|
132
|
Gina Calanni
|
Mike Schofield
|
133
|
Marty Schexnayder
|
Jim Murphy
|
134
|
Allison Lami Sawyer
|
Sarah Davis
|
135
|
Jon E. Rosenthal
|
Gary Elkins
|
136
|
John H. Bucy III
|
Tony Dale
|
137
|
Gene Wu
|
---
|
138
|
Adam Milasincic
|
Dwayne Bohac
|
139
|
Jarvis D. Johnson
|
---
|
140
|
Armando Lucio Walle
|
---
|
141
|
Senfronia Thompson
|
---
|
142
|
Harold V. Dutton Jr.
|
---
|
143
|
Ana Hernandez
|
---
|
144
|
Mary Ann Perez
|
Ruben Villarreal
|
145
|
Carol Alvarado
|
---
|
146
|
Shawn Nicole Thierry
|
---
|
147
|
Garnet F. Coleman
|
Thomas Wang
|
148
|
Jessica Cristina Farrar
|
Ryan T. McConnico
|
149
|
Hubert Vo
|
---
|
150
|
Michael Shawn Kelly
|
Valoree Swanson
|
--- indicates that the party did not run a candidate in that district
Source: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml, https://apps.texastribune.org/elections/2018/runoff-election-results/, https://apps.texastribune.org/elections/2018/primary-election-results/; Data accessed on March 6 and May 29, 2018. See our previous 2018 primary election results post here.
Peruse the results of the March 6, 2018, primary election for the Texas Legislature in our charts below, and see who will be on upcoming ballots for the primary runoff on May 22, 2018 (bolded) and the midterm election on November 6, 2018.
Note also that, due to the vacancy left in District 13 by former Rep. Leighton Schubert's resignation, a special election will be held on May 5, 2018. See a list of the candidates on the Secretary of State's website.
Senate
Democrat
|
Republican
|
|
2
|
Kendall Scudder
|
Bob Hall
|
3
|
Shirley Layton
|
Robert Nichols
|
5
|
Meg Walsh
|
Charles Schwertner
|
7
|
David Romero
|
Paul Bettencourt
|
8
|
Mark Phariss
|
Angela Paxton
|
9
|
Gwenn Burud
|
Kelly Hancock
|
10
|
Beverly Powell
|
Konni Burton
|
14
|
Kirk Watson
|
George W. Hindman
|
15
|
John Whitmire
|
Randy Orr
|
16
|
Nathan Johnson
|
Don Huffines
|
17
|
Rita Lucido / Fran Watson
|
Joan Huffman
|
23
|
Royce West
|
---
|
25
|
Steven Kling
|
Donna Campbell
|
30
|
Kevin Lopez
|
Pat Fallon
|
31
|
---
|
Kel Seliger
|
House of Representatives
Democrat
|
Republican
|
|
1
|
---
|
Gary VanDeaver
|
2
|
Bill Brannon
|
Dan Flynn
|
3
|
Lisa Seger
|
Cecil Bell Jr
|
4
|
Eston Williams
|
Stuart Spitzer / Keith Bell
|
5
|
Bill Liebbe
|
Cole Hefner
|
6
|
---
|
Matt Schaefer
|
7
|
---
|
Jay Dean
|
8
|
Wesley D. Ratcliff
|
Cody Harris / Thomas McNutt
|
9
|
---
|
Chris Paddie
|
10
|
Kimberly Emery
|
John Wray
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11
|
Alec Johnson
|
Travis Clardy
|
12
|
Marianne Arnold
|
Kyle Kacal
|
13
|
Cecil Ray Webster, Sr.
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Jill Wolfskill / Ben Leman
|
14
|
Josh Wilkinson
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John Raney
|
15
|
Lorena Perez McGill
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Steve Toth
|
16
|
Mike Midler
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Will Metcalf
|
17
|
Michelle Ryan
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John P. Cyrier
|
18
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Fred Lemond
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Ernest Bailes
|
19
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Sherry Williams
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James White
|
20
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Stephen M. Wyman
|
Terry M. Wilson
|
21
|
---
|
Dade Phelan
|
22
|
Joe Deshotel
|
---
|
23
|
Amanda Jamrok
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Mayes Middleton
|
24
|
John Y. Phelps
|
Greg Bonnen
|
25
|
---
|
Dennis Bonnen
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26
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L. Sarah DeMerchant
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D.F. "Rick" Miller
|
27
|
Ron Reynolds
|
---
|
28
|
Meghan Scoggins
|
John Zerwas
|
29
|
James Presley
|
Ed Thompson
|
30
|
Robin Hayter
|
Geanie W. Morrison
|
31
|
Ryan Guillen
|
---
|
32
|
---
|
Todd Hunter
|
33
|
Laura Gunn
|
Justin Holland
|
34
|
Abel Herrero
|
Chris Hale
|
35
|
Oscar Longoria
|
---
|
36
|
Sergio Muñoz, Jr.
