Beverly Powell (born September 18, 1951), is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, she represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2023. In 2018, Powell defeated incumbent Republican Senator Konni Burton by a margin of 3.4%. During redistricting in 2021, Texas Republicans redrew District 10 to be more white and conservative than its predecessor. The old district had been located entirely in Tarrant County, and voted for Joe Biden by eight points. The new district stretched into portions of six nearby counties, and would have given Donald Trump a 16-point margin had it existed in 2020. Concluding the new district was "unwinnable" for a Democrat, Powell opted to give up her bid for re-election and urged her supporters to work on "efforts to advance our causes and on the continuing efforts to restore voting rights" instead. Then-State Representative Phil King from Weatherford was thus elected unopposed.

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at the Texas Senate
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Beverly Powell at Texas Tribune
Living people Politicians from Fort Worth, Texas Texas Wesleyan University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party Texas state senators Women state legislators in Texas 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 1951 births {{Texas-politician-stub