|
---
|
37
|
Rene O. Oliveira / Alex Dominguez
|
---
|
38
|
Eddie Lucio III
|
---
|
39
|
Armando "Mando" Martínez
|
---
|
40
|
Terry Canales
|
---
|
41
|
Bobby Guerra
|
Hilda Garza DeShazo
|
42
|
Richard Peña Raymond
|
Luis De La Garza
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43
|
Dee Ann Torres Miller
|
J.M. Lozano
|
44
|
John D. Rodgers
|
John Kuempel
|
45
|
Rebecca Bell-Metereau / Erin Zwiener
|
Ken Strange
|
46
|
Jose "Chito" Vela / Sheryl Cole
|
Gabriel Nila
|
47
|
Vikki Goodwin / Elaina Fowler
|
Paul D. Workman
|
48
|
Donna Howard
|
---
|
49
|
Gina Hinojosa
|
Kyle Austin
|
50
|
Celia Israel
|
---
|
51
|
Eddie Rodriguez
|
---
|
52
|
James Talarico
|
Cynthia Flores
|
53
|
Stephanie Lochte Ertel
|
Andrew S. Murr
|
54
|
Kathy Richerson
|
Scott Cosper / Brad Buckley
|
55
|
---
|
Hugh D. Shine
|
56
|
Katherine Turner-Pearson
|
Charles "Doc" Anderson
|
57
|
Jason Rogers
|
Trent Ashby
|
58
|
---
|
DeWayne Burns
|
59
|
---
|
J.D. Sheffield
|
60
|
---
|
Mike Lang
|
61
|
---
|
Phil King
|
62
|
Valerie N. Hefner
|
Reggie Smith / Brent Lawson
|
63
|
Laura Haines
|
Tan Parker
|
64
|
Mat Pruneda / Andrew Morris
|
Lynn Stucky
|
65
|
Michelle Beckley
|
Ron Simmons
|
66
|
Sharon Hirsch
|
Matt Shaheen
|
67
|
Sarah Depew
|
Jeff Leach
|
68
|
---
|
Drew Springer
|
69
|
---
|
James Frank
|
70
|
Julie Luton
|
Scott Sanford
|
71
|
Sam Hatton
|
Stan Lambert
|
72
|
---
|
Drew Darby
|
73
|
Stephanie Phillips
|
Kyle Biedermann
|
74
|
Poncho Nevárez
|
---
|
75 |
Mary E. Gonzalez
|
---
|
76
|
Cesar J. Blanco
|
---
|
77
|
Evelina "Lina" Ortega
|
---
|
78
|
Joe Moody
|
Jeffrey Lane
|
79
|
Joe C. Pickett
|
---
|
80
|
Tracy King
|
---
|
81
|
Armando Gamboa
|
Brooks Landgraf
|
82
|
Spencer Bounds
|
Tom Craddick
|
83
|
Drew Landry
|
Dustin Burrows
|
84
|
Samantha Carrillo Fields
|
John Frullo
|
85
|
Jennifer Cantu
|
Phil Stephenson
|
86
|
Mike Purcell
|
John Smithee
|
87
|
---
|
Four Price
|
88
|
Ezekiel Barron
|
Ken King
|
89
|
Ray Ash
|
Candy Noble
|
90
|
Ramon Romero Jr.
|
---
|
91
|
Jeromey Sims
|
Stephanie Klick
|
92
|
Steve Riddell
|
Jonathan Stickland
|
93
|
Nancy Bean
|
Matt Krause
|
94
|
Finnigan Jones
|
Tony Tinderholt
|
95
|
Nicole Collier
|
Stephen A. West
|
96
|
Ryan E. Ray
|
Bill Zedler
|
97
|
Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin
|
Craig Goldman
|
98
|
Mica J. Ringo
|
Giovanni Capriglione
|
99
|
Michael Stackhouse
|
Charlie Geren
|
100
|
Eric Johnson
|
---
|
101
|
Chris Turner
|
---
|
102
|
Ana-Maria Ramos
|
Linda Koop
|
103
|
Rafael M. Anchia
|
Jerry Fortenberry
|
104 |
Jessica Gonzalez
|
---
|
105
|
Thresa "Terry" Meza
|
Rodney Anderson
|
106
|
Ramona Thompson
|
Jared Patterson
|
107
|
Victoria Neave
|
Deanna Maria Metzger / Joe Ruzicka
|
108
|
Joanna Cattanach
|
Morgan Meyer
|
109
|
Deshaundra Lockhart Jones / Carl Sherman
|
---
|
110
|
Toni Rose
|
---
|
111
|
Yvonne Davis
|
---
|
112
|
Brandy K. Chambers
|
Angie Chen Button
|
113
|
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
|
Jonathan Boos
|
114
|
John Turner
|
Lisa Luby Ryan
|
115
|
Julie Johnson
|
Matt Rinaldi
|
116
|
Trey Martinez Fischer
|
Fernando Padron
|
117
|
Philip Cortez
|
Michael Berlanga
|
118
|
Leo Pacheco
|
John Lujan
|
119
|
Roland Gutierrez
|
---
|
120
|
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
|
Ronald Payne
|
121
|
Celina D. Montoya
|
Matt Beebe / Steve Allison
|
122
|
Claire Barnett
|
Lyle Larson
|
123
|
Diego Bernal
|
---
|
124
|
Ina Minjarez
|
Johnny S. Arredondo
|
125
|
Justin Rodriguez
|
---
|
126
|
Natali Hurtado
|
E. Sam Harless
|
127
|
---
|
Dan Huberty
|
128
|
---
|
Briscoe Cain
|
129
|
Alexander Jonathan Karjeker
|
Dennis Paul
|
130
|
Fred Infortunio
|
Tom Oliverson
|
131
|
Alma A. Allen
|
Syed S. Ali
|
132
|
Gina Calanni
|
Mike Schofield
|
133
|
Sandra G. Moore / Marty Schexnayder
|
Jim Murphy
|
134
|
Allison Lami Sawyer
|
Sarah Davis
|
135
|
Jon E. Rosenthal
|
Gary Elkins
|
136
|
John H. Bucy III
|
Tony Dale
|
137
|
Gene Wu
|
---
|
138
|
Adam Milasincic
|
Dwayne Bohac
|
139
|
Jarvis D. Johnson
|
---
|
140
|
Armando Lucio Walle
|
---
|
141
|
Senfronia Thompson
|
---
|
142
|
Harold V. Dutton Jr.
|
---
|
143
|
Ana Hernandez
|
---
|
144
|
Mary Ann Perez
|
Ruben Villarreal
|
145
|
Carol Alvarado
|
---
|
146
|
Shawn Nicole Thierry
|
---
|
147
|
Garnet F. Coleman
|
Thomas Wang
|
148
|
Jessica Cristina Farrar
|
Ryan T. McConnico
|
149
|
Hubert Vo
|
---
|
150
|
Michael Shawn Kelly
|
Valoree Swanson
|
--- indicates that the party did not run a candidate in that district
Source: https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/, https://apps.texastribune.org/elections/2018/primary-election-results/; Data accessed on March 9, 2018
Below is a list of members (as of January 23, 2018) not returning to the 86th Texas Legislature in their current offices. Note that regardless of election outcomes, all of these legislators will keep their respective seats until January 2019, unless they resign earlier.
To learn more about who will be on the primary ballots, information about candidates by county is available on the Texas Secretary of State's filings by county page.
Rep. Cindy Burkett | Running for Texas Senate | |
Rep. Byron Cook | Retiring | |
Rep. Pat Fallon | Running for Texas Senate | |
Rep. Helen Giddings | Retiring | |
Rep. Larry Gonzales | Retiring | |
Rep. Lance Gooden | Running for U.S. Congress | |
Rep. Jason Isaac | Running for U.S. Congress | |
Rep. Mark Keough | Running for Montgomery County judge | |
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg | Retiring | |
Rep. Larry Phillips | Retiring | |
Rep. Kevin Roberts | Running for U.S. Congress | |
Rep. Leighton Schubert | Resigned effective 2/4/2018 | |
Rep. Joe Straus | Retiring | |
Sen. Van Taylor | Running for U.S. Congress |
Following each legislative session in Texas, some organizations create scorecards "grading" the performance of legislators. Scorecards typically focus on bills significant to a particular viewpoint or subject area.
The LRL tracks legislative scorecards as we find them to be a helpful research tool. Listed below are the 85th Legislature scorecards we have found thus far.
Conservative Round Table of Texas
Empower Texans
Environment Texas
Equality Texas
Sierra Club – Lone Star Chapter
Texas Association of Business
Texas Right to Life
Texas Uniting for Reform & Freedom (TURF)
Texas Values Action
Young Conservatives of Texas
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